Scammer - message asking to send a money request to email account

Question

I have posted an item for sale for the first time about an hour or two ago and have received an ebay message from a buyer saying they will pay full price but that I need to send a payment request to their email account. This feels a little strange to me as any time I have bought off ebay it's all done through the proper/usual process -bids/payment/shipping etc

wooden_flower · Answer

This is the start of a scam attempt. Tell your 'buyer' that he must pay through eBay checkout.