Scam?

[ladyjamie5150]

I'm new to eBay and right away as I posted items for sale people bought them but all of them want me to send them my PayPal email for payment? I thought all payments went through ebay  to me? Am I wrong or is this a scam?

[ittybitnot]

It is a scam.  Do not respond to a "text me" scammer.  It does not go well.  You only get a fake payment notification instead of money. 

[714ricki]

All payments must be via ebay managed payment. The buyer can pay via paypal within ebay managed payment. Don't provide the buyer with any paypal email address for payment. Keep everything on the platform!!!

[bonjourami]

They want you to send your email so they can send you a fake paid PP invoice. And right, sellers do not get paid that way anymore, payment is thru Managed Payments only, always check there for your sales and payments. And these thieves will start asking you to enclose gift cards that they will pay you for, ignore them and block them. Using fixed price with immediate payments required cuts out most of these scammers.Do not communicate outside of Ebay..no texting or phoning.

[ckimodog]

Yes it's a scam.  One we see posted here daily.  They want your Paypal address so they can send you a fake invoice.  You'll never get paid and they're hoping you'll ship the item, which you will never be able to recover.  Block and move on.  Only do business through the Ebay platform. 

Best of luck with better sales. 

[bearswatching]

No matter how tempting, never take any part of the transaction off of eBay. You would  lose all protection that eBay affords you. The scammers are in full bloom these days. Googling “eBay scams” is an eye-opening experience. Especially vehicle scams. There is no end to the ingenuity of crooks.

[mtgraves7984]

The buyer user is asking you to do something outside of the listing's parameters... don't do it. eBay even says don't do it.

If you respond at all, say something like, "I'm not allowed to share my email address with you. The eBay request for payment tells you how to proceed. I will cancel the order if unpaid after 96 hours have passed."

If the 96 hours passes, cancel the order citing 'Buyer didn't pay'. The buyer deadbeat will receive an Unpaid Item strike and might be less likely to be able to buy here at all. It's the tack to take to help yourself and the most sellers at the same time...

Sorry you got a scrub user... hang in there!

[*temu*]

@ladyjamie5150 Yes, this is a 100% scam. eBay does not allow buying or selling outside of the platform. With managed payments, eBay now manages the end-to-end payments process. Your buyers can pay with more convenient payment methods including PayPal, and you will receive the money directly to your bank account or to your bank account via Payoneer account.

Do not click any links in the messages or open any attachments. Report the buyer and forward the message(s) to eBay as an attachment at spoof@ebay.com.

[monroe67 · Accepted solution]

"If you respond at all, say something like, 'I'm not allowed to share my email address with you. The eBay request for payment tells you how to proceed. I will cancel the order if unpaid after 96 hours have passed.'"

I say -- if you respond at all to a request that says, "Tell me your PayPal e-mail," remember Mrs. Reagan, and 
Just Say "NO." 
That's if you say anything at all.  Silence is also a good answer.  

[ladyjamie5150]

Thank you everyone I knew this was funny stuff. 

[tinderfly]

Here is a new one or just new to me... A scammer with 0 feedback claiming I made them an offer:

I received the following message linked to a specific $270 item:

"Hi, I received the offer for this beautiful piece. Though I like it a lot but due to the budget constraints, I will still have to make it a counter offer. Hope u can consider. And I wish I could be a new owner for this piece. Thank u"

I didn't notice that it was a buyer with 0 feedback but I was also too busy to respond.  A few hours later I received an offer for $185 from the same zero feedback buyer.  At this point I checked the offers that I had given out on this item, and none of my offers went to watchers with 0 feedback. So this "buyer" was just a lying scammer trying to soften me up first by making me believe that they were a real person who spoke English.  Check your old offers on your items if a newbie tells you that you sent them an offer!  As always seller beware!

Manage offers: Declined/Expired offers

[vintagecraze50]

Age old scam on here that many still try. Report each and every account that is trying to steal from you and ebay. The way this scam works is they try to send you a FAKE payment through your PayPal account. It bypasses eBay’s payment system and they get nothing from the sale. They even try to get you to ship it somewhere other than the recipients registered account. All of these kinds of people need an immediate ban from this website.

[vintagecraze50]

It was so bad at one point ebay was flagging all the messages that came through with people doing this.

[worldcoinauctions]

I report and block attempts to do an outside deal. Only way to go. I also automate all my "best offer" settings so if it is too low I won't even see it. (yeah I know I look new, only the account is new, selling here since 1999 with 3 main accounts)

[kh-stanley1]

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread HERE if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.