The person/persons you're referring to just tried to do the same thing to me. They tried it a few months ago too and I reported them to Craigslist,the police dept. and the Federal fraud division. Now I see they're still trying to pull the wool over someone again. Once they told me they were paying by paypal and then sent another email about prepaying a ??? shipping company I knew it was the same BS as before. It's unfortunate that we get excited when an item sells and we are about to get paid and then the ball @SJCarino wrote: so someone wanted to buy a phone from me off craigslist and wanted to pay through paypal. i said im not sending it till i get the money. he said make a paypal account then he'll transer the money to my acoount. then he said before the money actually gets to my account i have to ship my phone to him and send a picture of the shipping reciept to a paypal related adress for them to verify that i shipped the item so he wouldnt get ripped off. well its been two weeks and theres still no money in my account oon pops and reality of fraudulent activity hits home. First we dealt with the Craigslist Killer and now the Craigslist Fibber/Liar/Crook. The legitimate buyers and sellers beware. These people are giving selling a bad rap and if any of you know these people personally, TURN THEM IN. They are not your friend. Save a sale/purchase. There are REAl transactions out there. Don't be fooled by these thieves!!!!!!
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