Possible scam

[aleez805]

So I’m selling a 3DS for 120$ buy it now but I got an insane offer for about double the price. Is this some insane scam? I checked the buyers profile and it says they have 235 stars and had all positive reviews so I’m not sure.

[divwido]

More likely a scam.  Are you new?

[divwido]

Zero feedback is like a target on you.  They offered so much because they plan to ask for your PayPal email.  Which you might give them.  They will send you a notice from a fake PayPal that they  have paid.

Hoping that you will belive it and ship the item finding out later that they  scammed you.

You need to lean how things work before you sell.    Not that I ever did.  And I lost money too.

[soh.maryl]

Scammers generally target new sellers with high dollar electronics.

Doesn't matter how much FB that person has.

It is a scam.  Ignore and block.  Block is most likely worthless, however, because they can easily open a new account and continue trying to scam.

[a_c_green]

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@aleez805 wrote:

So I’m selling a 3DS for 120$ buy it now but I got an insane offer for about double the price. Is this some insane scam?

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Of course it is. No real buyer would pass up a BuyItNow price in order to offer you even more. What they're hoping is that you will accept the offer and be asked to send an invoice, to which they will respond with an official-looking but completely-fake payment notification, telling you to ship and upload a tracking number (someplace) before funds will be deposited in your account. Of course no money ever appears. 

Stick to listing it only as a BuyItNow with the Immediate Payment Required option checked (in the full listing form, possibly not found in the express version). Do not use the Make Offer option. Be sure that the buyer's funds are actually in your account before shipping. As a new seller with no feedback, you are a scammer's dream. It might be better to sell that locally for cash.

[fashunu4eeuh]

Yes this is a scam. The scammer is hoping to prey upon your inexperience or human greediness. They would ask you for your phone # or email so they could send you a convincing but fake paid notice. No one needs a seller’s contact info to purchase an item on eBay. So glad you didn’t get taken in. New sellers with expensive items are scam magnets.

Sometimes the scammer will insist on the seller sending the item to an alternate address, or want the seller to provide some high dollar gift card(s) in the package too, offering more bogus money for it. Sometimes they highjack a legitimate eBayer’s account to give the illusion of normalcy. 

[nkmipgolf]

Sometimes they highjack a legitimate eBayer’s account to give the illusion of normalcy.  Exactly!