Scam involving a check for too much money for a Craig's list purchase. Instructs the payee to deposit the money, then reimburse the extra. The check bounces and the payee is fined for the amount they took out.

Advertised a room for rent on Craigslist for $400, sent me a fake check for almost $3000, now they want money back to pay for other things, don't think so...

How much money did they get from you?

I was renting a room on craigslist . The potential renter wanted to send me a check for  the cost of shipping a car to Georgia from Tennessee  and us have us pay for it out of the money that they are sending . A young woman name Gwen Akins answered the ad. She sent me a picture. She was a young white girl. She said that her father would send the money and pay for the rent going forward. I got a call from the father a few days later and he was a man with an African accent .