Craigslist Scam?
Hey everyone, i sold a phone on Craigslist and a buyer was interested so he sent me an email saying that he would send me a check for $2,500. What i am supposed to do is cash the check, take $200 for my phone, and send him the phone along with the remaining 2,300 Western Union back to him. Well, i put the check in the bank and it cleared, and what I'm wondering now is if i can keep the money? I understand that someone wouldn't be as stupid as to send me a check for $2,500, so I'm bewildered and need advice on how he's trying to scam me. Please include information on how this situation works; if it's not a scamming situation, explain why please.
P.S. The actual email is as attached..
Thanks for your reply, i am happy to hear back from you, i'm okay with the price and
condition.But i'm presently out of the states,i'm presently in England where i work as an Engineer, so i'll like to see the transaction go smoothly without my appearance.
Concerning the shippment.you do not need to worry about it, i have a reputable shipping
company that will handle the shippment.There is this relaible colleague of mine that resides in Alaska,he's oweing me $2,500 so i 'll instruct him to send you a Cashier's check or Money Orders of that $2,500 and as soon as you receive it, you'll have to cash it and you should deduct your own portion of the funds which is $150 from the payment, then you'll have to get the rest money sent via western union money transfer to the shipping company that will be coming for the pick up from your house and other items which they're to ship to my house in the states...
The reason why am sending you that much money is because if I send my shipping company a seperate check it would take about 30 working days to clear the check in uk, London while it takes only 2-3working days for the check to be cleared in the
United States.
I will be compesating you with $50 after the transaction for the stress you may go through,so you will have to deduct the total of $200 from the funds and send the remaining amount to my shipping company.Please note that all transfer charges will be deducted from the excess funds you'll be sending to the shipping company,not with your own personal money.So i hope you'll be able to help me out in doing this.