suspicious email

[van_27]

Hello everyone,

I've just received and email from this email address  "ebay@approved-purchase.com"

It is about the info for a payment that should be done via bank transfer. Is it safe to proceede?

This is the auction on here, plaese see the descriptio:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zeiss-Milvus-Otus-Lens-Set-5-Lenses/333564429797?hash=item4da9fd45e5:g:VV...

Thanks a lot in advance for your help.

Regards

[ruby*tuesday · Accepted solution]

Is a SCAM. A compromised Account. The Item won't exist. You should only ever Pay through PayPal to secure Buyer Protection. 

[van_27 · Accepted solution]

Thanks 🙂

I thought so, but I tried to contact the owner of the account and the person has the "contact seller" option disabled. Tried to contact ebay customer service but with no luck.
This account has now lots of biddings open and they are all the same. You contact them outside ebay and then they sent you the fake email.

Any idea or help in reporting it it would be great and much appreciated

[ruby*tuesday · Accepted solution]

Use the Report Item on the Listing Page.

[red_magpie]

This email is not from eBay. You should NEVER pay for an eBay purchase by bank transfer. Even if the sale was genuine, this will invalidate eBay's money back guarantee, which only applies when you pay by PayPal.

Didn't the demands in the listing, telling you not to bid but to contact the "seller" to pay for it, tell you all you need to know?

This is about as obvious as scams get! If you didn't realise this it should be a wake-up call to learn how to protect yourself when buying on eBay.

[van_27]

Thank you for your answer, and yes I do agree. I never sent money or will outside ebay. It was more for security and trying to report it. I called the ebay customer service multiple times or tried to find a way to report the scam but I was unsuccessful. There are many many other auctions with the same layout and from the same guy for very expensive stuff.