<prompt> Human: So I have been trying to sell an expensive item on Craigslist for a few months... Last night I received a text about the item and a few questions. After texting for a few minutes we made the deal.Now the buyer is saying that they live out of state and will send a moving company to come pick up the item from me. They said they will PayPal me and once the payment is cleared in my paypal they will schedule the movers.This seems suspicious to me, but I am not sure how I could get burned here? I feel like I will have the money and then I can ship the item after that?What am I missing?If it matters, I am selling furniture for a few thousand dollars.Thanks!EDIT Seriously Reddit, thank you for all of the responses. This was great! I am now certain that this was a scam and will not be responding to any more of their text messages. You guys saved me from a serious headache down the road! Assistant: Their payment could bounce after they collect. Also if they send too much money never return it direct do everything through an insured third party such as PayPal.Human: That is a really good point, if I go through with it I will make sure to keep everything through paypal.If their payment is cleared before they collect, can I just withdraw the money out of paypal? Would they be able to take that money back after I have withdrawn it?Assistant: There is exactly zero chance this is not a scam. You would be an idiot to go through with it. Google the text message.Human: I am thinking you are right... Now I just want to know how I would get screwed on this.  <response>: how I would get screwed on thisTheyre going to say that they only have Paypal, and the movers will only take a Western Union style payment, so theyre going to send you a Paypal transfer for SalePrice MoversPrice Bonus, and have you call the Movers to arrange for their prepayment by Western Union. Youll be using the movers preferred read non-reversable payment method to pay the advance fee.A couple of weeks later, youll be waiting for the movers to show up when you get a notification from Paypal the transfer in to your account was fraudulent and has now been reversed. Youre out the MoversPrice because you cant get that back at this point.But hey, at least you still have some furniture. : 