Examples of Suspected Fraud or Fake Emails

Question

Hey Everybody!
In an effort to make things easier to find and research, I'm going to consolidate as many threads as possible where we have examples of people trying to defraud hard working sellers (Craigslist emails, 'PayPal' emails asking you to send money outside of PayPal, etc).  This will also be used as a master thread for future posts regarding this same situation.
When you post your examples here, please remember to not include last names or contact information of whoever is sending these emails.  There's no way to confirm if that person has been defrauded as well and the name is being used fraudulently.
Thanks for your cooperation and remember, keep the conversation productive, on task, and above all, keep it clean. I know these things can be difficult and frustrating, but bleep filled posts or posts that look like government redacted files will never benefit anyone.
Andy

Answer 1

here is the second half of email
This is to inform you that you are required to send a sum of $500.00 USDto the address below via western union money transfer  and get back to us with the relevant information's which you will be provided with after the money has been sent. You are requested to give us the MTCN (Money Transfer Control Number) and the sender's name and address used to make the transfer after which we will then credit the total sum of    $1,600.00 USD   into your paypal account. Below is the address where the money is to be sent using western union money transfer .
   Agent's Info:   
 Name:Robert <removed>
Address:<removed>
Address Status:       Confirmed     
Please note:
  We wish to inform you that John Ball  has made his intentions known to  PayPal that he will like $500.00 USD to be sent to the recipient's address above via western union money transfer  .
  This payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "  APPROVED" but will not be credited into your account until the MTCN # is sent to us for verification so as to secure both the buyer and the seller in this transaction. Below are the relevant information's required before your account will be credited:    
All you have to do is to reply directly to this email with the MTCN   a nd the sender's name and address used when sending the money.  You will receive a "CONFIRMATION Email" from Pay Pal® Service informing you that your account has been credited with $1,600.00 USD   as soon as the above information's have been received and verified by us.   
 Note: As this transaction was done via our e-mail    payments service, all inquiries should be directed to us by replying to this e-mail (link removed ) as it is the one being monitored for your transaction which is because the status of this transaction has not been passed on to the phone service section of our customer care.  
   Please, understand that this is a    security measure  to help protect both the Buyer and the Seller. Therefore, we apologize for the inconvenience that we may have caused you.
 Thank you for using PayPal, 
PayPal Security.