Same person just replied and texted me about a craigslist add for my VW passat.
Number is: 631-861-0155
Same story about buying a car for his father. He is in the military - Naval officer.
Get this - he said he is in Dallas in China Lake, CA - that was a tip off.
He said his name was Benjamin Stephine
Read the info at this link, for helpful advice:
http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams
Unfortunately, it seems some folks neglect to read even the first warning:
"DEAL LOCALLY WITH FOLKS YOU CAN MEET IN PERSON—follow this one rule and avoid 99% of scam attempts."