I listed an item on a free ads site yesterday for £50 and got a reply within 20 minutes. I didn’t realise until this morning at 5:30am. I replied and told her where I lived and asked when they wanted to collect. She replied almost immediately and asked if I could post.
If I gave her my PayPal address, she might not reply and use my name, home address and PayPal address for fraud.
I’ve had similar fraud attempt messages on FeeBay, from hijacked FeeBay accounts, but they are quickly removed.
I’m not sure how eBid and Gumtree deal with this. Have you ever given out your PayPal address and got burnt?