18-09-2020 3:38 PM
I think someone is trying to get into my account. they have sent me an offer message asking to contact them via whatsapp and writing the phone number with a space bar between each number. The account has no purchase history and is registered in Malaysia. I can't contact ebay security atm...what does anyone think? I'm not going to repsond to the message.
You made the right decision not to respond to the message, as you should never respond to these type of messages if you receive them. The message you were sent has all of the obvious hallmarks of a scam - ie: buyer registered oveseas, the buyer's asking for your Whatsapp account details to make you an offer instead of using the Best Offer function on the eBay listing specifically provided for the purpose of making a legitimate offer, not to mention sending you his/her telephone number via eBay messages without having committed to a purchase. If eBay were to see that message then you could end up with your account being sanctioned as eBay would probably accuse you of conspiring to do an off-eBay sale. Therefore, do as has already been advised and add the buyer's User ID to your Blocked Bidders List. You could certainly do without the aggravation that this potential "buyer" could cause you should you decide to respond to the query and try to negotiate a deal.
Add them to your blocked lixt and don't respond.
Quite a few people have had these sort of messages from members in Malaysia.