I just wanted to add that I really would prefer to reopen the listing, as it had two watchers. Those are potential actual bidders who might genuinely want to buy the camera, not to rip me off! I'm pretty frustrated right now, as I'm sure you can tell... my first experience with selling on ebay, and someone is trying to steal from me... sheesh... 
Go to the bottom of this page.
RESOLUTION CENTRE.
Open an Unpaid Item Dispute. Unfortunately, you can't do this until 96 hours after the purchase. Annoying.
Mention that the customer wants you to ship to Nigeria.
That should be enough (along with the non-payment) to close the Dispute in your favour promptly.
All the scammer's emails can be deleted unread. They are irrelevant. Do not attempt to communicate with the crook.
Once the Dispute is closed, you can relist.
Actually, since the guy will never pay, some would tell you to go ahead and relist now. But I won't because that would not be eBay legal.
When you relist (legally 
) do not accept international customers. Look particularly for the link that allows you to Block entire countries and continents. Don't enter any S&H for overseas.
And look at your Seller Preferences. Block bidders with Unpaid Item Strikes and those without active Paypal accounts. Your scammer doesn't have a PP account, those are fake emails.
BTW, it is not necessary to give your email address to a customer, because when he buys he gets that information.
Try to treat this as another annoying learning curve. Your purpose is to get your selling fees back and to relist. At lease there should be no relisting fee for this failed transaction.
You can't "cancel" because eBay has already cancelled the transaction along with any fees that may have been charged.
We had to cancel bids and purchases on the following item(s) for the buyer, , because they were made without the account owner's permission: 181673086253 - Nikon 1 J1 10.1 MP Digital Camera - Red (Kit w/ VR 10-30mm Lens)
If you look at the rest of the message it will tell you the transaction was cancelled and your fees were refunded
As for the harassment.....just ignore them completely.
If you can't resist the temptation to look at the message then set your email system to send them directly to the trash.
You can relist this camera anytime there is no need to wait. Do make some changes however.
Ship only to USA/Canada
Block buyers in Countries you don't ship to
Require a PayPal account
Block non-US PayPal accounts
Use Fixed Price with Immediate Payment Required
Anything less than this and your first experience will simply repeat.
" I cannot get through to anyone at ebay for support."
email all details of this failed transaction to raphael@ebay.com Raphael is located in Toronto and may be able to help you or will direct you to where you may get some assistance.
God Luck.
@hazelknits604 wrote:
Oh, femmefan1946, I have tried opening an unpaid item dispute, but it says that the item number is not valid. I'm assuming because it has been less than 4 days, so I'll try again in two days, since it's only been two days.
It won't be any different tomorrow! eBay has removed all traces of the transaction. Did you look at the message again that they sent you, it should be quite clear.
As for blocking countries. Just setting your ship to locations isn't enough, you also have to actually block buyers in those countries through your Site Preferences.
My eBay -> Account -> Site Preferences -> Buyer Requirements ->
While you are there also have a look at your Seller Account, you should be able to see the fees charged and then a reversal of the fees when eBay cancelled the transaction.
