I work in a bank and this kind of thing happens all the time with our clients. They'll come in with checks for thousands of dollars that they "won in a lottery"...except they never entered one!

it's always a scam. One of my best friends went through this a month ago. She was selling a whole bunch of craft items on Craigslist and this guy emailed her that he wanted it all, to take it off the listing, that he was overnighting a check for the entire thing. He was "unaccessable" by phone because he was in North Dakota (huh?).

I told her if she got a check to take it to her bank and have them verify it. Sure enough it was bogus.

Never ever do this for anyone!!! So many people have been ripped off it isn't funny. One woman here lost almost $10,000 because of lowlifes like this.

I'm so sorry you had to go through this, but thankfully you didn't lose a huge bundle. $100 is bad enough, but think if you had done what she asked. Yikes!