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I have an item for sale on Craigslist and was contacted by this phone# asking if I still  had it. That the person would send extra money ( almost double ) if I would hold it for them etc. the text was very poorly typed and made me suspicious. So I wanted to search out the buyer by phone # to see if it was even I real number!

Craigslist, Kiiji, AutoTrader, Etc. Scam:

The scam works like this.  Communication is always by text or email for some made up reason such as they are deaf, they deployed and can't use their phone (then how did the text get out?), etc.  They think your item as described is perfect.  They might ask a few questions about it, and then will pay your asking price, sight unseen, because they are never around close by to come look at it (they use the stationed somewhere in the military a whole lot, or working overseas, or on an oil rig in the middle of the ocean, or simply fill in your own job here).  They will give you an extra $40 or $50 to hold it for them.  Then they tell you they will send a cashier’s check or money order for that amount plus extra for the “shipper”.  They count on the fact that people don’t know or realize that the funds being made available by the bank and the check actually clearing are two completely different things.  They ask you to wire that extra money by untraceable means such as Western Union or Moneygram.  The check or money order turns out to be bogus and you end up out the money you sent plus the bank fees.  Also, if the check is big enough you may end up being charged criminally.  Please note that check was probably mailed from somewhere in the US, so it is very important that you take the check and the envelope it came in to the Post Office and have them forward it to the Postal Inspectors.
In the case of them using PayPal, the same thing happens.  They send a fake email looking like it came from PayPal, get you to pay the shipper, and then find out that the e mail was fake and no money is available.

Same issue noted above - also now receiving Texts poorly worded from 1-724-818-5022 asking me to email
featurevmgr@gmail.com
they were unable to provide details as to which item they would like to purchase.
As I originally replied to the Text - from my cell phone - it lead them to my personal email - (my mistake) so I have now received emails from Matthew Future <featurevmgr@gmail.com