Just had a similar type of possible scam. Yesterday I posted a Laptop on craigs list for sale and the next morning when I turned my phone on i had a bunch of texts from the same person, claiming he wanted to buy the laptop, but he insisted that he pay by Paypal, he explained to my that it was for his Daughter that was in school in West Africa and it was for her Birthday, so since I didnt have a PayPal account I went ahead and opened one up, well in the mean time I received another offer, and this is what made me suspicious. This guy said that he wanted to buy the laptop for his daughter that was going to school in West Africa so 2 different people with the same story, and both of them wanted to give me 100$ more than what I am asking for. Well before I became suspicious I contaced Mr Sergio back and let him know that I have created my PayPal account, and he told me to check my email for confirmation that the money was sent. So within Mins I got an Email and it looked legit, it showed that it was from PayPal and that the money was sent and to go ahead with the shipping process, but when I logged into my PayPal account nothing was there, nothing was even pending but the email says different, I received 2 emails from Felepio Sergio but it said it was coming from payPal. Now when I got the second offer from a Scott Michael and the stories were to much the same and he also wanted to only pay by PayPal i knew that this had to be a scam. So be careful for this one. The emails look so real I wish there was a way I could post them on here. I had to keep reading them over and over. Even the fine print. Now if the money was sent pay pal does put a hold until i send them the shipping/tracking info right? but does the money amount still show in my account as pending?
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