They are scammers, I had an ad up on Craigslist for an iPad I got a text from this number and everything seemed to be going smoothly. They asked if they could put the money into my Paypal account and said they gave me extra if I'd ship it to their son for his birthday. I found it odd at first but hey everyone's family is different so I agreed letting them know I do not ship outside the United States. They agreed with what I said and it was not after I gave them my Paypal email that they told me the address, it was in Nigeria. I told them look I CANNOT do this shipment because Nigeria is not in the United States (obviously) and they got very rude and firm with me. Saying I had to ship it right away and I better ship it today. I checked my email and I got 4 all looking like they had been sent from PayPal but when I checked my account I still only had my $5 I deposited in there myself, not $300 like the emails told me. So I called PayPal to ask if maybe they got it and if they did to please send it back to her because I don't ship outside the United States and the lady asked what the email address was so I told her and she said that it was not from the PayPal offices and told me she was very happy I called because it was a scam! She gave me an email to forward suspicious emails to and so I forwarded them right after I got off the phone and I got emails back saying they were in fact suspicious and they would pursue that email. I am very happy I called PayPal! If someone ever texts you and says they deposited money into your account please check it and call PayPal there is nothing wrong with calling to check on your money! I hope I help someone out there!
They are scammers, I had an ad up on Craigslist for an iPad I got a text from this number and everything seemed to be going smoothly. They asked if they could put the money into my Paypal account and said they gave me extra if I'd ship it to their son for his birthday. I found it odd at first but hey everyone's family is different so I agreed letting them know I do not ship outside the United States. They agreed with what I said and it was not after I gave them my Paypal email that they told me the address, it was in Nigeria. I told them look I CANNOT do this shipment because Nigeria is not in the United States (obviously) and they got very rude and firm with me. Saying I had to ship it right away and I better ship it today. I checked my email and I got 4 all looking like they had been sent from PayPal but when I checked my account I still only had my $5 I deposited in there myself, not $300 like the emails told me. So I called PayPal to ask if maybe they got it and if they did to please send it back to her because I don't ship outside the United States and the lady asked what the email address was so I told her and she said that it was not from the PayPal offices and told me she was very happy I called because it was a scam! She gave me an email to forward suspicious emails to and so I forwarded them right after I got off the phone and I got emails back saying they were in fact suspicious and they would pursue that email. I am very happy I called PayPal! If someone ever texts you and says they deposited money into your account please check it and call PayPal there is nothing wrong with calling to check on your money! I hope I help someone out there!
I received a text from the same number regarding a Craigslist item and they tried to pull the same scam. They called me as well and I had looked them up in advance and told them to buzz off.