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I’m selling a bike on eBay and received what felt like a scam email and it turned out to be so. The same setup as detailed here: https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/Hi-received-quot-a-request-to-buy-quot-instead-of-an-offer-on-a/td-p/6261361
I hadn’t come across it before, something to be aware of for anyone selling high value bikes on there.
I’m not 100% what the goal is; do they send you a fake payment notification in the hope that you post them the item (but thereby giving their address away? Surely not)? Or are they phishing for PayPal details?