Trying to get rid of old stuff from my house I hopped on Craigslist to get rid of a SONY HandyCam Camcorder. At most all I want is to get $60 for it. I had this odd fellow contact me, wanted to buy it and have someone pick it up. That’s fine. I got the check today. It was written from a 3rd Party company, sent from Clyde, NY and the check was for $1360.00! The email from the yoyo buyer was this:

Hello
How are you doing this morning,I just call Ups to confirm the
package and they told me that the payment would be deliver to you this morning.

Once you have the check,I will like you to go ahead and cash it
instantly in your bank or you may deposit the check into your account or you can take it to any cashing store place to cash it instantly. As soon as you have the cash in hand i will instruct you to deduct money for the item,Plus $100 for your runing around,$20 for the Gas fees to transfer the balance,The remaining Balance should be transfer to the shipper via Western Union Money Transfer today so that they can be able to come for the pick up f the item immediatly he did pick the money up at Western Union office. Here is the shipper information to have the balance send too………

Name————-Mary Seales
Address———1717 Paradise Road
City—————Modesto
State————–CA
Zip code———95350

Email   c.moving@yahoo.com

Please do take care of everything this morning before 12.pm today cos i am moving to other state tomorow and they will be coming for the pick up today immediately you have transfer the money, i will be glad if we can complete the transaction today.Please i have apologies for this transaction to make everything done today.As soon as the money has been wired to the shipper i will reuqest for the transfer details
and also your map quest to easy for Mary Seales to arrive there.

Here is the confirmation for the tracking #(1ZV970180190139348) from
UPS courrier service.

So I took the check, got a witness and a video recording of me shredding the check, and that’s that. All I wanted was $60 and to meet in a Meijer parking lot and hand over a box. Jeesh!