[Woodz428]

As Ernie pointed out, I believe that until there is a "transfer" of some type of funds that the crime isn't committed yet. As everyone that has posted points out, the offers are usually nebulous with little details about WHAT they are interested in. Several years ago we had a '57 Coupe deville for sale, beautiful car, and it was listed on our website and a couple of other sales locations. We received a similar "offer" and decided to watch it play out. The party sent a "certified bank check" and my wife, who has more dealings with legal tender than I, was suspicious of how the check felt. We had no intentions of surrendering anything until the money was in the bank. When she took it to the bank she mentioned the details of the transaction and her concerns regarding the "integrity" of the paper. She was assured that it was indeed a "real" check, but we weren't sure. We didn't need to access the funds so we let it ride...for about a week when the bank called an lo and behold it was a forgery...hmmm. Fortunately the fact that it's authenticity was questioned by my wife when deposited kept us from being considered as the forgers. It was turned over to the proper authorities and we haven't heard a thing about it. It is unlikely that there are agreements in place to be able to apprehend the culprits and bring them to some accountability.
Within a few days, before the bank had realized their ignorance, we were receiving requests for amounts to help the poor fellows' mother who needed some emergency surgery and he needed the "shipping fees" returned. I replied to a few requests stating that nothing was going anywhere until the check had cleared( we actually requested a Western Union money order, so he was off on the wrong foot immediately). He then began making threats and I invited him to come by and we could discuss it......that was the last I heard. Too bad , I had just purchased a new handgun and was hoping to see how it worked.
So I guess the caveat I am adding is even when the bank thinks it's real, until it is money, it isn't.