scam phone call/text from this number.for a vehicle for sale. Wants to send me a cashiers check.

Got this text yesterday.......Hello! will you take a part time job that will not affect your current job and earn you $1500 monthly. if you willing to know more!
Got this text today........Job Description! My name is Michael Garner working with intuit inc. (dealing with quick book, online account, check printing service. so the Errand Offering(Pay Roll Assistant) you is an easy Job and part time job which you will have to do within two per day and three times per week which is nine hours Per week.You will be helping me printing checks and mail them out to my client customers and workers .You will be the One to Print the checks and then you mail them out through USPS But am gonna pay for Shipment .so i will provide you the right information to use to print each check .For you to get the Job you will a computer with printer.... Note: your first payment is $1500 which you will receive via Western union Money Transfer Every Months..Do you have a computer and printer? if so.. text me your name and email address

I got a text from the same number. He's sending a check for a vehicle complete with a USPS tracking number that checks out and apparently it is even insured for $50 in case it gets lost in the mail according to the USPS website when I entered the tracking number. So far I haven't been asked to wire any money to anyone. So I'm trying to figure out how the person benefits from sending an insured "possibly fake" check.

I got the exact same thing - the check has a usps tracking number, supposed to arrive today. I'm not sure I understand the scam - if the check clears it must be a real sale correct? Should I be worried?

Maybe yes. Maybe no. Here is what you need to know. Even in the 21st Century a check can take 4 - 6 weeks to clear. Sometimes the checks are good forgeries, sometimes the transit number at the bottom is fake. Take the check to your bank. DO NOT deposit it. Have the folks at the bank investigate it for you. I'm sorry to tell you ahead of time that this is a very well known scam, & sadly quite a common post on 800 notes. When the check arrives you'll find that they sent you an amount higher than you asked for. The scam is to get you to use a CASH wire transfer service to send money to 'someone' (They usually say it's their 'shipper'). You sent cash, & it turns out the 'shipper' and the scammer are the same person. Imagine that. The check will appear to clear your bank, but bounce in a few weeks. Trouble, Trouble, right here in River City.