"I'm interested to buy your ____<craigslist ad title>____."
"It's a birthday gift for my son, He's working with a road constructing company in Africa, i'm unhealthy to pick it up so i will be paying you through PayPal. Send me your PayPal email for payment. I will be paying you the sum of $1,000 USD to cover the cost and shipping to Africa.."
He's still at it... this time trying to scam me out of an iPhone. I'm always suspicious when the person calls the item by the exact heading of my listing (i.e iPhone 4G, white, 16g), rather than it's simple name (iPhone). So I googled him, and found this site. Sneaky fella, hopefully no one has actually fallen for it!
This guy sends me multiple texts at 4:00 am asking for my iPad to be shipped to Africa. Obvious scam.
Here is conversation:
[***]: "(1/3)Thanks for getting back to me.. It's a birthday gift for my son, (2/3)He’s studying in Africa, i'm unhealthy to pick it up so i will be (3/3)paying you through PayPal. Send me your PayPal email for payment. I will be paying you the sum of $570 USD to cover the cost and"
Me: "Instead of wasting time coming up with an elaborate story, you should take a minute to check what time zone you're scamming."
[***]: "You're spamming too why will you use an Ontario number in USA"
Me: "Ontario isn't just Canada, genius. How many people actually fall for that [***]?"
"I'm interested to buy your ____<craigslist ad title>____."
"It's a birthday gift for my son, He's working with a road constructing company in Africa, i'm unhealthy to pick it up so i will be paying you through PayPal. Send me your PayPal email for payment. I will be paying you the sum of $1,000 USD to cover the cost and shipping to Africa.."
Scammer. He sent a text exactly as Dave posted "I'm interested to buy..." I responded that the camcorder is a cash only sale and must be face-to-face! No replies from him since!