I was almost a victim of this also I had listed a jet ski on Craigs list and about 20 min later I received an email saying they would take it and for me to take it off Craigs list because they wanted to buy it right away. They said they only do business through PayPal via western union. So I created a PayPal account and the next day they sent me an email dating that the money was transferred out of there account but PayPal had it on hold until I payed for the pick up agents fee of $900. Then once I paid the $900 dollars my PayPal account would be fully funded. The person sent me a confirmation Id# so I called PayPal and they had no record of this Id# and said it was a scam so I sent PayPal the emails to spook@paypal.com and they sent me back a email saying it was a scam. So beware of doing any business through western union
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