Guys, am i getting scammed?

[diluzio91]

So i posted an add on craigslist offering computer repairs. Someone replies to me asking if i can do bulk laptop repairs. I say yes and this begins, So at this point i recieve this email

Hello,
How are you doing today . Am Glad to Inform you that the Check Payment
of $3850 has been sent to you and will delivered By UPS to your
address. Here is the UPS Tracking Number (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
When you Get the Check, take it to your Bank and have it cashed or
deposited and let me know when the Bank says the funds will be
available. You are to deduct your money and forward the remaining
balance to the shipping company Via Western Union To the information
below as soon as you have the cash in hand.


NOTE : Below is the shipping company payment receiver information you
will be sending the Balance to.

Payment Receivers Information:
----------------------------------
Name: Rhonda xxxxxxxx
Address: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dr
City: xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
State: xxxxxxxxxxxx
Zip Code: xxxxxxxxxxxx

The Western Union charges are to be deducted from the remaining balance after
you've deduct your money.

When the Money has been transferred Let me have the information's Below

1. Sender's full names and address exactly how you wrote it on the Western Union
2. The receiver's full names and address exactly how you penned it down on
the Western Union slip.
3. MTCN#(Money Transfer Control Number - 10 digits)
4. Total Amount Sent : (Amount receivable by the receiver )

Please make sure you get it done as soon as you receive the Check so
that the shipping company can ship the Laptops to you immediately they
confirm their money.

Kindly write back to me immediately you read this email.

Rowland.

(xxx added to block sensitive information)

Im really nervous, but I need the money too. Help me out guys!

[Okele]

Ya its a big scam and not very new actually, there is a link somewhere in the chatterbox about scambaiters.com. This was actually featured in the link, basically they are sending you a check, which is really no good. You cash it at your bank, and then you keep some change and send the rest to them. It's actually some fools from somalia or Kenya I think that are behind this. Anyway, don't bother with responding to them. Good luck!

[BuzzKillington]

Yes. lol

[blueonblack]

You need money, you don't need what these people are offering.

[ownaginatious]

Ask if he also happens to be a rich Nigerian prince who is also by chance a relative of yours .

[BuzzKillington]

A golden rule: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

[TheGreatSatan]

Don't give them any info! They will steal your identity. Type that UPS number they gave you into any search engine and watch all the people got the same email.

Like this one:

http://www.angelfire.com/ns2/drinkwa...ka.Rowland.htm

[crenn]

I've seen these type of things before. THIS IS A SCAM. Report it to your local police station. This is the modern day money laundering process. People get caught up in this and later get arrested because they helped the criminals. I'll try to find the documentry that I watched about this.

[TheGreatSatan]

Just visit Scambaiter

[diluzio91]

Ok, I'll call the police about it when the check arrives and give it to them. (is that the right thing to do?) and will also reply in an email that i will be unable to do the servicing as the quantity is too large for my facilities, saying that i am sorry to have wasted their time.