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Was contacted by this number from a craigslist posting I listed and they tried to send payment via email. As soon as I got the email from "PayPal support" it clearly stated that I needed to send a $480 money gram to receive $2,500 from the buyer. Then got called by a phone number in cali by the same person stating they were using their wife's phone, and demanded I send the money gram. Cali is a long way from where this phone number is (Ohio).

Obvious Craigslist Scammer

wanted to pay me threw pay pal 6000 and I told him no. Not sure if he is good or bad. But the story he gave me was a lot like some of the scammers give me. So no sale unless he can come up with cash.

Same story here,. Definitely a scumbag!

Same deal. Text responding to my craigslist as. Wanted send money via PayPal without looking at my truck.

I placed an ad on Craigslist to sell my vette. This number called me at 4AM asking for my Paypal email to wire the money. They said they were in Arkansas but the number on a Google search said it was a land line in Ohio. When I told the guy this and that I was going to pass I get a text back of jumble letters about two pages long.

It was probably 4 in the afternoon in whatever country the scammer texted you from.

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 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.  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.