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I got a variant of the same scam. First I was emailed from a cragslist address:

Reply my wife at [email protected] and tell her your final price

then, after sending the info to that new email address, I got this weird email:

Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 12:27:48 -0800
From: Brittney Gabriele <[email protected]>

Good to hear back from you,can you assure me that it's
in good condition and that i will not be disappointed with it.I'm ready to
pay your asking price and to be honest I am always busy at work and do not
have much time around me to make or answer calls. Moreover,I would have loved
to call but our satellite server has been down in recent days which
restricts our calls.I will be paying you through PayPal as it is the
only Medium at which i can send Payment at the Moment.
I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if available) too
since i won't be be able to see this in person. And if you don't have a
PayPal account, It's pretty easy to set up a PayPal account at
http://www.paypal.com/ it's just a few minutes away from signing up. it's
safe and secure for both Parties and i have been using PayPal to buy
and sell for years now without problems. Please get back to me with
your PayPal email so i can proceed with the payment and contact the
Pick up Agent who will come for the Pick up of the item.
I will need these following details so i can proceed with the payment right away


*Your PayPal e-Mail Address
*Home Address

As soon as you get back to me with your PayPal email, I'll proceed
with full Payment. I look forward to reading from you soon.

Regards

This so obviously reeked of spam, so here it is....

Welcome to Scamwarners vorja, Thank you for posting the scammers information. This will help others avoid being scammed if they search the internet.

The scammer wanted to send you a fake Paypal payment. He has a fake Paypal address from a free email provider. The payment would look real. Its a screen shot of a fake payment. He then will instruct you to pay a mover, shipper or agent. The fake Paypal email from the scammer would say that your Paypal funds will be released when you send the scammer (mover,agent or shipper) money via Western Union or Money Gram. In reality Paypal would never hold your funds.

Log into Paypal directly without any links to check for monies received or call Paypal directly from the number on their site.

If you are selling electronics, Cell phones or computers then the scammer is trying to steal your "item". Your fake funds will be released when you send the scammer a scan copy of a receipt showing you mailed your item.

This same scam works with fake check and money orders. You and your bank will think they are real. After you cash the fake check. Days or weeks later your bank will inform you of the fraud. Your bank will have you repay the monies. Possibly close your account for fraud and report you to Law Enforcement.

The best thing to do is to sell in person face to face in a public place.

I got the exact same weird email. I posted something on Craigslist and got a reply from a Kean -

I`m Kean kindly reply me your final price at [email protected]

Then against my better judgment I responded and got the exact same email from Brittney Gabriele "Good to hear back from you,can you assure me that it's in good condition and that i will not be disappointed with it.I'm ready to pay your asking price and to be honest I am always busy at work and do..."

Total scam. She wanted me to set up a paypal account as well.