I was looking at something online recently and they told me they were selling it with ebay buyer protection plan. I got an email with ebay logo etc and as I read it, it said to send the money by Western Union - red flag. I called ebay and it was a scam. Ebay protection plan uses numbers only-10 digits and no letters. His number had 3 sets of letters as well as numbers. Ebay never uses Western Union as it is too hard to trace payment. He also said item was at a fedex shipping center that had been inspected and approved by ebay. They don't inspect shipping centers for the way things are packed. Glad I called ebay :)