On Monday, 25 Feb, I responded to an ad on www.craigslist.org (r4hh8-3642108358@sale. Craigslist.org) advertising a pair of tickets to a concert at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, PA on 28 MAR. I contacted the seller via email using the above listed ad number and informed him/her that I was interested in purchasing the tickets for the amount requested. The seller responded to my email roughly 6 hours later and stated that the tickets were still available and that I could arrange to pay for them via paypal using the following account information: [email protected]. At 18:51 on 25 FEB, I received confirmation that the money had been withdrawn from my account (Unique Transaction ID # 26H50210YF137374K) and successfully transferred to Deborah Drew who's email address is "[email protected]". I then emailed the seller using the ad email utilized previously and informed him/her that I had made arrangements for payment and asked to be notified when they had received the money. I have made 3 subsequent attempts to email the "seller" and have not received any response. This morning (27 FEB), I checked craigslist.org and confirmed that the ad was still on the webpage. I "flagged" the ad on craigslist to inform their webmaster that it was potentially fraudulent.
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