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I put an advert on Craigslist (Nashville, TN) for the sale of a table and chairs. Phil Strickland answered and agreed to the price. He did this all without seeing the items but said he was ill and that he would send a carrier to come and get it. He also said he would pay by Paypal. This morning I got the email below and immediately smelled a rat and stopped the process immediately. I have had a similar experience before which was a scam and I didn't fall for that one either. Here is his letter to me this morning, upon which I stopped the sale forthwith.
I need a warning out about him so he doesn't stiff some other gullible person.
Phil Strickland
8:20 AM (5 hours ago)
to sally
Hello, I have made the payment so I expect that you should have gotten an email from PayPal any moment for confirmation, and I will suggest you check your PayPal email inbox and SPAM/JUNK BOX BECAUSE THEIR EMAIL SOMETIMES END UP THERE.
I want you to know that I added an extra fee of $980 to the total payment which I need you to help send to the agent coming for the pickup and it needs to be sent via Western Union as that's the only way they can get it. I am sorry I should have informed you but I only got the urgent message from the pickup agent that they will need the funds before they can come to pick up when I was about making the payment. I have been in contact with PayPal about the situation of our deal and I was told accurate security will be put on this transaction and that you are required to follow some instructions before the funds will be made available to you which I was told you have been notified with the steps.I also added $100 the Western Union charges.
Please help to send the pickup agent fee to my pickup agent and get back to me if there's anything you need to know more so I will need your home address for the pickup of the item.Below is the pickup agent information.
Name: Margarito Ortiz Herron
City: Dallas
State: Texas
Zip code: 75218
County: United States
I received the exact same message for a bedroom set. He initially sent me a message asking for my email address because he had some questions. I had just woke up when I saw that email and I replied back with my personal email. After I few minutes I realized that he didn’t need my personal email because he could message me through Craigslist. I’m still not sure what that was about. After that I received an email identical to yours saying that a mover would be coming to get the furniture. He’s definitely up to no good.