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scam artist sent me a phoney paypal payment. Good thing I checked my account!

Did you get the paiment by paypall? Wish kind of product did you sell him?

Messaged me and wanted my prom dress but instantly felt like a scam. Was willing to pay way over my asking price and had horrible spelling. Said the dress was for their 'client' but I live in canada. Far from Florida

Craigslist, Kiiji, AutoTrader, Etc. Scam:

The scam works like this.  Communication is always by text or email for some made up reason such as they are deaf, they deployed and can't use their phone (then how did the text get out?), etc.  They think your item as described is perfect.  They might ask a few questions about it, and then will pay your asking price, sight unseen, because they are never around close by to come look at it (they use the stationed somewhere in the military a whole lot, or working overseas, or on an oil rig in the middle of the ocean, or simply fill in your own job here).  They will give you an extra $40 or $50 to hold it for them.  Then they tell you they will send a cashier’s check or money order for that amount plus extra for the “shipper”.  They ask you to wire that extra money by untraceable means such as Western Union or Moneygram.  The check or money order turns out to be bogus and you end up out the money you sent plus the bank fees.  Also, if the check is big enough you may end up being charged criminally.  Take the check and the envelope it came in to the post office and have them forward it to the postal inspectors.
In the case of them using PayPal, the same thing happens.  They send a fake email looking like it came from PayPal, get you to pay the shipper, and then find out that the e mail was fake and no money is available.
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Exact same scenario happened to me regarding a prom dress. I just posted an iPhone and same type of text came in. It's a total scam. As soon as I wouldn't agree to PayPal this person stopped messaging me.