Dodgy buyer won auction, what now?

teeb

I'm selling a phone on eBay - I know, I know.

Anyway, all was well until 5 minutes before the auction ended. The price jumped from £100ish to £550, thanks to two bidders, both of whom have no feedback.

Payment is PayPal only, but no sign of any payment being made. Better still, received a message from the buyer asking if it can be posted by "Royal Mail International signed for", despite the fact they apparently live in London, and apologising as his/her account was recently blocked by eBay.

I'm sure this is some kind of scam (yay, lucky me). The question is, what do I do now? Do I need to wait 7 days for them not to pay before I do anything? Can I get in touch with eBay and start over?

cyberbob

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teeb

cyberbob wrote: »

Have a look at this from it concentrates on nigeria scam but it works for most

HERE

Thanks for that.

Oddly enough, the buyer has jumped to "no longer registered" already. Ah well, time to get the ball rolling.

Thank you!

soolin

Get your seller preferences set when you relist and it never hurts to add a small paragraph saying something like 'I am aware of the 419 scam and will not ship outside the UK' or something like that.