Ha! same thing just happend to me just 5mins ago. I am in GA and i posted an add for some rims that i am selling, a guy texted me from 904-999-2241 and said the exact same thing and gave that same email address. I responded to the text at that email and again the same exact thing, he is out of the country blah blah blah create a paypal and send him an invoice once i saw that i googled the email address and this came up! smh.. sad individuals. Everyone is not a dummy and don't fall for anything.

Read the info at this link, for helpful advice:
http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams

Unfortunately, it seems some folks neglect to read even the first warning:
"DEAL LOCALLY WITH FOLKS YOU CAN MEET IN PERSON?follow this one rule and avoid 99% of scam attempts."

Received text from this number, which stated it was an office phone.  Gave email to text back at garrisond803@gmail.com.  Texted him back and stated yes, I still had the pickup, but then I googled the number and this came up.  I texted him back and advised him it was no longer available.  Have not heard from him since.  Thank God for Google.  I wish these people would get a life.

I got a text from (253-244-6408), which Google shows as a Tacoma, WA landline, asking about Craigslist gym equipment I have for sale.  I'm in Michigan.  The message said that they were texting w/ an office phone (this was at 3:37 AM their time) and they asked me to reply to garrisond803@gmail.com.  I Googled (253-244-6408) and didn't come up with anything, but when I Googled garrisond803@gmail.com, I found a thread relating to a guy who contacts people on Craigslist and says he's out of the country or some other excuse, sends a fake PayPal invoice, and somehow scams people into sending money via Western Union.  He has also said he's a deployed Marine.  The phone number was different (this thread was throughout 2013) but email was the same.