This is a scam for anything that you may have posted, on line, such as craigslist etc. Usual deal is paypal or the INFAMOUS money order, cashiers check etc. If it's a check, I play along and make them go through getting a check printed and mailing it to me. Than I stall them by saying I had to go out of town for a few days, "and just didn't have the time to deposit the check"
It goes on for a week and they just give up. In the middle, they think they have you "HOOKED" and probably have the $$ money they scammed from you, already spent.
This cell phone number respond to a craigs list add for my couch..."Hello do you still have this posting for sale? why you selling it? are you the first owner and can i pick it up today? I replied yes, but cash only. They continued " Okay great, the picking up will be around 5pm today, am Chris by name working as a filght attentant at American Airlines, do you have a PayPal account if you do, with that can we proceed with this transaction now? thanks .