I was selling my restaurant on CraigsList I was sent a email from a "Luke **removed**." He said he wanted to buy the restaurant for his father, but could not deal with me directly since he was on a ship on the ocean somewhere. He said that he would send me the full amount I was asking plus $ 800.00. He said he would pay me via PayPal. He sent me a fake PayPal invoice stating that the money was taken out of his account and was being held to go into my account and would be released once I sent his agent $ 800.00 via Western Union. The fake invoice also said not to contact PayPal directly since this was a special department of PayPal and that the regular people in the company would not be given any info about transactions of this "special" type. But he did give me a email address that he controlled which, he said, that if I had any questions I could contact it and they would respond and could assist me. He's been bugging me for 4 days to send the
$ 800.00 to his agent. He has now emailed me and said he is going to report me to the F.B.I. since he has a lot of money being held by PayPal and it can't be released until I send $ 800.00 to his agent, I have contacted PayPal at their spoof email and I have emailed the invoice that was sent to me by Luke **removed**. They told me it was a fake. So, don't let anyone fool you. They use LOGO's that make their coorespondences look real. Anyone who gives you a story and asks you to send your own money to them or to their agent before they can release or pay you are scamming you....guaranteed!!!
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