Thank you for the information, that makes complete sense. Do you happen to know what amount Ebay reimburses someone up to? Like in my case if I went through Ebay and got scammed like I did would they just refund all 10k?
Since you decided to deal outside of the eBay platform, I doubt eBay will be able to offer you any kind of help. It seems like him trying to lure you outside of eBay showed his intent of scamming you in the first place.
I wish you the best of luck in getting your funds back. Be more aware of scams like this I'm the future.