I also had a ring on craigslist. Its a scam.This person sent me an email asking if "the item" was still for sale. You usually know its a scam cuz they always refer to it as an "item" and never the name of which they want to purchase. This person told me to reply to his number of 347-669-4704 with my response. I didnt really think much of it but i texted him/her. and they asked for my paypal info-(even tho on my ad it says i will not do paypal, they clearly dont read them). i have already gotten a paypal scam from one of these guys before (but never sent the item out). They send u a fake email from "paypal" saying that they sent you money-but trust me they dont. its fake. They will try to tell u that they need the shipping confirmation before they can submit the money-YOU WILL NEVER GET THE money. I promise. I told the guy to stop texting/messaging me or id call the cops. He replied with "you wanna report soldier to cops? im smiling". I have ben in the army mind you, i know how things work. I asked him to provide me his rank name and unit to verify and he replied "i laugh at you. everything in military is classified okay" Clearly hes trying to scam you and has no idea what hes talking about. This is part of a "NIGERIA SCAM" look it up. These ppl will threaten you if they want to but dont believe anything they say,The most obvious is when they try and rush you when they say " i need this ITEM for my family/friends WEDDING" or something of the like. Dont trust it. If you dont want to give out your number, use an app called "TextPlus"-the app provides you with a totally different number that shows on outgoing messages. Incoming texts/calls will be directed back to the number on ur app so they will never know your real number. For ads on craiglist, the best thing to do to avoid a scam is to meet in person with cash. Good luck.
I would like to confrim this. I posted a watch on Craigslist and this was the phone number that replied. There were three different names between the iPhone account, Gmail acount and the name of the person saying that they were the sender of the question. I looked here to confirm that this was a scam and to see if others were finding this. Thanks for the confirmation--BEWARE!
I received text messages from this number as well asking to buy my ring for his twin. Then I called him and the call went to voicemail. He/she texted back that they were in high security military and couldn't call out. Yeah right! Then the person said they didn't want to hurt anyone...total scammer! Don't be fooled!
Also contacted via text for jewelry posted on Craigslist. Wanted to purchase for his twin. Told him we only accept cash in hand. Said he is not like all the others. Still tried to persuade us that paypal was safe. Just told him we would not be doing business w him and he left us alone.