Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 12:40 pm, by: David Vaughan(Davidv)
They use plenty of other names. It is a standard scam and you were right to get suspicious.
The principal indicator is that they ask you for initial money when it is supposed to be them paying you for the goods.
When I received one while selling my car, I observed in reply that they said they would have no problem paying me more than the asking price so they could feel free to pay me the price plus shipping from which I would pay their agent. After that, the line went dead.
