Detective Lacie On the Job

So once upon a time, my friend Candace got a check in the mail. It was unexpected and written for 890.00!!! Who wouldn't want that kind of money, but who was it from? Why was it here? Well we called her mom, my dad, her boyfriend, and my boy- friend. No body had answers, but my friend said he could take a look at it. We had to go track him down at school. He whipped the check around like a pro- noticing the signature was off and there were no "micro dots". He is a genius. Then he instructed me to call the issuing bank and verify funds.
I did as he said. I called, they said to bring it in. So we promptly drove to the bank. After a few minutes and several different people coming to watch- we found that the funds were in the account, it was all pretty much valid... minus the tracking number. We left the bank still wondering who the check was from, it was a personalized envelope... but a business check.
Well we went shopping and bought fun toys. Then we went home to watch the OC forgetting all about it... for a minute. Then we decided to search the company on line. We did so- nothing fishy, until we searched scams....
Apparently someone has their account number and is issuing checks that later the one who cashed the check will be harassed until funds are returned. We were glad we had decided not to cash it.
Then we proceeded to play on FB and check our emails- that is when my detective skills kicked in. I saw the name on her account- Johnson. He had arranged to buy the LoveSac she had on KSL. I knew this was the sender of the check.
After a little further prodding and googling his email address, I found his has been scamming lots of people selling things on KSL. He sends the check for more than asked for, instructs the seller to transfer the rest of the funds to the "movers" and then gets 700 bucks for nothing. Then the seller is screwed over when the company comes to collect all the money back. I then called the boy- friend to get advice on what we should do. We notified the prospective buyer/ scammer that the item was no longer for sale.
And that is the story of Lacie solving the mystery of the mysterious check in the mail!