Postal Letter

Does this sound like another craigslist scam?

I put my ps2 up for sale on craigslist and someone replied to me with the following message. Is it a scam or not? Hello , I am very grateful to hear back from you.I am a University Senior lecturer residing in Texas.The ( Ps2 with extras ) is for my son's birthday present,due to his brilliant performance,he was currently transfered from Us to West Africa with his team on a research on Human development under world Health Organization. I think $235 is nice but i hope thet it is still in excellent condition, I'll be paying you through paypal,because they are a great company.I will forward my son's residential address to you for shipping as soon as the payment reaches you.send me your paypal email so that i will do the payment. OR if you dont have an account with paypal kindly get back to me with your 1 Full name 2 Full address 3 Zip code So that i can forward them to Orion Pay Online Money Order for your payment, they are also a good online money order company to use. NB: I will be paying you $320 for both the cost price and shipping fee.Please get back to me so that i will proceed with the payment. Sending to my son via U.S postal service (USPS) wont cost above $60 to $70. Best Regards

Public Comments

1. What sounds fishy with this?
2. It looks legit to me... they want to pay you by paypal... and you dont have to ship until you receive the money. On the flip side though, never ever pay anybody you "meet" online through a money gram or western union. Those are scams...
3. This is legitimate when pigs fly.
4. It is scam. I googled the words "University Senior Lecturer Paypal scam" after I received the below email, that's how I found this blog. Here's the email I received back after listing my Blackberry on Craig's list: Hello, I am very grateful to hear back from you.I am a University Senior lecturer residing in Texas.The (Phone) is for my son's birthday present,due to his brilliant performance,he was currently transfered from Us to West Africa with his team on a research on Human development under world Health Organization. I'll be paying you through paypal.I will forward my son's residential address to you for shipping as soon as the payment reaches you.send me your paypal email so that i will do the payment. NB: I will be paying you $350 for both the cost price and shipping fee.Please get back to me so that i will proceed with the payment. Best Regards, Watson. Also, regarding money orders, NEVER take them! We are taught that a money order is like cash, but they send fake ones that the banks cash for you and then catch it later and take the money back out of your account. I'll be replying back to him with the following mailing address: Yuwanna Scamme 123 GetaJob Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 91234 Good luck.