List Only

im selling a psp on craigslist and someone is paying with pay pal is it a scam?

A lady on craigslist wants to buy my psp. she said she is located in new york but wants me to send the psp to her son in nigeria. we are going through pay pal but i still feel like some how this is a scam. the address is to some guy who has a ethnic last name. and she wants me to send it as soon as possible.

Public Comments

1. Its a scam. If someone can't show up at your door with cash in their hand, then its a scam. By the way, cash means dollar bills, not checks, even if they're "certified" checks they can still be fraudulent.
2. paypal is a legitamate website for transfering money and you can send the funds directly into your bank account. as long as you receive the money before you send out the psp it should be no problem.
3. STOP......Paypal is real and you can send money to anyone with an email address ...BUT this nigeria thing is one of the oldest scams in the book. BEWARE...
4. Scam. Sad to say it but anything mentioning Nigeria should be treated with extreme caution. In this case, the PayPal account will have been hijacked and you would lose both PSP and money.