First and foremost, I feel like an idiot for falling for this. The first lens I sold through craigslist went without any problems. But a lens I purchased on Amazon, that turned out to be the wrong one did, instead of returning it I thought I'd sell it on craigslist. First text wanted to pay $100 less than what I did, so I said no. Next day I get a text from a number who wanted it but wanted to go through paypal (first mistake), I agreed and invoiced him, instead of paying my invoice he supposedly sends me an amount that was $100 more than what I asked for and wanted it shipped to a cousin in Nigeria. I couldn't see the money in my paypal, I got emails from paypal requesting that they need a tracking number before releasing the funds so I gave it to them (2nd mistake, and 2nd red flag), I started getting suspicious around this point but I kept thinking that I was going to end up making more than what I paid for (half of the extra $100 would have been for the shipping). Then this morning I get an email from paypal saying they couldn't release the funds because my account was not a business and the buyer needed to send me an extra $250 which then would open my account for the funds, then I would need to go to a Western Union Money Transfer and send the buyer $250.... That is where I dug my heels in the dirt and said no, I knew without a doubt that I had been scammed. That's when I researched the number that had been texting me and sure enough others had been scammed the same way. I feel like an idiot for not seeing all the red flags, I am going to post that same number on here for everyone else.
1- 518-308-8072.
I will repeat that I am an idiot. Now that I am above 30 posts on here, I can sell items on here, which was the issue except this lens was Nikon so it would not have mattered. I am going to learn from my stupidity and remember this crap.
