I just got several emails from a potential buyer, who says that he is out of town and needs to have a "shipping agent" pick up the merchandise and that he will deposit into my Paypal account. After giving my PayPal information for the payment, he says that his shipping agent office was closed over the weekend, so he sent me $700 more than my asking price to my account and asked me for help in wiring money to them for him. In the meantime, FAKE emails from Service@Paypal start showing up saying that the funding is on hold until I verify that the shipping is paid to the agent via Western Union - thenthe full funds will be released to my account. Of course, no pending notifications or anything in my legitimate PayPal account show up. After my response to the buyer that I did not agree to these terms, he informs me that payment has been made and that if I dont follow through, that legal action will be taken. I then get another FAKE paypal email that states this will be reported to the FBI unless I comply with payment (out of my own pocket) etc.... Obviously a scam, as the fake legal action paypal email shows a completely different classified ad agency than what I had posted (Craigslist instead of KSL).
Beware of anyone paying the full amount without first inspecting the merchandise or using a "shipping agent" for a pickup.
