Popular check scam even fooling banks

[Tootsie Plunkette]

Story:

Using the popular Craigsist web site to rent an apartment she owned in Chicago, she was contacted by someone moving from London.

"He was going to send me a check for $25,000. I was to deduct what he owed me for the first months rent and the security deposit and then I was to wire the balance back to his agent, who was handling his furnishing," Parker said.

(snopes covers this scam here.)