The address-change request from a different eBay account
A seller received an address-change message right after an $800 sale, but it did not come from the actual buyer.
What happened
A seller sold an $800 item and soon received a message asking for the shipping address to be changed.
The problem was that the message did not come from the buyer account that placed the order. It came from a different account entirely.
Both accounts appeared to be new. The requesting account was suspended shortly afterward.
The tactic depends on speed: message many recent sellers and hope one ships to the wrong address.
The red flags
The signals below are the ones that mattered in this case.
- Address-change request after a high-value sale
- Message came from a different account
- Both accounts were newly created
- Requesting account was quickly suspended
What to do
I ship only to the address on the eBay order. If the real buyer needs a different address, they need to cancel and re-buy with the correct address.
A request from an account that is not the buyer is different. I treat that as a scam attempt, keep everything in eBay messages, and escalate instead of shipping.
I do not let urgency or a convincing message move the package away from seller protection.
Save this for the next time a buyer feels off.