Need some advice. (eBay email)

[amacgenius]

Well, I listed my iMac G5 on eBay today, and later on today I get an email - it's a "Question from eBay member" kind of email, and this is what it said:

You expressed your interest in an item titled LOADED Apple 15 PowerBook G4 1.67GHz, 1 GB, 100 GB HDD (Item 9704766999) by bidding,however the auction has ended with another eBay member as the high bidder.In compliance with eBay's Policy,the seller of that item is making this Offer to you at your last bid price.The seller has issued this Offer because either the winning bidder was unable to complete the transaction or the seller has duplicate items for sale.If you accept this offer,you will be able to exchange Feedback with the seller and you will be eligible for eBay Services associated with a transaction,such as Fraud Protection.To purchase this item or if you have more questions,do not reply to this mail,just contact the seller at: edited@cs.com When contacting the seller include the Item Number in your e-mail and your eBay User id.Do not respond to this message.Contact the seller at this email address: edited@cs.com

Now, the seller of this item is memory-minus and this email came from sorcerydude88 - so obviously not the same guy, yet the "seller" who's email address I've edited in the quote has been corresponding with me, and I thought all was good until I got this email as a reply to one of mine:

Yes, i think so, i had some problems with my paypal account i don`t know if i can use it. Anyway the deal will be done through ebay.

I asked him if he'd setup a private auction when the time came through eBay so we're both protected, but after saying that about "his" PayPal account and then looking on the original auction (link) where he obviously accepts PayPal, I've become a little worried, should I be - or not?

This is the first time where I've sensed something isn't too right.

(Dunno if I mentioned this but the whole reason I'm uneasy is because he wants to sell me "his" PowerBook for $750 shipped when "his" original auction ended at $1500, he said the guy "didn't pay".)

Thanks in advance for the help!

 

[amacgenius]

I just sent memory-minus the following question via his original eBay auction:

Hey, I just got an email from you - stating you made a 2nd
chance offer to me, just to confirm you're actually you - is your
email address: edited@cs.com

I got an email stating to contact you there instead of through
eBay so I just wanted to make sure I wasn't talking to a
scammer.

Sorry if I offend you just want to be safe.

Thanks!

No response yet, but I bet if I sent edited@cs.com an email I'd get a response although who knows.

 

[iPhil]

it seems like a hi-jacked ebay acct .. the email just doesn't add up right

no one would wanna take that big of price hit if the 1500.00 deal fell through to sell it again..

 

[khisayruou]

no one would wanna take that big of price hit if the 1500.00 deal fell through to sell it again..

^ I agree.
Things are not adding up so be very careful.

 

[dmw007]

Sounds like a scam amacgenius.

Just way too much shiftiness going on for me to feel comfortable about this situation that you find yourself embroiled in.

 

[Atlasland]

Not worth the risk for $1500.

 

[amacgenius]

Just got a reply from the original eBay member:

NO that is a SCAM please do not do business with that person.
Whitegold270@cs.com is not my email address and I have no
knowledge of it. I recommend reported the email from that person
to eBay. Stay safe!

(Didn't edit the address this time because it's a confirmed scammer.)

This can be locked, or whatever now - thanks for the help!