No.... and he said he couldn't call be due to bad weather on rig. Another red flag, huh? Here is the first conversation, it sounded pretty normal:
Do you still have it for sale and what the recent condition and reason for selling also what's the final sale price?
Charles.
Then here is the 2nd I got, which got me suspicious-
Hello,
Thanks for the mail, I'm seriously interested in buying this for my
son and am okay with your selling price, I'm a Petroleum Engineer and
currently offshore i really want this as a surprise gift for my son so
i won't let him know anything about this until it get delivered to
him. You can mail me back with your paypal email address so i can make
the payment to you right now and if you don't have an account with
paypal you can set up an account today as it's secured and reliable
visit their website on
www.paypal.com i will be responsible for the
payment fees/charges on this transaction. Do not worry about shipping
or picking up as my pick up agent will come and pick it up from you
once have made the payment to you and your full address and phone
number will be needed for the pickup arrangement I would love to speak
with you through the phone but due to my work as a Petroleum Engineer
i work mainly offshore, our phone is down on the rig right now due to
bad weather, We can still communicate through the email exchange for
now.
I will be looking forward to read back from you real soon with the
paypal email address and your full address including phone number for
the pickup arrangement.
Charles.