I got the same sort of email for two of my items on Craiglist and figured it was a scam. It sounded too good to be true plus he mistakenly send the EXACT same message for both listings. I know this is a stupid question but what could be gained from this scam. Isn't it procedure to give someone paying you your paypal email? I figured this was a scam because he didn't ask to see pics of the listing and the way he wrote his email. But if he is offering to pay up front before picking up, how is it a scam where he could gain anything? Hi thanks for mailing, i am a marine engineer, i am at sea right now. i am buying this for my personal use so am willing to offer you the amount you required. I can only pay through PayPal at the moment as i don't have access to my bank account online(i don't have internet banking with it), but i have it attached to my PayPal account, and this is why i insisted on using PayPal to pay,all i will need is your PayPal email address to make the payments, and if you don't have a PayPal account yet, you can set one up at www.paypal.com it cant take you less than 3mins to do that, i will be expecting your PayPal email so l can pay. I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payments has been sorted. l will be waiting for your reply asap. plz include your final price for the listing
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