Is this an Ebay scam

[bexarametric]

I recently hosted an auction for a DIGI001. The person that won the auction contacted me and asked me to send it to Stamford, CT because they're moving (via private message). Now, their Paypal name was different than the name of the person that contacted me on Ebay. So is the address. Do you think they highjacked someone's info and started bidding away? Their bidding on their profile goes back two years. I don't want to be involved with a scam. The person involved has 90% positive feedback on 10 auctions. Your thoughts.

[yumdrum]

Make sure ALL your communication is done through e-bay. No private e-mails. CYA

[FW Harper]

Could be a friend/spouse/significant whatever using someone else's account. I've seen that. Call Paypal and see what you can find out. Get them to contact the account holder.

[Chris Williams]

Always do your business through the ebay system as much as possible.

I recently won an auction for an item in the states and about 10 minutes after I won the auction, I received an email (to my eBay email addy) saying to send the money via paypal to a different address using paypal etc.

No Idea how they got my eBay email addy but after replying to their email telling them I had sent them the details through the ebay system and contacted the seller they stopped emailing.

Even if you get an email from "eBay", never click it. In this day and age there are too many scams and eBay seems to be the target of most of them.

[jsteiger]

If you use PayPal, tell them you can only ship to the verified address they use when paying via PayPal. From what I understand, it's the only way you as a seller are protected.