So I have a small house for rent behind where I live. I get a polite email from a fellow who claims to be from England coming over to be affiliated with Purdue working in some endeavor related to the UN. Seemed plausible. Said he was coming over right away and needed a place to live and my little house was just perfect, etc. He even called me one day and talked on the phone. He didn't sound british but could have been South African and there are plenty of folks in England who came from other places so that didn't raise a red flag either.

So he said he was going to have his company send me a deposit check to hold it til he got here. I agreed to hold the house for one week for a non refundable deposit of 500.

So after a few emails back and forth I eventually get a ups delivery from Atlanta with a check for $1,837.50 drawn on a bank In Witchita. I think WTF? It seemed plausible that his company had screwed up, so I email him and say I got this check which I was going to deposit and if he did not take the house I would refund the difference after I was sure the check was good.

But next day I get an email saying I was supposed to send a check to his travel agent, so now it obviously is a scam. So I email back not to waste my time, the check is no good and I am not going to deposit anything.

So the question is is there anything to do? Should I bother taking the check to the authorities? If so who would have any interest or ability to do anything about it.

I checked back and he has communicated with me through three different email addresses.

Tom W

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