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[Portman]

Good catch, although it was fairly obvious based on what you had in the listing. Sucks that this couldn't become another ppppppower book! thing like that one where the person screwed with the scammer and a forum provided ideas and tracking.

 

[Daniel Jackson]

Another way to spot fake emails: the real Paypal will always use your full name

 

[CloudyTuba]

I've read most the reviews, most have loved the phone and I want the pure Android experience.

Here's an example email:

Good to now, I'll do that next time. I was debating just re-listing without a buy it now price.

Haha he made Paypal sound so desperate in this and the others you posted.

Kindly shipped. Please respond. We strongly believe you have been notified. Get back to us. Send us the tracking number. Please get back to us.

 

[hillsighed]

Damn Cyclone, good thing you're not gullible. I fear to use eBay because of incidents like this.

There's nothing to fear. It's like anything, if you're smart about it you can avoid any issues.

Part of my job description is managing multiple eBay stores, and the things we have listed and sell often cost in the thousands. I've been doing it for over 3 years and the times we've had people try to scam us I can count on one hand, and the times it has worked have been zero.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

That email is hilariously bad

OP, why don't you try selling it on Swappa?

Looking into Swappa now. How's it work? You sell it, and send to them for them to make sure the device is good before sending to the buyer?

 

[PseudoKirby]

Avoid using Buy it now on ebay

Spoiler

Avoid Buying an iPhone as well

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

So apparently that ebay account that bought my phone was legit, but someone had hacked it. Got an Ebay email now. Explains why the account had good reviews.

 

[CadetMahoney]

So the alleged scam can just tell ebay he got hacked and they won't permban his account. Shame.

 

[n64coder]

OP, glad you averted the scam. One thing I'm confused about is how the scammer got your email address? I guess they went to pay for it and it shows your PayPal address? The ebay PM system will not show your email address.

I wonder if this is a security flaw with Ebay. It shouldn't show the person's paypal address until you have actually submitted the payment? Then there would be no way for someone to fake the email unless they buy 2 items from you and just pay for the cheapest one.

 

[sca2511]

Looking into Swappa now. How's it work? You sell it, and send to them for them to make sure the device is good before sending to the buyer?

I'm not quite sure. I used them for the first time to buy an iPhone 5s and it seemed like there were minimal fees involved. Here are some links I dug up about selling through Swappa, though you probably already found them.

How to Sell on Swappa
What does it mean when a listing has been "reviewed and approved" by Swappa staff?