is this a scam?

[vood0g]

i am trying to sell some stuff on craigs list and i have a potential buyer. the price i'm trying to get is 2200 and this is the email i got from the lady this morning:

how was your day ?I want you to understand that the deal is on as my secretary as posted the payment already, but there was a slight error i guess we can handle with care, instead of the actual amount $2200 for the item,she made out the check for $4200 she claimed that was what i requested but she didn't get that straight. So once you have the check please cash it and deduct the money for your goods plus $50 that for your running around expenses.The excess fund should please be sent to my mover via western union,this fund will be use in offsetting the cost of the shipment he as undertaken for me recently.
**Please email at once to let me know that i can trust to have the excess funds sent to my mover**
.i will be expecting your mail as soon as possible thank you.Best Regards and Stay Blessed



that's the email. if this is a scam can you tell me how it is a scam since i am getting the money first? i just hear that there is a way to scam people by using western union.

thanks guys.

 

[dabuddha]

You're questioning whether that email is a scam? It's so freaking obvious

 

[vood0g]

not questioning if it is a scam...not really, but rather how i can get scammed if i'm supposed to cash it first.

 

[allisolm]

It's a scam. You're not getting the money first. You're getting a check, which will eventually bounce and the bank will take the money back from you.

When all the smoke clears, they will have $1950 and your stuff and you will be out $6150 plus fees.

 

[Kirby]

If you go to your bank and cash a fraudulent check you're responsible for it, ie you pay.

 

[Unheard]

The check is phoney. You get the money, send the Nigerian the "extra" and then 2 weeks later your bank comes looking for you because the check bounced. You = Owned.

 

[vood0g]

i see. thanks guys.

 

[Narse]

Originally posted by: allisolm
It's a scam. You're not getting the money first. You're getting a check, which will eventually bounce and the bank will take the money back from you.

When all the smoke clears, they will have $1950 and your stuff and you will be out $6150 plus fees.

QFT

 

[moshquerade]

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/cashier.asp

 

[Capt Caveman]

Yes, noob.

 

[Kirby]

There's a similar scan where you have to cash a lotto check and send some amount to a third party. My sister got a $74,000 check and about had a heart attack. :laugh: