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Yup, it's a scam. Over here they call it "The Violin Teacher" setup. The check is an unusually good fake that usually takes the Bank some time to discover; meanwhile, you've sent the cash to whoever-it-is and kept your cut...but the Bank wants all their money back. I briefly entertained the idea of accepting the check, cashing it ( I have no bank account here ) and pocketing all the money; then I realized that I'd probably -still- get nailed for writing a bad check, and the Czech Republic is probably not the place I want to be arrested for kiting bad checks.
I don't exactly have a lot of qualms about ripping off a bank; they -do- create money out of thin air, after all. But I don't feel like spending the next few years in a Czech jail, thankyaverymuch.
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