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Complaint 7153 Details

I posted a Ad on craigslist selling a Nikon D500 lightly used. On July 20, 2011 I recieved this email:
Elder Brown via craigslist.org to sale-t342e-250.
show details Jul 20 (8 days ago)


** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY --- AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY
** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

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Hi
i am interested in buying your item.Please let me know if it is still
available and also your firm price
Thanks

Then I responded: And let him know the camera was till aavailable The next email i recieved was:
Elder Brown to me
show details Jul 20 (8 days ago)


Thanks dear,
I got your mail.The price is ok by me,I reside in Utah but needs to purchase for my Son that traveled to West Africa for his international studies,and i want to send him a birthday gift because his birthday is coming up soon..I would have come to pick it up myself but because of distance and nature of my work as a medical doctor at Mormon Tabernacle Choir extension in South Utah,my days are always busy.Please if you do have a paypal account,provide it to me so that I will Make the payment to you Or your Fullname,Full contact Address,City,State and Zip Code if you wish to receive the money through money order.I will be paying you the total of $930 for both the cost price and the shipping...
Please i need the information fast so that your payment will reach you by tomorrow to enable you ship the Packages fast.Also i want you to consider this sold to me and please remove the post from the craigslist site.

Thanks for your understanding.
Dr. Brown.
(Personal Info Removed)

I responded giveing him my paypal account name. On July 22 I checked my email and had a email from paypal:
PayPal Team to me
show details Jul 21 (6 days ago)









Dear
We are to let you know that the payment made by our client **Dr Elder Brown** for your item is confirmed and it has been deducted from the buyer's account which will be credited into your account as soon as you provide us with the shipment information
We have received the money which is pending in our database and we will like you to provide us with the following information as requested by PayPal for verification to protect their customers from fraudulent business transactions.

Kindly make the shipment progress within 24 hours in order to release the money into your account for the transaction as we can not accommodate any form of misappropriations and we have a reputation to protect and do all that is possible to increase our business relationship with the international PayPal, Worldwide.

As soon as you notify us about the package shipping status, we shall
deposit the said amount into your account immediately.
The address you are requested to ship the item to has been confirmed by us.

Thanks for Using PayPal,

PayPal Team

needless to say I shiped the camera and when I found it was a scam I contacted everyone under the sun and while the government had the package in customs after I notified the in chicogo they still shipped to new york No one in yew york will even answer the phone. SO what to do know im loosing my house. I dont sell alot of stuff online but I needed to get some money together to help pay bills. Sad and crying now dont know where else to turn.