Wish I had thought to look here first, person has changed name to Bryan. Same story, surprise for brother paying full price. Reported issues and emails to paypal already, only has my paypal address. Hopefully nothing more will come from this.
Received an email at first asking for my number regarding my post. I responded (from my generic craigslist email) telling him that my number was listed on the ad. Then I received the same text as described above. Petroleum engineer, surprise for brother, can't pick it up, wants to pay with PayPal. Wrote him back saying sorry only cash offers accepted. No response. Then I found this page, screen captured it and sent it to him saying "this approach ain't workin for ya" lol. Craigslist has become more of a hassle than what its worth.
Received an email from "David", asking for my cell phone number so that he could text me about an expensive welder I had for sale on Craigslist. Then he texted me from this number and told me that he was willing to purchase it for full price for this brother, but he wouldn't be able to come meet with me or see the item because he's a "prophet" who travels from state to state. This sounded fishy to me, so I googled his number and found that he appears to be a scam artist. Stay clear of him!