I took the liberty of reporting this item to eBay Safe Harbor. If this is in fact suspect, eBay will cancel it and suspend the account until they can find the user. It sounds like the account got hijacked from a Phishing email. I'm glad you posted your questions about it here! This happens a lot on eBay unfortunately. With regards to anything over $500, I don't think I would trust anything I can't touch with my hands first. You did the right thing!