I get these messages on almost every item I sell. Each scammer gets a brief "F*ck off" message from me and I proceed to ship it to the actually buyer.
I will say, I sold a $2,000 item and right after the payment was received the actual buyer (a long standing member with no recent reviews) messaged me saying "My home address is in New York" (this was the address I see on my end) "but because of covid I am stuck in New Hampshire for a couple weeks. Can you send it to this address instead?"
Despite the message coming from the actual buyer, I would still never ship to an alternate address. You never know if the account was hacked or it's someone using a stolen CC and making fraud purchases or anything else fraudulent. I responded to the seller explaining that eBay strongly advises only shipping to the verified address and that I would no longer be protected by breaking this "rule" and that out of safety for all involved, will only ship to the address associated with the account. They responded with respect for my decision and arranged for a family member to be at the address for delivery.
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