That's insane. That same thing happened to me today. He said he want 600 but said he'd take a deposit of 100. When I asked to have a photo copy of his id he said he couldn't do that because of identity theft. Then when I backed out he called me yelling saying that the RCMP were going to contact me for identity theft and gave me a bogus police report number. I called he Ft. St. John police and they said they hadn't had a complaint filed against me.

I also received the exact same message trying to buy some Leaf tickets for the 8th of February. I was very close to losing $600, but cancelled the money transfer at the last moment because I felt like the offer was too good to be true and I had a weird feeling too. When I told him I was no longer interested and that I'd found other tickets he sent me this lovely e-mail:"I work for Maple Leaf Sports and entertainment at accid like to see your tickets in person seems you have been going online and posting i am a scam, I am working with metro police as well to find you so i suggest you call me (289) 244-9061"I am so glad that I was able to look him up and find this stuff out before my money was taken. Thanks to everyone who is making this scammer known!! I am also going to report him to anti-fraud to see if they'll do anything about it.

i can't wait for him to be arrestedhe deserves it:)!!!

He tried with me today.  Said he's in BC.  Then when I said I didn't want the tickets, he told me he was with the Toronto Police

I received the exact same message , except for Toronto tickets

Justin, how does Western Union keep track of who picks up the money?  I know someone who fell for his scam.