i am selling fire wood u haul got a text asking what condition of item is gotta be a scam due to the fact i live in wa state and this area code is in maine why do people want to do this

Got a call from same number wanting to know the condition of tickets to a concert.  Very strange communication then they wanted my address.  Said they paid me through paypal, no transaction .  Be careful with anything from this number.

I have an Ad on the internet for a exercise equipment and all the information is in this AD such as, condition, must live in my area, cash only, no shipping, no texting or e-mails and cost of my equipment. I get a text (after stateing no texting) asking me the condition of my equipment. I told this person that if they read my AD they would have seen that It is in excellect condition. They text right back and said this....

"I will be purchasing this for $200.00. Payment will be sent using Pay Pal and I will handle the PayPal surcharge as well so send me your PayPal e-mail. I will arrange with a shipping courier company to have them picked up from your location once I have paid as I am out of town at the moment." I called the # she was calling from and it was an ODD recording and requested to say my name, I hung up! I know this is someone who is trying to scam me. I texted and told her back and told her if she is not in my area then I cannot do business with her but if she really wants to purchase this equipment then she can call me, no more texting. I have not heard back.

I am selling a power chair on Craig's List.  The ad talks about condition of the item, etc.  I also received a text message asking the condition of the item as well.  Here's the text that I received, identical to the post from 3/27/2013.

"I will be purchasing this for $1200.00.  Payment will be sent using Pay Pal and i will handle the Pay Pal surcharge as well so send me your Pay Pal e-mail.  I will arrange with a shipping courier company to have the item picked up from your location once I have paid as I am out of town at the moment."

An obvious scam.  I sent a text back that we don't have a paypal account and we're uncomfortable shipping out of state.  Thank you for your interest.

Same [***]. This number is a scam. As soon as they said paypal and courier pick up I immediately googled the number and found this page. Beware the number is a scam. It was a text to my phone.