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The cashier's check will be a fake, but there is a good chance that your bank won't catch it and the funds will be available to you until it bounces a week or so later. Then the guy will either ask for a refund, or claim that he needs some of the money back to pay his attorney or for some other reason, in hopes that you will feel the deal is on the up and up and pay him. Then you will be out that cash plus the bank fees when the cashier check bounces.
It's a classic Craigslist scam. They also try it with smaller items where they will actually send a parcel service to pick it up from your house when the cashier check initially clears, and then you are left with nothing while your item is being shipped to Nigeria. Fucking Craigslist can be a minefield to navigate...
*Edit* the examples above my post go into more detail, it's almost always about accidentally overpaying and asking for a Western Union refund for houses and cars...
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