Might be worth at least reporting to the mods on the other forum if it's moderated.Well, in that case they reached out to us. As someone who buys/sells regularly, I had immediate red flags pop up when my wife explained the situation, and when the check arrived they were confirmed. So we reached out to the company that was supposedly on the check, only to find they weren’t in business anymore. Then I contacted the “issuing bank” who connected us with the FBI. So I suppose the circumstances were different and there was a known established case.
In this situation, I don’t know if any of that is true and figured I’d try to “get a finger” on things if anyone here was connected with federal LEO in any way. Never hurts to ask, right?
So I may report it and see what happens I guess. Or I may send a nasty gram or an MO hand drawn with crayons and a note about a fake check for a fake scope as suggested above lol.
Anyway, thanks for the feedback.