Making offers and wanting you to text them

[pupacce52]

I just started selling on ebay again after being gone for many years.  Things have changed.  I have been getting offers made and they want me to text them to answer a question.  Seems suspicious.  Same wording but different account and phone number.

Is this something that I should be concerned about.

Thanks.

[tev4all]

if it waLks,, talks and acts like duck. TRUST YOUR GUT,  IT IS A DUCK. those text me messages are a scam waiting to happen, add them to your special and ignore. 

[lja440]

Keep all back and forth ON EBAY MESSAGES. If they want a call, text, or e-mail you can bet they are scammers.

[southern*sweet*tea]

Anytime a buyer wants you to text or email them, it is a SCAM.

Report the "buyer"

Block https://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?bidderblocklogin

Ignore

The whole idea is for the seller to be blinded with greed, or just stupidity, and for the scammer to get the seller's phone number or email address. Once that happens, the seller receives a very real looking, but very fake email stating that they have been paid, and in order to receive their funds they need to ship the item right away. Sometimes these emails will also have a phone number, for the seller to call and "verify" the transaction. That phone number is a direct line to the scammer.

These scammers depend on a seller's greed/naivete/ignorance/stupidity to ship the item without checking to see if they have actually been paid. It works surprisingly well, even with established sellers, because for some strange reason people want to "trust" emails.

There is no reason on this planet for a buyer to need a seller's email address, phone number, or any sort of financial/payment information. Everything a buyer needs is right there when they click the buy now button on a listing.

[rebell45]

You may want to save those redskin jerseys, their going to be collectors items real soon.