<prompt> Human: Mobile, sorry! Im pretty sure Im being scammed, but Im naturally cynical so I need reassurance. I own a horse and recently listed a saddle for sale on a Facebook group where you can buysell tack and apparel. A buyer reached out to me with interest and we started texting about the saddle. She is apparently a business owner and wanted to use a personal couriermoving service to receive the saddle rather than have me ship it. Okay, fine. She goes on to say the lowest amount she can deduct from her business account is 900, and she wants me to wire the rest via Walmart to Walmart transfer I sold the saddle for 300 back to the movers accountant. Okay, weird. The check got here via FedEx, and says its from a Pamela in South Dakota. The original person who reached out to me on Facebook was named Misael and her Facebook profile says shes from Florida. I looked up this persons phone number and it says its from PA. The accountant is supposedly in Georgia. Even more suspicious. To wire money, its 50. She said to take that out of the money as well as 30 for the hassle.Sorry if thats confusing! I am a 21F so I feel like this person thinks I am susceptible to fraud more easily. Assistant: Scam immediately if it involves Walmart wire transfer. Run. Check will bounce after you wire her 600 and youll be out the full amount of money.This is a very common scam Human: What if I take the cash out first? She told me to do that to reassure me.  <response>: She told you to do that because shes hoping that you dont understand how checks work.In the US, when you deposit a check or cash it, the funds will appear to go through immediately. It will take a few days for your bank to check with her bank to verify that the check was legitimate; if her bank says, Uhh, theres no money in that account or even Um, thats not one of our checks, you will be liable for the entire 900 as well as an NSF fee basically a fine for passing bad checks.To make things worse, the bank suspects that you gave them a fake check on purpose, they might even close down your account and make it so that its very difficult for you to get another bank account at most other banks.The kicker is that, since you sent her the 600 using a wire transfer, you have no way of getting that money back once you find out that its a scam. Shell block you and disappear, and youll be stuck dealing with the mess. The police likely wont be able to find her since all of her information is either made up or belongs to some random third party.Finally -- Her argument that she cant deduct less than 900 from her bank account is bullshit too, by the way; even if that were true, why cant she send you a wire transfer for 300 instead?? I mean, it makes sense to me; if she can really only take out 900 from her bank account, she should just do that, wire you the 300, and then be done with it. The reason why she doesnt do that is because she doesnt really want to buy your horse stuff; she just wants you to send her 600 in untraceable, unrecoverable cash. 