Maybe it will be followed up with, "I accidentally sent you a check, please wire the money back to me by Western Union and keep 10% for your trouble....."
(For the benefit of any innocents who don't recognize the M.O., that scenario would be a scam. The check will turn out to be counterfeit, and when it bounces your bank will take back the full amount from your account and you will be out 100% of the amount you wired to the scammer. Do not ever wire money to anyone you don't know personally and have not independently verified the request for funds actually came from the person you know personally. Another scam has the scammer pretending to be a relative in trouble needing bail or bribe money to get out of a foreign jail. Don't fall for that one either.)
Time to build a bigger bridge.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/21/2014 02:42PM by dspeakes.