<prompt> Human: Ok so here goes: to start with I shouldve known better, and I did try to take every precautionary step, but regardless I fell for what I think is a scam. So I got a text message from a 5 digit number offering to make 400 a week by having Guayaki Yerba mate advertisements put on my car. It said to email if interested. I emailed with the subject scam? and the body of howd you get my phone number to text? and they responded immediately with details on the offering, ignoring my question. The biggest red flag was that they would be sending a cashiers check with my first weeks pay and payment for the installer, which I was to send to them. So I immediately asked why I would send it and not them, to which they responded it was to establish a relationship between myself and the installer, for if I needed it removed in the future... I figured it was a scam at this point but decided to see how itd play out. Well, to my surprise, I received a cashiers check in the mail a couple days later. It looks legit, and I figured what the hell, Id deposit it, and my credit union would deny it if it was fake. Well... they did put it on a 4 business day hold, but it eventually cleared. At this point the guy is now texting started as soon as I received the check, so he text me to moneygram the money to the installer, which was in Texas I live in ca. So I say how is an installer in Texas supposed to install on my car in ca? To which he explains this is the installers main office, and he would have a local installer come out. So, stupidly, I take the money out and moneygram it to someone in Texas. The person thats been communicating with me is in MO from what I can tell, a well as the cashiers check, which was in his name, from a credit union in MO.So flash forward to a couple hours after the moneygram, I text him asking about scheduling he had been very quick to respond and communicate in general up to this point. Nothing. This was yesterday. I text again today. Nothing. Last night I finally told my brother about this whole thing, and he said I should get out what money I have left in my account, as the check could reverse and Id be negative the amount I pulled out for the moneygram. So I went to an ATM live on a mountain my credit union is at the base and pulled out my rent money. Im basically just trying to figure out what my rights are, and what the best steps to take from here would be. As this is likely a scam, these people received 850 of someones dollars, and I sure as hell dont have that kind of extra scratch. Please advise. Update: this fuckers still going!! Quick, someone whos really good at this kind of stuff figure out a way I can get his ass caught!! Heres his most recent text: Assistant: Yes, ANY JOB OR TRANSACTION WHATSOEVER THAT INVOLVES YOU RECEIVING MONEY AND THEN SENDING OUT MONEY TO SOMEONE ON THE INTERNET IS A SCAM. Tell your friends this. You might save one from making the same mistake.Yes, the check you received will turn out to be fake and the bank will want the money back. 100. So you might as well plan to pay that back. The bank will also charge you a bounced check fee, probably an overdraft fee, and they may put on you a list of people who bounce checks, cancel your account, or report you to the police. You might want to preemptively go into the bank and explain that youve been scammed, they might agree to waive some of the fees and put you on a payment plan or something.Sorry. Expensive lesson for you.You dont have any particular rights here. You accepted a worthless piece of paper and sent out real money to someone who sent out a spam text message to you. You could report them to the police or sue them for the money, but you have no way of identifying them and they almost certainly are not in the United States. these people received 850 of someones dollars850 of YOUR dollars. Not someone. You.Human: The worthless piece of paper was accepted by the credit union. Isnt it their responsibility to check for authenticity?Assistant: Its your responsibility not to give them fake checks. There are several kinds of fakes:- things that arent a real check bogus account number, fake bank, etc. These will be detected immediately one day.- real check, closed account or no money in account: detected in a few days.- real check, real account, fraudulently made not by the account holder: these may not be detected for weeks, until the account holder checks their statement and say whoa, I didnt write those checks! and complains to their bank.You might have gotten type 3.Human: Check the update. Is there any way I can get this asshole??  <response>: Even if they did get caught, youd never get the money back. 