Does this sound like a scam to you?

[Delirious]

I was selling an electronic item for $250 and received this email and I know it's a scam but I'm not sure what exactly is going on here, maybe someone is familiar with this one?



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Thanks for your e-mail,So glad to hear that the said items are still for sale,i want you to know one thing that the Mode of payment is going to be Certified Cashier's Checks that will be drawn from an American.So there will be no problem in Cashing the Checks.Also i want you to know that you will be recieving a Cashier's Check of $4,000 that will sent to you one of my Client over there in the USA who is owing me thisamount. So all i want you to do now is to recieve theCheck , After then i will expect you to Cash it Immdiately at the Cashing Store. After the Check has been cashed i want you to Transfer the remaining excess funds to my Personal Assistant who will now Pay the Shipping Company to come over for the Pick up (Iwil handle the Shipping so Shipping Should not any Problem)

Also after the Funds has been cashed and you have transfered to my Personal Assitant the excess funds,All you need to do is to wait for the Shipping Company to come over for the Pick up, You will be notify on the Day they will arrive so that you will around for them toPick up the Item. Also funds should be Transfered to my Personal Assistant via Western Union. The Western Union and the Cashing Store Charges should be deducted from the excess funds you are sending my Personal Assistant.

I am Compesating you with the Sun of $100 for the little stress you will be going through in the transaction, his now make your total income to be $350. So If this is Okay by you i want you to provide me with the Following Informations Which of course i will forward to my Client so that Payment will be Issued :

NAME: ......................
ADDRESS:.....................
CITY: ..............................
STATE:............................
COUNTRY:............................
ZIP CODE:............................
PHONE NUMBER :...................(HOME,CELL AND WORK)

With this i will expect to hear from you soonesttoday.

Thanks..............................

[Redlemon]

Evidently, it is based on counterfit cashier's checks.
Nigerian Auction Fraud and Counterfeit Cashier's Check Scams from West / South Africa in the News

[todd]

I think it sounds like one of those automated things that aren't written just for you. Sounds a lot like some spam e-mails i've gotten. Maybe it searches the internet for websites with and e-mail and $$ amount listed, and assumes they are selling and just sends the e-mail? Sort of like the kind of thing that searches internet for e-mail addresses and sends spam to them.

[MSD]

Guy sends counterfeit foreign cashier's check, routing number is correct, money goes into your acount, you withdraw money and give it to the "shipping service." A week later the issuing bank tells your bank that the account number is invalid, and your account gets charged the amount of the check to cover it. Whatever you paid to the "shipping service" comes out of your pocket, and you don't get the money for the original purchase, either. On top of that all, you get hit with an over limit fee from your bank.

[Munku]

Easiest way to tell, is did you actually send him an email like it says in the very first line?

[whocarz]

As soon as I saw the sloppy English and the talk of transfering a larger amount of money into his account, with you keeping the amount you are selling for, I thought "Nigerians".

[TheKak]

There are some American's running this scam as well. And once you do it there is nothing the authorities can do about it since you either sent them cash or a check out of your own account. Be very wary of people who overpay by a lot and ask you to send them money back!

[macmanmike6100]

easily a spammed scam.