Craigslist Nigeria fraud/Scam

[lm2016]

Here is what I have gotten today, as I listed a GoPro Hero 4 Silver on the Craigslist, the guy sent me a text saying he will buy it, then I asked I would take cash and ask where to meet, this guy said he is on a oversea mission and asked me to send it to his wife and a birthday gift, he will pay $450, a $100 more than my listing, then I told him to buy it from Amazon for $399 with free shipping, he said he does not have an Amazon account and insisted on paying me via PayPal, I got suspicious but gave the e-mail, he kept asking me if I get PayPal e-mail. I received two e-mails for this:

1st:

On Thursday, July 28, 2016 7:52 AM, PayPal Agent xxx wrote:

Review your invoice

Status: Pending 

Name: <removed> Address: <removed> City:Festac State: <removed> Zip code: <removed> Country: <removed> 

Shipping details USPS Post Office Priority Mail or Registered Mail

2nd:

"Shipping Reference Number needed for verification"

basically, it says PayPal needs the shipping tracking number to release the payment.

[DPCreations]

All one has to do is read your first 2 sentences and recognize a typical scam.  You could report to PayPal.  Other than that, just ignore.  Never respond, not even by e-mail.

[lancelotme]

This is a common scam,the email is not from Paypal.

there is no such Paypal agent?

and Paypal does not care whether you upload shipping,it is between you and your buyer.

take a look at the email address ,it is not from Paypal.

[lm2016]

yes, it was paypalagent e-mail.

There is a second scammer in yes after this post, I threat the due that I will report him to FBI for wire fraud.

Stay way from these phone numbers:

779-444-0678

323-320-8359

[ShiraYuki]

craiglist is scammers lair. better much to avoid the site completely.