Am I being scammed or not ?

Question

Ok I just recently posted an ad on craigslist because i'm trying to sell my laptop here is the ad ~ http://york.craigslist.org/sys/3869566981.html - Now only a day after I received a message from a random person saying they were interested in buying now we txt eachother back and forth and the conversation goes just like this :

Stranger: I am Interested in buying Samsung 15.6" Laptop - $400 (New Oxford, PA)
Me: Ok I'm free on weekends
Stranger; Ok I'll like to buy it for my cousin outta states for $500 including the shipping fees to him and using PayPal okay
Me: Ok I think I can do that
Stranger:Ok do you have a paypal acct
Me: No is there any other way you could send payment like maybe a check that would make things much easier for me
Stranger: No, Okay you may simply log on to www.paypal.com to easily set up a Paypal account fre of charge in less than 5 minutes so that you can pay now Paypal is Safe secure and Fast. Thanks
Me: Ok I would have to make sure the money is in my account before I send out the computer
Stranger: Sure you will are you setting up the paypal acct up now
Me: Yea It's ready my email to the account is [e-mail]
Stranger: Ok I am about to make out the payment now will let you know when I am through with that so that you can go do the shipping asap today
Me: Ok I can't send it out today I will have to wait till tomorrow morning to send it out since I work all day on weekdays
Stranger: Ok I have just made the payment you should receive a confirmation email in your inbox
Me: Ok I did receive the email do you want me to ship it to the a address that came with the email ?
Stranger: Yes the payment is on pending please read the confirmation e-mail well and please kindly ship it by USPS Express Mail International and send the tracking# to paypal agent to confirm the shipment and post the funds on pending to your account
Me: Ok I will send it out tomorrow morning I will get back to you then
Stranger: Alright thank you , ok please delete the listing and consider the item sold to me
Me: Ok will do ( I still haven't removed the ad)
Stranger:Ok


Ok now this person wants me to ship it to this address ~~
Shipping address - confirmed
NAME : Olaniyi Peter
ADDRESS: 211 old Ojo road,Agboju
CITY: Amuwo Odofin
STATE: LAGOS
ZIP CODE: 23401
COUNTRY: NIGERIA.

Does this place even exist ?
And would it really only cost 100$ to ship a 5lb laptop all the way to africa ?
Can this person steal my money even with paypal's security measures ?

Should I do it or not I'm starting to think this is a scam and this is not what I signed up for HELP

Answer 1

This is just another Nigerian scam. Google Nigerian scams and you will see they do this often. Nigeria is the kingdom of scammers. Don't send it. The scammers used a stolen credit card and the money will be taken back from you once it's discovered.

Answer 2

It might. Depending on where you live Africa is probably a long way away. It does seem like a scam though and I wouldn't go through with it if I were you.

Answer 3

the best thing to do is to buy it from a pawn shop or a discounted computer store and then if there is any thing wrong with it, you can return or trade it in

Answer 4

dont do it!! it sounds like a definite scam to me. just tell him you can sell it to him. this has happened to me too. I just stopped replying to him.