<prompt> Human: Hello rpersonalfinance. First time poster, long time reader. So heres the deal. About a month ago my sister gave me an old Jetta. I already have two cars so I decided to pass the Jetta on to my girlfriend. After a few frustrating weekends under the hood of the car, we came to the conclusion that the car wasnt worth our time and couldnt be reliable Multiple coolant leaks, body damage, slipping clutch, and rotting tires, etc. I wanted to scrap the car but my gf thought she could earn a few extra bucks but posting the car on Craigslist. Heres the issue. She was contacted by a man who originally asked her to contact his wife and she did. The woman shes been communicating has asked her to pay for the car and have it shipped to Philadelphia where the buyer claims to be moving. Yesterday my girlfriend received a check in the mail. A check for 3600 instead of the 850 that she was originally asking for the car. The reason for this is the buyer wants my girlfriend to use the additional money to pay for the car to be shipped to the buyers claimed new home. The check was a Canadian check with a nine digit routing number. Its weird that the check was Canadian because we are living and selling the car in Washington state. After some confusion at our local credit union my gf managed to get the check deposited into her account. The buyer claims to be sending a automotive shipper to my house tomorrow and they want my girlfriend to pay to have the car shipped.The whole thing seems very sketch to me. Who pays 850 for a broken car that would probably only be worth 1200 if it were in good conversation? Why was the check Canadian if the buyer claims to be from the us? Who would pay an extra 2,700 to have a piece of crap car shipped to a new city? Is my girlfriend going to be in trouble because shes already deposited the check? Is there anything we can do to protect her from legal or financial repercussions? Im very apprehensive about letting the car out of my possession. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. I apologize if the format of this is poor, Im on mobile TLDR: Craigslist buyer wants us to ship a car that they have overpaid for but the whole thing seems like a scam to me.  <response>: This is a classic scam. Turn around and run. Someone here will follow up with more details, but that money will be bounceddeniedetc. 