[TheForge] Interesting scam

[PlumDon at aol.com]

A friend of mine, not on theforge, is trying to sell a nice drophammer for  
$2000 and other equipment. He advertises on e-bay. He has got approximately the 
 following response from several different sources over the last year. 
 
Anyone know what the details of the scheme are? How does it work. 
 
 
Hello,
 
this is a very straight forward deal, and not bad  transaction, is just that 
as i have said in my previouse mail that i have an  associate in the states 
that is oweing me a sum of $6,500,and he as agreed to  pay me back in that term 
of cheque so all what i will like you to do is to have  the trust on me that i 
will instruct him to issue you a certified cheque of  $6,500 on my behalf and 
send it to your  location  as soon as cheque  arrives,i will like you to take 
the cheque to the nearest cashing store for the  fast payment of your 
money,at the cashing store all you need to do is you will  be requested to pay for 
some charges in other to get the cheque cashed, so after  that you have to make 
use of the western union money transfer in your location  to get the balance 
of $4,300 wired to them so that the pick up can easily be  made asap.