Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Minnesota

I was selling an item on craigs list and a buyer contacted me interested in the peice. We agreed on a transaction through pay pal and I then recieved an email from "paypal" telling me send the item then scan the receipt then once they recieved the record, the amount would be transfered from the buyers account to mine.

I was very hesitant about this but I exchanged multiple emails with the buyer and he claimed that he had made the payment and it would be transfered. He also said (direct quote): " I am giving the 100% assurance that your fund will be credited as soon as you get the item posted out and get back to them with the

tracking number for verification".

After sending the item the tansaction did not go through and I contacted the buyer to make sure that he did it correctly. He told me "Eleanor for the mail.......Am much happy doing business with you and about the miss calculation of funds is just that i made a mistake on the amount i suppose to send to your paypal account and the fund has been deducted from my paypal in which i want you to help me send the remaining money to my son via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER get back to me with the information you use to send the money and all your funds will be credited asap......Hope to read from you soon." At this point I realized he was scamming me and refused. I called pay pal and the emails that I had been sent confirming the transaction were from a fraud "pay pal" address/site.

This person does have a real pay pal account and I got his information; He is a US citizen. Is there a way for me to sue for fraud? or hold him to the emails where he (in one sense or another) made a contract with me assuring me of his legitimacy and guaranteeing proper payment.

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