Is this eBay Buyer scamming me?

[AlTech]

Hi,

So on eBay a user messaged me about being interested in my laptop for £880 but insists he/she pays through Paypal instead of eBay.  To protect their identity I've removed personal information.

 

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Evening Seller,
I'm interested in purchasing your listed item on eBay, i will be offering you £880 for the item and £15 for postage via Royal Mail Nextday special Delivery to ___________, if accepted by you,and get back to me with PayPal request on my account _______________ and I will make payment immediately,replace the () sign on my mail with @ please 
Regards

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you can easily end the bidding process right now and send the paypal request to _______________ so that i can remit payment right away,do take ad down from eBay asap, replace the () sign on my mail with the normal @ please
Kind regard

 

So yeah, is this against eBay TOS? And is this a scam of some sort?

I'm really just so confused .

Thanks.

[Lurick]

Yup, complete scam. Never do anything outside of ebay.

 

I got hit by that a long time ago, they send you a fake email that looks like PayPal saying the money is on the way and you need to ship the item out first and upload the tracking number.

[GigabitXe]

I don't know about being against the TOS, but it is definitely not recommend. If they don't go through eBay, then you are not covered by their policy and you will most likely get scammed. I say that you should not take this deal. 

[Ezzy-525]

Yup, definitely a scam. 

 

This is the exact thing that eBay warns about when they say not to deal with people outside of eBay.

[AlTech]

Just now, Ezzy-525 said:

Yup, definitely a scam. 

 

This is the exact thing that eBay warns about when they say not to deal with people outside of eBay.

 

1 minute ago, GigabitXe said:

I don't know about being against the TOS, but it is definitely not recommend. If they don't go through eBay, then you are not covered by their policy and you will most likely get scammed. I say that you should not take this deal. 

 

4 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Yup, complete scam. Never do anything outside of ebay.

 

I got hit by that a long time ago, they send you a fake email that looks like PayPal saying the money is on the way and you need to ship the item out first and upload the tracking number.

 

Kk. Not taking aforementioned deal. 

Thanks much.

[Ezzy-525]

1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

Kk. Not taking aforementioned deal. 

Thanks much.

Always best to ask when you're suspicious of something buddy!

[iRileyx]

8 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Yup, complete scam. Never do anything outside of ebay.

 

I got hit by that a long time ago, they send you a fake email that looks like PayPal saying the money is on the way and you need to ship the item out first and upload the tracking number.

I work in a post office and a lass almost fell for this scam with her iPhone 6S, said they guy gave her £20 upfront to cover delivery, and at last minute said it needed delivering to Texas, America instead of London and to send the tracking code to him once it was posted, then he'll send the money.
 

She showed me a fake PayPal email that had a bar stuck on something like 97% processed, I told her it was a scam, we took the phone out of the box and sent the empty box on it's way over to him lmao. And she was still like £5 in pocket cause the postage wasnt the full £20.

 

But yeah it'll definitely be a scam.

[Ezzy-525]

2 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

I work in a post office and a lass almost fell for this scam with her iPhone 6S, said they guy gave her £20 upfront to cover delivery, and at last minute said it needed delivering to america instead of London, and to send the tracking code then he'll send the money.

She showed me a fake PayPal email that had a bar stuck on something like 97% processed, I told her it was a scam, we took the phone out of the box and sent the empty box on it's way over to him lmao. And she was still like £5 in pocket cause the postage wasnt the full £20.

 

But yeah it'll definitely be a scam.

That's quality! The scammer got scammed! 

[TheKDub]

12 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Hi,

So on eBay a user messaged me about being interested in my laptop for £880 but insists he/she pays through Paypal instead of eBay.  To protect their identity I've removed personal information.

 

 

So yeah, is this against eBay TOS? And is this a scam of some sort?

I'm really just so confused .

Thanks.

 

It's a scam, don't do any eBay purchases outside of actual eBay transactions.

[iRileyx]

2 minutes ago, Ezzy-525 said:

That's quality! The scammer got scammed! 

Aye haha.

We did have to get the police involved first though and got a case number and everything before taking the phone out and sending just the box, had to cover our own buttocks incase anything funny came back to us  

[AlTech]

7 minutes ago, TheKDub said:

 

It's a scam, don't do any eBay purchases outside of actual eBay transactions.

 

11 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

I work in a post office and a lass almost fell for this scam with her iPhone 6S, said they guy gave her £20 upfront to cover delivery, and at last minute said it needed delivering to Texas, America instead of London and to send the tracking code to him once it was posted, then he'll send the money.
 

She showed me a fake PayPal email that had a bar stuck on something like 97% processed, I told her it was a scam, we took the phone out of the box and sent the empty box on it's way over to him lmao. And she was still like £5 in pocket cause the postage wasnt the full £20.

 

But yeah it'll definitely be a scam.

Just received this.

 

[Christophe Corazza]

9 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

 

Just received this.

 

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well... there is your answer 

[Pip313]

Just tell them you need the first $100 to clear then you’ll ship... scam the scammer

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, Pip313 said:

Just tell them you need the first $100 to clear then you’ll ship... scam the scammer

And then proceed to constantly email them a bunch of garbage like James Veitch does

[IgorM]

6 hours ago, Lurick said:

 

I got hit by that a long time ago, they send you a fake email that looks like PayPal saying the money is on the way and you need to ship the item out first and upload the tracking number

Exactly.

[SansVarnic]

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