I had paintings on Kijiji,Canada and a Wendi Powell sent me a message on my phone that she wanted to buy all of them. English was not quite right. Made it like Pay Pal way legit but Said I had to take $750.00 out of my pocket for Customs Fee and insurance.. The address of the Transport Company head office is---Nanci Pilco, Greensboro,North Carolina 27407 USA
I received the same thing. Posted heavy item on Craigslist. They responded with horrible grammer as "Stephanie" and also added she was busy at a base in Colorado - but said they had paid our paypal account over what we were asking and that we were to send money via money gram to some "shipping agent" in Florida first then paypal would release our funds. I reported the emails to paypal and didn't give them any personal information. They tried the "just so you know I have reported you to the authorities for scam" I have blocked the number and printed out the emails in case I need them
The scam works like this. They think your item as described is perfect. They might ask a few questions about it, and then will pay your asking price, sight unseen, because they are never around close by to come look at it (they use the stationed somewhere in the military a whole lot). They will give you an extra $40 or $50 to old it for them. Then they tell you they will send a cashier’s check or money order for that amount plus extra for the “shipper”. They ask you to wire that extra money by untraceable means such as Western Union or Moneygram. The check or money order turns out to be bogus and you end up out the money you sent plus the bank fees. Also, if the check is big enough you may end up being charged criminally. Take the check and the envelope it came in to the post office and have them forward it to the postal inspectors.
In the case of them using PayPal, the same thing happens. They send a fake email looking like it came from PayPal, get you to pay the shipper, and then find out that the e mail was fake and no money is available.