I have recently put my computer up on craigslist and asking for 400 and somebody offered 500 to ship it out of state (I am in Illinois and they are in Miami and want me to ship it to Nigeria). I thought "Wow 100 more than asking, something must be up." They have been texting me, asked me to send a money request, I did and got an email from PayPal in my main mailbox showing that I sent a money request. Now he says that he sent the 500 and I checked my PayPal account and it still has the same balance and the 500 confirmation is in my spam box and is not from PayPal and is marked as it might be a phishing scam. I notified the buyer of the situation and how I believe they may be scamming me and they got very angry. In the email it states tha I will not recieve the 500 until I submit proof of shipment. I know all the signs point to scam but I want to cover all my bases and get a second or even third opinion on the situation. Thank you in advance!
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