In reply to a post by ian72:

That profile may not be so strange... So far I've had an ebay account for about 4 years and bought 1 set of batteries and a suez canal badge. Never sold anything on there (ebay only used as an expedient to get difficult to find items).

But as far as I know, you didn't hack into an email, assume another identity and fail to pay...

Hi again, No, it's not anywhere other than in the Sky system: I've never
used it, as I always used outlook express (Windows mail 2012 now) and
Thunderbird occasionally. This email was forwarded to me from my sky
account, but it is the only one I've ever had forwarded because, as I say,
the address was dormant and never used. Not on pc (other than accessible
should I log into my Sky account - and no-one but me can access Sky for
obvious reasons). eBay are at some fault because I think they should verify
new account email addresses provided, but someone had to have the address -
and user name "lewis king" - which only I and Sky have ever seen.
Cheers, Les.

Hmm, As I've said to Ian & HTTP, the emails are genuine - from eBay. They have confirmed an account was opened up using my email address. NO request for confirmation came from eBay regarding said account (I opened my OWN eBay account up over 12 years ago, and don't remember if I was ever sent a request for confirmation of same). This bogus buyer has not gone through with the transaction, which actually exists - the seller says he cannot contact the buyer. Obvious, as it's my address and I haven't responded by pressing "pay now". I still think the vulnerability is with Sky - despite other posters trying to persuade me that it is perfectly reasonable for there to have been an error on the part of a legitimate "buyer": were that to be so, then said buyer would rectify the problem - and they haven't. They've just disappeared over the horizon! The comment about there must be other Lewis Kings at Sky is possibly true - I suppose - but if it was all innocent, then the REAL Lewis King would have come forth.
No, nowt is going to persuade me that there's not a problem at Sky - along with all the others that are "being dealt with" there.
As and when others find themselves in my position - if they choose to tell others about it - perhaps Sky will concede that there is a problem that needs attention. Thanks, all, for the replies. Cheers, Les.

In reply to a post by lelboy:

but if it was all innocent, then the REAL Lewis King would have come forth.

Not if you are getting his emails.

Touche - to a degree!
Do you not think the real Lewis King would have rumbled by now that he'd messed up, and then done something to rectify the situation. The seller tells me that he's had no contact from "Lewis King" - with whatever email - so has closed the sale.
Why are other posters so intent on debunking my notion - and making excuses for Sky and a mentally defective "Lewis King?
Bizarre! Cheers, Les.

I just think someone entered your email address into ebay by mistake. If someone were to hack your email address, they are much more likely to send out a ton of "enhancement pill" spam and the like, rather than buy an item on ebay and not pay for it, don't you think?

I'm sceptical because I see no gain by the other party. Entering the wrong email address is easy and maybe they just think eBay have screwed up. You seem a little paranoid to think this is some great cockup by sky.

Ha, paranoia is alive and well in Beckton? I think not.
There have been so many issues recently with Sky and their "yahoo" venture: this has been confirmed to me by their retentions dept - on the phone. Were this eBay episode to have happened at any other time, I'd dismiss it as "one of life's mysteries", but I don't believe in coincidence, and at this moment in time Sky ARE having email issues. That's about all I can say, really.
Cheers, Les.

In reply to a post by lelboy:

There have been so many issues recently with Sky and their "yahoo" venture: this has been confirmed to me by their retentions dept - on the phone.

Yes, and I think this is making you eager to jump to conclusions.

Now, if someone had actually logged into your email account and sent mail out, it would be a whole different matter.

Hello again, I think I and the other posters are going to have to agree to differ.
My conclusion was made before I spoke to Sky - that's why I did!
Can only repeat so many times - if the "user" of my email had made a mistake, then it appears to me that he'd rectify it: the "seller" says he hasn't, so ergo there's something dodgy. My original post merely asked whether others had experienced anything similar, and I didn't expect to be castigated because of my caution and concern. All too many times folk have been slack in dealing with potential problems - which is why phishers and scammers continue: there's always a supply of inattentive people who find themselves in dire straits because they chose not to look deeper into suspicious activity. I'll close now, as from my perspective, I'm going nowhere.
Cheers, Les.