I believe this dude is a scammer. I just received the same exact email word for word. Don't do it if I was you. I felt that it seemed fishy so I searched on pay pal first then I typed in his email address on google and a ton of pages including yours came up about this person being a scammer!!
Reported on: 12th, Jan. 2013
Complaint by J M :
got an inquiry from Chieun Lee <chieunlee@gmail.com> glad i googled before i replied
"Thanks for the reply, i am a marine technician and am always busy at sea thats why l wont be able to check the item due to the nature of my work 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 the item, and 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 "
Reported on: 3rd, Jan. 2013
Complaint by Chris :
Craigslist / Paypal scam. Spoofs paypal emails in an attempt to get seller to front shipping costs via Western Union payments.
Complaint by Keith :
I believe this dude is a scammer. I just received the same exact email word for word. Don't do it if I was you. I felt that it seemed fishy so I searched on pay pal first then I typed in his email address on google and a ton of pages including yours came up about this person being a scammer!!
Complaint by J M :
got an inquiry from Chieun Lee <chieunlee@gmail.com> glad i googled before i replied "Thanks for the reply, i am a marine technician and am always busy at sea thats why l wont be able to check the item due to the nature of my work 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 the item, and 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 "
Complaint by Chris :
Craigslist / Paypal scam. Spoofs paypal emails in an attempt to get seller to front shipping costs via Western Union payments.