Don't fall for this

In times of a bad economy it seems that more and more people get into the fraud business. Most of us would not fall for this crap, but sadly there are people who are falling for it, and my coworker was one of those sad folks. She was selling a wedding dress on craigslist. She had someone who was interested in buying it, they went back and forth with several several emails. And he finally fed-ex's the check to her husbands work. Only instead of the check being for $500, it was for $3000. Yeah im sure you guys all know where Im going with this. So she contacts him and of course he has a story about how his secratary must have made a mistake. So he asks them to deposit the check and then send him the remaining 2500 in return. So they deposit the check. They wait a few days, and their bank posts .it as clear and they western union the money to his "wife" in Houston. Of course it turned out to be fraud and the check bounces, and now they are out $2500.
Why they didn't wonder what was up when they were asked to western union the money and all they got was a check was beyond me. And why they would send a wedding dress to his "wife" is pretty crazy. But none the less, the tears were flowing as she realized she is now 8 months pregnant, and instead of gaining an extra $500 for holiday expenses she is now out $2500. I felt so sorry for her. So please people, don't fall for this!