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He's asking about a craigslist ad but being weird about it

craigslist scammer.  responded to an ad and want you to take payment via paypal and pay his shipper.   SCAMMMMMMM!

Wants to pay me for a craigslist item via paypal, include extra for his shipper, and have me give the extra (plus my item) to the shipper when he picks it up. I also suspect SCAM.

Craigslist post made yesterday morning. I made 4 posts and have gotten nothing but weird pay pal run around stories. Not that familiar with pay pal, but I have been contacted by two New York numbers and this Idaho number. Same gig from each. They have a shipper ready to go and want to take care of expenses through pay pal. I say stay far away from it. Plus I live out in Cali. Why are they going to pay more to ship a dresser or bed than it's worth. I don't buy it at all.

These guys are still at it.   They also work kijiji up here in Canada. They will text you and want to pay you on paypal ( which is a fraud).  Have some fun with them I sent them a not back raising my $850.00 price to $8000 and they thought that was ok.  When I raised it again to $250 000 .00 they were wondering why.  I finally had to let them in on the fact that they have been outed online.  That shut them up pretty quickly.  Bottom line if someone wants to buy anything off of you without seeing it you can gaurantee it is a scam.

It may be a scam.

Scammers use Craigslist, Kijiji, and other online buy/sell sites to troll for victims.
Sometimes they request to do the transaction through PayPal or other online money transfer services and some use fake or stolen checks. It is a classic money laundering scam.
Bottom line, they have no interest in getting the item you are selling, only in tricking you into sending them money.

Look for the signs of a scam in the examples below:

Here is how the "PayPal Scam", or any other online money service money-laundering scam, works:
They say they will buy your item, unseen.
They say they will pay you extra money to cover the shipping charges through their shipping company or agent or to cover any fees.
They request your email address linked to your PayPal account.
They instruct you to wire the extra funds they send you to their shipping company or agent or person who collects the fees.
You receive a invoice from PayPal to your email, stating the funds have been deposited to your PayPal account.
So, you use your money to wire the funds to the shipper.
You then find out the PayPal email was fake, it was sent by the scammer, there were no funds deposited into your PayPal account.
The money you wired, was really picked up by the scammer, it is unrecoverable.
You are out the money you wired.

Here is how the Cashiers Check, Money Order, or Bank Daft scam works:
As above, they want to pay you extra to cover shipping or fees.
In these cases, the check you receive, for funds over the amount of your item, is forged, stolen, or counterfeit.
As above, you are instructed to wire the extra funds to another party.
As it may take several weeks for the banks to realize the check is bad, you may not know you have been scammed for some time.
Worst yet, as you passed a bad check, you can be held criminally liable.
You are out the funds you wired, return check charges, and face possible arrest.
See:
http://www.fraudaid.com/
http://www.fraudaid.com/solution_center/solution/draftsoption3/4c.htm
Turn over any checks and letters you receive to your local Postmaster, Secret Service field office, or local law enforcement.
Do not try to deposit or cash them.