Phone msg from scammers that lead to email hyperlinks

Through selling an item on ebay, I encountered my first scammer...

Identified emails thus far are:
[email protected]
[email protected]

We first received a text msg, after a scammer saw our ebay ad, as my other half wanted to put his phone number up for genuine enquiries.

The text msg reads as follows:

"Hi, is your vehicle posted on ebay still up for sale?
What's its condition/final price?
Please reply ONLY to my email.
[email protected] ..
Regards, Greg"

Received from phone number: +1(949) 345-6030

We have not responded to this email (scammer), due to the fact that we suffered an earlier incident which started with a text msg very much like the one above. We corresponded with that scammer and the results are as follows. Please note that we DID NOT click on the hyperlink, but responded through an email address. (Do not click on the hyperlink they provide you ever!!!) The emails read as follows.

(From us) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hello

There's 40 minutes to go on the auction. There's 1,600 views and 85 people watching but it still hasn't hit reserve at $4,000.

Please call me at the end of the auction if it hasn't sold and I will be more than happy to talk to you.

Cheers

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jean joy [email protected]
9 Mar

to me

Okay i just wanted to make sure nothing is been left out.I will be
buying this for the price you have listed it for.Payment will be sent
using PayPal and i will handle the PayPal surcharge as well.I will
arrange with someone to have this picked up for your location once i
have paid as i am out of town at the moment.In the meantime,can you
send me more pictures (if available)? Regards

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(from us)
9 Mar

to jeanjoy

Hello

I appreciate your interest. I would like to confirm that the reserve was $4,000, so I cannot accept less than this amount.
Please call me on 04xx xxx xxx so that I may clarify any questions you may have.

I am curious as to why you didn't bid.
Thank you again and look forward to hearing from you.

Cheers

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jean joy [email protected]
9 Mar

to me

OK SEND ME YOUR PAYPAL EMAIL ACC

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(from us)
9 Mar

to jean

Please just call me if you are genuine.

I am aware of buyer and seller protection in relation to ebay policy and fraud.
Pleaser refer to the ebay website for further information.

Cheers mate

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I hope that this clears up any confusion for other people who stumble upon the same exact thing.
Thanks and be safe out there!

I should have mentioned that we never heard from the scammer after alerting them to ebay policy and fraud!

Cheers