i am new to CL, perhaps an answer can verify this is fishy

DrTodd
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Now I use a craigslist specific email address, so I used that to reply, I replied the price, 400 dollars for the item and 100 for global shipping, but duties and customs are out of my hands, I also replied this email address is not my paypal address, which it is not, he suddenly stopped talking to me, I suspect this is fraud/attempted fraud I am asking am I right or am I on high alert for these things??

 

Thanks for the reply,I will like to buy it and I will be offering you
$100 for the shipping cost of the item due to the fact that I am
willing to buy this item for my son who has just been transferred
abroad as the new manager and will like to buy it for him but since I
am not in town, I will like you to help me to send it to him directly
while I pay you,so I insist on making the payment Via PayPal because I
am not in town for now I can make the full transfer of the money to
your PayPal account and I want you to also to do it or if you do not
have a PayPal account,you can simply go to WWW.PayPal.com and setup an
account and setup an account and send me the email address you use to
setup the account so that I can make the transfer of the money from my
PayPal account to your account so that you can help me to send out the
item via Post office Priority Mail Service 6-10Days as soon as possible

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kkootenay
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 my son who has just been transferred
abroad

 

This is The Nigerian Scam, the early softening up part.

Report him to CL and refuse his offer.

 

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