<prompt> Human: My girlfriend is an artist and recently sold a piece on her website for 100. She was contacted by a guy who wanted it for his wife. He sent a check in the mail and we received it on a Friday afternoon. The check was for 2000. He says his intention is to have a professional mover come from his home state to transport it back to him and have my girlfriend pay him when he arrives. Well obviously, the bank was closed and had been the whole weekend after she deposited it. It still hasnt been deposited yet and the guy is hastling her about it. Saying he knows the check has been deposited because he was notified. He wants a copy of her bank statement. We obviously arent going to do that. This is starting to smell fishy and Im getting concerned this might be some sort of scam. Advice would be really appreciated.  <response>: The check will bounce and your bank will charge you a bounced check fee. Its a fake check. The guy doesnt want your art, he wants you to send him some real money the mover fee in exchange for a fake check.TO BE VERY CLEAR, BECAUSE PEOPLE DONT UNDERSTAND HOW CHECKS WORK: If the money shows up in your bank account shortly after depositing a check, that does not mean the check cleared and it does not mean the check is real. It means the bank trusts you and fronted you the money because you TOLD them you were depositing a real check. The check is fake and any money initially credited to you will be revoked when that happens. If you withdrew the money, your account will end up negative and the bank will send you nasty letters about how you owe them and theyll charge you an overdraft fee.Dont send him any money, cut off contact. You can ask your bank to waive the bounced check fee if you want, they might do it if youre a good customer.Anyone who offers to overpay for anything youre selling is a scammer. 