When you decide to sell on ebay, you have no real control over who sees your item. You receive messages from genuine buyers, who have genuine questions.
You will also receive e-mails from (usually) chinese distributors, who want to offer you items to sell. These are more annoying than anything else, and usually relentless.
Then you get the really dodgy e-mails. Usually telling you that they want you item. Notice I said ITEM. They are prepared to offer you ten times the market value of the item. These e-mails (if you havn't guessed it) are total scams. The e-mailer will want to pay you via western union, and have the item shipped to Nigeria. Not always Nigeria, and I can't give a complete country the blame, but unfortunately the majority of these scams originate from internet cafes in Nigeria.
When you receive these messages in your inbox, DON'T ANSWER THEM!!! Log into the auction site you are a member of, and check to see if the message is in your inbox. If it is report it. If it's not, the auction site will usually have a security department e-mail you can report it to. For example ebay has spoof@ebay.com
Your auction site will appreciate your reports. It helps them to protect you!
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