My father-in-law was attempting to sell a piece of machinery on Craigslist. He was contacted by William Green. He claims to be in the Marines. In a previous email, he stated that he can not receive phone calls, but can text. DO NOT GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR ACCOUNT NUMBERS!!! He will "attempt" to send you the payment and then claim that it won't go thru and then ask to do it another way. This is how OVERSEAS scam artist get information about your accounts. I've contacted PayPal about this, as well as Craigslist. Below is a sample of the email he sends. It's obvious that he doesn't speak english as a first language, as I think he would know the difference between "rank" and "rant".
From: William Green <
[email protected]>;
Thanks so much for the reply, I understand where you are coming from but i want you to understand that the main reason i insist on paypal is because most of my funds has been saved in my paypal account in case of online used, As you know i am a marine officer with 1 tour in nahm. 3rd tk battalion 3rd marine Dv. E-5 sgt that is my rant, I will like you to go to www.paypal.com and sign up because paypal is very safe and secure, I will also make arrangement for the pick up after you have received the payment, Thanks