I am trying to sell an item off craigslist. I received the following message from someone out of state...I think its a scam....
Am fine with that asking price, and will be paying you via PayPal and as soon payment is made and verified by PayPal i have a courier agent to come pick it up at any location of your choice but most preferably the Walmart or Starbucks nearest to you. Kindly let me know if this can work since i live in Miami FL
Yes this is indeed a scam. I got the same email with the same response. When they said they’d be sending an Agent lol I know it was a scam. Most of the time you can even put the body of the email into google and you’ll find others like us who they think are suckers for this. This is what they sent me... “OK am fine with that asking price, and will be paying you via PayPal and as soon payment is made and verified by PayPal i have a courier agent to come pick it. Kindly let me know if this can work since i live in Miami FL.” It’s BS and don’t fall for it... If they don’t even say what the item is or very general or really ANYONE from a different state wanting to send you a check, PayPal, card number, even cash forget it their scamming
Hey ChicagoMike77! Welcome to the PayPal Community! Thank you for sharing your experience 🙂 I recommend taking a look at this article https://goo.gl/YN5ad9 It includes a nice set of tips to identify fake or scam emails. Hope this helps. - Carlos
