Am I being scammed by this costumer?

I am a pet care service provider and am having an interesting time trying to figure out if this particular man is trying to scam me. His e-mail is as follows but I have kept his ID anonymous. Keep in mind that I live in Ilinois and I find it rather odd he is willing to send his dog all the way from Florida just for boarding. I am very weary about this one especially since he asks for my address. Comments?



Thank you for your reply....My name is -- Again, i reside -- Florida. My Dog name is Jumbo ,a male dog

and it is German Shepherd , Breed Type: Herding and his Weight: 32 to

57lbs,Height: 24 to 26 inches and long coarse hair straight and his

14 year's old dog,He very gently Dog..he like's playing with any body

he also like playing with other pets and very friendly with people i

feed him twice in a day,Jumbo is very well train dog.... Jumbo is a

home dog and some time if am less busy I walk him out myself and you

can walk him out once in a day and i hope you will give jumbo lots of

love and attention....Well i will also like you to know that am

paying you with certified check for the payment ..also giving you

and extra ($30)...for me to know that you will take good care of

Jumbo...i want all the service as you require done ,Due to my

traveling arrangement and expenses i can't avoid to pay you with cash

for now,I will contact my secretary to issue out a check payment to

you on my behalf and about the food my dog we be eating i have

company that supply me with my dog food, bed , bowls, leashes, toys,

blankets and also i have a capable shipping company that will deliver

all what jumbo need and drop Jumbo to your location....My Office

will be mailing (overnight) a certified check from my account ..So i

will like you to kindly get back to me with your information so that i

can forward it to my office to issue out the payment to you asap...I

want to let you know that the payment will be deliver to you via UPS

or FEDEX courier service.....



(1):Your full name to be on the check-----------------------



(2):Your address to send the check ------------------------to (not po box)



(3):Your city-------------------------



(4):state----------------------



(5):and zip code---------------------------



Your phone number to contact you (cell phone # only)



Please note that the payment will be overnight by my Office to your

address and its bound to be delivered within 2 days.**Once again ,I

will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping

supply...my shipper will drive dawn to your location..and drop

Jumbo.....for the services....thanks...Am I being scammed by this costumer?
Fraud.



The check will be a good fake.



The bank will cash it and you will get cash from the bank.



Then the guy will regret to inform you that his plans have changed and will politely ask you to wire the money back to him less a nominal fee of $50 or so for your troubles.



Then you get a call from the bank and they have finally figured out the check is fake and want their money back.



The mystery guy will be long gone - he is probably not in the US now anyway. However the bank can find you and will not understand your side of the story.



Your best hope is that if you pay the bank back quickly and painlessly that they decide not to prosecute you.



This scam comes in many many forms. And people fall for it all too often.Am I being scammed by this costumer?
The "check" will be fraud. The circumstances of his request are not legitimate. My friend who owns a kennel gets these emails all the time in one form or another. You're best off not responding and deleting the message.

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