First time seller with their first offer

[ten-8793]

Hi,

I'm concerned that my first offer/buyer might be trying to scam me. I listed a coat for a set price (no bargain). The buyer has put in their bio to text them additional photos of product, send a handwritten note of my username and how much I was offered.

Could this be a scam or is the buyer taking extra precautions to not be scammed by sellers?

Thanks in advance for the help!

[ten-8793]

Thanks for the tip!!

[ten-8793]

It might have been a mistake on my part. I accepted the offer and am awaiting payment. I thought I’d ask this forum since I had a strong suspicion of fraud.

[ten-8793]

They have not paid. Instead, requested that I text over additional photos and username picture. 

[ten-8793]

Thanks for the tip!

[brightlightbookseller]

They're not planning to pay.  You'll receive a fake payment notification instead.  Why did you accept anything from them after the advice given in this thread?

[soh.maryl]

Your buyer has 96 hours to pay.  Did the buyer make an offer via messaging or was there an actual offer through eBay? It makes a difference. 

[soh.maryl]

Maybe that "fay" was someone's lame attempt at faux. 

[gurlcat]

I'm confused by the "put in their bio" part.  Huh?

[ittybitnot]

Your buyer has 96 hours to pay. 

@soh.maryl 

Actually, our OP @ten-8793  retains the default "Buyer Rules" settings what would require the buyer to put up a payment source in order to make an offer in the first place.  I would suspect then, that the buyer's offer was just in messages.  Otherwise, a real offer accepted by the seller would have been auto-billed and paid for already as soon as the offer was accepted. 

Looks like a scam, behaves like a scam, chances are pretty good it IS A SCAM. 

[lonebuck-books]

Don't send anything via text, that is almost always a scam.  If the pictures asked are reasonable, put them in your listing and let the buyer know they can look at them there.  

Never ever do anything in a sale that goes off site.  Not only is it a violation of your agreement with eBay as a seller, it is also 99.99% chance of a scam.

If they haven't bought yet, block them.