Have our 2006 Mini Cooper up for sale on Craigslist. Get an email from "Kathy" asking if it is still for sale. I reply with "yes." Then she sends this email back:
kathy smith
kat.kat.055@gmail.com
12:54 AM (7 hours ago)
to me
Thanks,i am a U.S. Navy as a nuclear reactor operator on board the USS Donald Cook Roosevelt out of Norfolk VA (DDG-75). i am at sea right now so l wont be able to check the item so whats the present condition, because am buying this for my son as a surprise gift 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 pay for it,Present condition and some pictures of it.But 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 payment has been sorted. l will be waiting for your reply asap
Now I have an account that I just use for paypal. When I get money in it I sweep the account. Seems like if she actually sent any money at all I could just sweep the account and she couldn't do anything about it. So how does this scam work?