Should I reply to this email

BellaBargains

I've received this email through ebay:

"Hi, I am sorry to bother you, but I believe I bought the ellipse bag from you some time ago. Now my mother in law is dying for the same bag and I am trying to find the person who sold it to me, because I got an absolutely awesome deal, and you know how hard it is to find a great deal. Please help me. If you are the person, please let me know if you have another one, or just let me know that it wasn't you because I really need to find that person before her birthday.

Thank you,
jeqodsyhtre21"

I'm not the person that they are looking for (I've never sold anything on ebay) I did a search on their name and they have only been registered for 1 month and made one purchase and are in the US. Should I respnod to this enquiry or ignore it - I don't want to risk giving out my email address (I don't know if they would get my address).

Anyway, I don't want to be unhelpful, but I can't help feeling suspicious and you guys always seem to know what to do!

BellaBargains

Someone, anyone, please!

Emmy

I think I would just ignore it HTH
Emmy

Midget_Karen

I think just no one knows what to say.

I think if it were me I would ignore it, and see if they email again.

BTW, really like your signature!!

Bossyboots

I would definitely ignore it. It is kind of you not to want to appear unhelpful but I suspect the sender of the e-mail may not be so scrupulous.

You are not obliged to response, nor do you need to feel guilty for not doing so. Just delete it.

Catseyez

I wouldn't trust it at all. If it were me, I would totally ignore it. I'd also print a copy of their profile (and all other contact info) and a copy of the e-mail and save it somewhere. I would also change my password for both ebay and paypal. If my phone number was listed, I would take that off too. Which you can as a buyer.

I'm assuming that if you respond, they'll be able to see your e-mail address?

They could well be a bunch of fraudster's who are trying to get people to give them details. You just never know.

If you haven't traded for a long time, it might be worth letting them 'know' that your account is still active. You could do that by just bidding once on any popular item (that you have no chance of winning - but nothing like a car!) for a couple of pence that has about 5 days left at auction.

If anything strange happens to your account in the near future, you'll have some evidence!!

At least that's what I would do. Maybe some of the more experienced ebayers on here have better suggestions?

VH

Doesn't sound like a scam to me.

The buyer will have purchased the bag a long time ago and forgotten who they bought it from. The purchase will have been made from an older account, which may have been closed for some reason, and they can't check back to see who they bought the bag from.

They will have deleted all the emails they had relating to it, and will probably have a vague recollection of the name of the seller. Hence what they have probably done is mailed a few sellers with similar sounding names in the hope that they can find the correct one.

Sounds pretty innocent to me.

You're obviously not the seller so I would just ignore it.

I get a lot of mails which I ignore, e.g. the old classic "How much for Buy It Now please", sent by people trying to get a bargain out of you.

Bargainbabe_2

VH wrote:

Doesn't sound like a scam to me.

The buyer will have purchased the bag a long time ago and forgotten who they bought it from. The purchase will have been made from an older account, which may have been closed for some reason, and they can't check back to see who they bought the bag from.

They will have deleted all the emails they had relating to it, and will probably have a vague recollection of the name of the seller. Hence what they have probably done is mailed a few sellers with similar sounding names in the hope that they can find the correct one.

Sounds pretty innocent to me.

You're obviously not the seller so I would just ignore it.

I get a lot of mails which I ignore, e.g. the old classic "How much for Buy It Now please", sent by people trying to get a bargain out of you.

Totally agree. Why all the suspicion? Its not exactly the most sinister of emails is it? I personally think its totally innocent. As VH has said, as its not you then there's no need to reply. Although even if you did, I'm sure when you click "respond now" you have the option to hide your email address.

Tojo_Ralph

Jesus H !!!! ..... Paranoia rules :eek:



By all means reply, I would, (I'm nosey ) however, I would do as I normally do and reply from a disposable Hotmail account.

barjam_2

i think the op said they did a check on the name and they had only been registerd for a month so thats not too long ago not enough to warrant in saying "some time ago" best to ignore it as pevious guys have said, it obviously isnt you so dont worry about not responding

Bargainbabe_2

Again like VH said it could of been from another eBay account.