CRAIGSLIST PayPal scam

[grizzly97]

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...

Yup, it's a scam. I dealt with someone who sent me the EXACT same email. He wanted me to put money into a "paypal" account, and when I did some looking/digging, the account was in Turkey and had nothing to do with PayPal. I say screw with him and waste his time as well.

 

[dru]

419eater.com would be a great place to go for pointers and inspiration on wasting a scammer's time

 

[Phat Mike]

had a car listed once. person sent a check for way more than the asking price! it was a stolen check !! they used FEDEX to send check so you couldn't catch them.

 

[AKguy1985]

I had my 86 mustang listed on autotrader or something once and I got this email saying this person was going to use it in a movie and they were going to send me say $5,000 and then i use the difference to ship the car to somewhere. This was 6 years ago. Classic Nigerian Scam

 

[druryj]

I wouldn't even log into that site on a dare. Doh.

 

[LightningCrash]

I had my 86 mustang listed on autotrader or something once and I got this email saying this person was going to use it in a movie and they were going to send me say $5,000 and then i use the difference to ship the car to somewhere. This was 6 years ago. Classic Nigerian Scam

i would have shipped them a box of cockroaches

 

[n423]

Scam alert...we use craigslist and only deal FTF and cash.

 

[o'doyle]

I've bought and sold several items on CL. In fact my wife's Tahoe and my GTO were purchased from CL sellers. Always used Cash or met the person at their bank. Just have to be careful and watch out for the scamming junk..