There are allot of scams out there.
I placed an ad for some Victorian style furniture, within 10 minutes an offer came in.
Guy claimed his wife loved and would like to purchase them. Claimed they were out of town and would like to send a check with some extra to give to the moving company when they came to pick them up. Sounded reasonable.
Told when I receive the check to cash it and take out the $500 for the furniture and extra $50 for my trouble. Then give the balance to the moving company.
At that point I became suspicious, so I gave him the address to my son's business.
Two days later the check came in Priority Mail for $2550, huh?
This guy expected me to hand $2000 cash to a driver, I don't think so!
Sent him an email asking ***? He got defensive with me stating that I agreed to it. BS
So I wrote SCAM accoss the check, scanned it and emailed to him.
Out of curiosity, I took to my bank to check it out. There was no such bank. They told me this was a big scam going on Craigslist. People would deposit these checks, wait a few days thinking the check cleared. The buyer sends someone to pick up the item and the extra cash. Then the check bounces! You left holding the bag for the entire amount and you lost the item.
Beware of Craigslist.
What is the old saying "If the deal is to good to be real, it probably isn't!"