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TIFU by ALMOST being duped by a Craigslist Moneygram scam. (X-Post to r/TIFU) I put an ad for my apartment on Craigslist to see if I could get someone to finish out my lease. I was responded to by a "Andriana Davis", who's boss was going to pay for her flight over from Switzerland and her rent. Her "boss" wanted to send me a check with over $1000 to cash. Some to keep for her rent and some to send to her "travel agent" to pay for her flight. *Girl, haven't you heard of something called the internet?* I kept telling her that she needed to contact the leasing office of the apartment complex and sign up to make payments through the online portal and go to freaking kayak.com to find a flight to purchase. I had to receive calls from her illegible boss in order to work with her. It all seemed fishy but I wanted to give the person the benefit of the doubt if they agreed to fill out the leasing information and make legitimate payments online to the complex. But then I received an absurdly large check in the mail and an email written in all caps from Adriana to cash the check and split the cash with half to be sent via Moneygram or WesternUnion... much like the stories described [here](http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-605-215-0110/3). I feel uncomfortable that some foreign stranger trusts me so much and would pay me to do this unecessary work for them that they could just do online for no extra cost! I promptly go to my bank to ask what to do. Bank of America quickly tells me that the check written for nearly $2000 was probably counterfit, and that they were relieved I felt fishy about the situation and went to them first before sending any money. I had even asked the girl who their travel agent was and who's agency it was through thinking I could find a number on Google and call the agent directly to "work something out with the bank so it was more legitimate". Alas, the agent's name and the agency itself had to legitimate phone number nor employees. I had also noticed th

TIFU by ALMOST being duped by a Craigslist Moneygram scam. (X-Post to r/TIFU) I put an ad for my apartment on Craigslist to see if I could get someone to finish out my lease. I was responded to by a "Andriana Davis", who's boss was going to pay for her flight over from Switzerland and her rent. Her "boss" wanted to send me a check with over $1000 to cash. Some to keep for her rent and some to send to her "travel agent" to pay for her flight. *Girl, haven't you heard of something called the internet?* I kept telling her that she needed to contact the leasing office of the apartment complex and sign up to make payments through the online portal and go to freaking kayak.com to find a flight to purchase. I had to receive calls from her illegible boss in order to work with her. It all seemed fishy but I wanted to give the person the benefit of the doubt if they agreed to fill out the leasing information and make legitimate payments online to the complex. But then I received an absurdly large check in the mail and an email written in all caps from Adriana to cash the check and split the cash with half to be sent via Moneygram or WesternUnion... much like the stories described [here](http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-605-215-0110/3). I feel uncomfortable that some foreign stranger trusts me so much and would pay me to do this unecessary work for them that they could just do online for no extra cost! I promptly go to my bank to ask what to do. Bank of America quickly tells me that the check written for nearly $2000 was probably counterfit, and that they were relieved I felt fishy about the situation and went to them first before sending any money. I had even asked the girl who their travel agent was and who's agency it was through thinking I could find a number on Google and call the agent directly to "work something out with the bank so it was more legitimate". Alas, the agent's name and the agency itself had to legitimate phone number nor employees. I had also noticed th