We have a truck for sale on Autotrader. A guy named Jonathan Craig emailed about the truck via autotrader and included a phone number and his personal email address. I responded back to his email address that the truck was still available. I sent additional photos, answered some questions, etc. He said he was really interested in the truck but could not get off work to come and see it until Sunday but would I hold the truck for him if he sent a deposit. I told him that my husband would call. So he talked to him on the phone and Jonathan offered to put up a $500 deposit to hold the truck until Sunday. Said he did not have a paypay account but would get one set up and would paypal me the deposit. The next morning I get the deposit of $500 (well $485 since PayPal got part of the money). I go through the steps to get the money into my bank account. I email Jonathan back that I received the money. A few hours later he emails that he needs me to paypal the money back to him that he can no longer get the truck due to a family emergency. At this point the money is not in my paypal account and is not in my bank account either. He has now sent like 18 emails wanting his money back. The latest saying that if he does not get his money back in three days he is going to file charges of theft. Is this a scam??
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