So I posted on Craigslist last night and got a reply already this morning, initially from a text that requested I contact him at his email address, which I did, and then in my email.
Here is the text of the email. Something seems fishy to me about this. Is there a way you can get scammed even if a payment clears to your paypal account?? Thoughts on this, please??
"Thanks I'm just asking about it to make sure its in good condition as im buying it for my brother's son as a birthday surprise gift and he doesn't know about it, so can you assure me i will not be disappointed? also no shipment involved as i have a mover that will come for it. Im okay with the price and condition , I can only pay you via one of the fastest and secure way to pay online (PayPal).. Do you have a PayPal account? Let me know asap so i can arrange the payment through PayPal. my shipper will be coming to pick it up as soon as the payment clears into your account .
Henry Benson,
US Vet Corp Resources
The Lowcountry Warrior Connection
www.lowcountrywarriorconnection.org"
Pretty confident that's a scam. I've heard of similar scams before, where someone says they are deployed in X country and are buying X item for X person, eventually in the end you get screwed though.
I'd stick to selling locally face to face, and accepting cash and bitcoin only.
His latest reply:
"I work with the military as a SDI 8T000 and am stationed in Lackland Air Force Base AFB LAFB San Antonio,I'm in military camp and there's no way i can pay you in cash or wire money to you. As i said I have fund in my PayPal account as my bank account is attached to it hence the reason i opted to pay you through PayPal. I'm honest with you and i want you to be honest with me. PayPal is secure and easy to use, if you dont have paypal account is easy to setup, just log on to
www.paypal.com, i will need only email attached to your paypal account to facilitate payment to your account. Kindly setup an account with PayPal to proceed.I can only feel secured sending my funds via paypal due to there various security measures at ensuring safe and secured transaction between buyer/seller. Make sure you get back to me with your PayPal email as soon as possible. Looking forward to do business with you."
I'm going to go with my gut and not proceed. Thanks for your help.
I'm curious, though (cause I'm in IT).. how can someone scam you by sending funds to your paypal account?