Responded to my Craigslist Ad for a fine jewelry set. Told me they were buying the set for their nephew and needed more pictures. I asked if his nephew really wore fine jewelry, and the response was $50 more to ship it to Africa. Uhh no thanks.
Got a text immediately after posting an AD up on Craigslist.. Seems like a scam... buying it for my fiancee paying through Paypal complete with horrible grammar and asking for more pics of the item.
Texted me about a video card I listed on Craigslist. Similar to "Craigslisters'" experience, tried to get me to ship it to her "Pastors' son", tried to pay by Paypal. Bad Grammar included.
These scammers are getting pretty brazen. It used to be that email was as far as they'd go. They are going through the motions of carrying on full conversations now before the attempted scam. If the inevitable scam portion wasn't so blatantly obvious (suddenly I get 3 pages of text at once, as if anyone can type that fast), with some sob story about how their kid needs it for their birthday, or their poor husband is in the hospital, they might actually be dangerous/successful once in a while. The stories are funny too, since it doesn't really add up that their hospital-bound husband just can't live without my "video card", or some other item that they can't really use while stuck in hospital bed.
Definitely a scammer... texted me about my ad and immediately asked for invoice through paypal. After a bit of back and forth, finally asked if I could ship to West Africa as a gift for his nephew, even supplied a paypal e-mail to bill to. and said he would cover the shipping cost.