Flynrider
Phoenix,#2Consumer Comment
Wed, August 11, 2010
It was a phony check drawn on a real account that has likely been closed for fraud.
Anytime someone you don't know sends you a large check, you're being scammed. What these scammers were hoping was that you wired money (via Western Union or Moneygram, no doubt) to their "vendor" before you found out that the check was no good. They would have had your money and you would have had to repay the bank.