Got scammed on Kijiji

I posted a parts wanted ad on FABO and received a response from someone referring me to Ashley with a text number. I reached out to Ashley (probably a male thief). She said her husband died and she’s selling the parts. She wanted $275 for the parts I was interested in.
I responded I wasn’t in a hurry and I’d look around for a better price. Right away she said to make her an offer. I made what was a realistic offer of $135. She jumped on it. I said send pics and she said she would but I guess she couldn’t find Internet pics. I said, I can pay USPS Money Order or PayPal. Her response was send money via Zelle. I sensed something smelled since “she” kept texting when she didn’t hear back from me like she had a fish nibbling at her hook. I maintained contact for 5 days wasting her time by asking dumb & ridiculous questions. I did send a $1 to test the waters. She wanted to know when I was going to send the money. I said I sent you $1 since you promised to send pics when you received the money…
I left a lot out because I sensed a thief and kept wasting her/his time. I even called my brother and he loves screwing with thieves and he really wasted his/her time. My brother checked a few days later and the number was disconnected. The real truth came out when I called her/him out as a thief. She/he finally frustrated and pissed attempted to curse me out, but being a foreigner, didn’t know the proper way to curse an American. I noticed my Egyptian friend and the English friends use the word rubbish routinely. He/she used rubbish while cursing me out. So I’m certain they were from another country. So for a $1 I got to jerk and waste a scammer/thieves time over a period of 5 days.
It was worth the buck! Lol