African car scam

["Darren Leung" <darren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The scam works like this:
You get an over-sized cashier's check.
The buyer asks you to refund the difference to him.
It clears on YOUR BANK'S SIDE within 5 days (or so) because the FDIC
mandates it.
You now 'have funds' and send him your refund check.
The trick is that his original funds must clear HIS bank, which can take
weeks.

Of course, his funds are never there, but your check is already wired to his
account.

Can't say that this is what is happening in this instance, but that's how I
read about it in the paper.

Darren
83 GTV6
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