CRAIGSLIST PayPal scam

[BReeves]

Have a Pick Up listed on Craigslist and have two people that want to pay me through PayPal.. This has to be some sort of new scam but wondering what the deal is. Normally PayPal is pretty safe.. Only thing I can think of is they will try the same old stuff of over paying, wanting me to send them the difference then reverse the transaction..

If it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck.....

This is one of the emails...
***************************************************
Hello,
Thanks for the quick response ,I will not be coming to view it because
of my Job,i am a Marine engineer and due to the nature of my work,
phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i
squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding
it.i am buying this for my Uncle as surprise gift and i am at sea
right now.I am satisfied with your firm/advert price,as am requesting
this transaction should be done via PayPal so the PayPal charges is on
me and Payment will be made via PayPal (if you don't have an
account,its easy,safe and secured just log on to (www.paypal.com) to
get one and get back to me with the email used.My mover will arrange
for the pick up after payment clears and I hope we can make the
purchase as fast as possible? I want you to get back with the
following details

1: Your Paypal email ID or a paypal payment invoice

2: Your Last asking price

3: Your contact address for the pick up

4. More pics.


Thanks...

 

[bernardderek]

Send him back a buch of fake info. There is nothing i like to do more than to waste scammers time.

 

[superdave65]

on that kind of ad, I tell them my name is John E. Law and give them the FBI's field office address.

 

[BallisticBiker]

Walks like a duck indeed.... Scam written all over it!
I too have some items listed on Craigslist and am flabbergasted at the amount of scam crap emails I have received! Can't trust any of 'em to be legit... It's terribly frustrating. I'm just an honest guy looking to sell a couple of things and having to endure the swarm of scammers has me truly flustered.
It's a damn shame, too....

 

[Fyrtwuck]

That kind of nonsense is why I'll never have anything to do with Craigslist.

 

[VitruvianDoc]

They get you to bite and never send paypal money. Instead, they tell you that such a large sum of money is having issues so they need you to send them x dollars for this and that and they keep nickel and dimeing you for what you're worth.

 

[Dale00]

Ask them to send their bank account number and other electronic transfer information to the Bank of Lagos, Nigeria for verification of the balance available in the account.

 

[HMFIC]

100% scam, no doubt.

I like CL but you have to be smart about it and don't fall prey to the scams. I usually just forward any scam emails I recieve on to the FBI and then move on.

 

[okie98]

I get a new scam e-mail every day.

 

[264killer]

i have a tractor on CL. just got email, Location? i can pick it up.