Selling an iPhone

[ohiobids75]

So I have my iPhone listed on eBay. $240 starting bid and a buy it now for $400. No bids yet but I received a message. Asked me my lowest price. I said $300. He said he would do $350. He’s paying $300 for phone and $50 for FedEx priority next day. Legit?  He has 100% positive. Only thing is he said it will be shipped to Miami FL. His profile says Australia??  He sent me his email and told me to send a payment request via PayPal. I just told him for now that if no one bids that he can have it for the $350. Thoughts?  Thanks!

[an_8227]

Run away

[an_8227]

He's scamming you, he will send a fake email telling you that you got paid

[southern*sweet*tea]

Big, fat SCAM

[kim_y_buran]

iPhones are like the most scammed item on ebay.

[ohiobids75]

I wish there was some more secure way to get paid for stuff! I mean could do face to face but even those people could screw you over. Ugh.

[southern*sweet*tea]

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@southern*sweet*tea wrote:

Big, fat SCAM

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Scammers count on a seller's greed and/or naivete for this scam.

They will offer you X amount of dollars over your price, and they will ask either for a Paypal invoice or your cell number.  Shortly thereafter you receive a very real looking fake Paypal payment email. They are banking on the seller's ignorance of how selling works. They hope that the seller does not actually log in to Paypal to check for an actual payment before they ship, and this scam works stunningly well.

Never, ever, ever depend on a payment email from any payment platform. Always log directly in to your account by typing the name in a browser window. Don't ever log in through an email link.

Don't send Paypal invoices. Don't give buyers your phone number or email address.  Not only are these policy violations, they are not necessary. Buyers pay by clicking the pay now (buy now, whatever it says) button in the listing. They don't need any further information from you.