Michael Carter ( probably an alias, micheal carter [enny1957@googlemail.com] ) apparently working out of Ohio is prowling Craigslist for people he can scam. He writes as though his original language/background was from Africa, Haiti, or perhaps Jamaica. He sent a computer-generated check with about ten different fonts via the USPS Priority Mail (a FED offense) that has been filed by my bank and copied to the local Sheriff's Office. He almost doubled the price of the item listed on Craigslist in his bogus check, then requested that I Western Union the excess money to his "..pick-up man.." who purportedly travels around gathering the items this pseudo-collector purchases. He inferred that Jerry Kenny of Alton, Iowa was one of his pick-up men. There is no Jerry or J. Kinney listed in Alton, IA. The other accomplice mentioned where the WU money should be directed to was Bayard Brooks of Kentwood, MI. There is a listing for B. Brooks in Kentwood, and the male who answered the phone has an Afro-Haiti accent. You have to give this Carter scam-hole an A+ for effort, he dodged dealing with PayPal where everything would have been legit, and he wrote more than 10 emails to try and complete the scam. After leading him along once my banker identified the goofy check as totally fraudulent, I delivered the entire collection to our local Sheriff's office - along with the USPS envelope having the perps finger prints on it. I hope he has a fun time with the Iowa DCI, the FBI, the USPS authorities, et al - he's in deep fecal matter at this point..!!! Moral: Be polite, offer trust, but save all correspondence and verify every fact before you send a dime to anyone no willing to do business via PayPal or other formal means..... .