You may well be aware of the scam perpetrated on "Linda" who has posted a message of this nature on these forums.

I too was victim to this scam (although, I never did lose the money). I just want to reiterate the details of this person;

-money order/cashiers cheque is sent printed on real cheque stock (but you can see it was printed by household laser printer - nothing is formatted or lined up correctly, but he could still fool you!)
-has a local contact in Canada named "Sean Matthews"
-may be using cell phone #647 830 2176
-may request you to send the payment to Sean in Toronto, at a PO box who's postal code is the "glen garry" neighborhood in Toronto (google the postal code)
-has a grandma that died
-mother uses excessive religious references
-daughter is staying in the US with undisclosed people, and is not happy where she is
-mother has a "hearing problem" and cannot use the phone
-mother claims to be living in ireland, but of spanish decent
-mother escessively praises your assistance, house, family, etc.
-scammer sends many requests or will call very often to check if you've received the payment (because there is a short time frame between you sending the money and the cheque bouncing so he wants to ensure that he get's to you before you go to the bank
-Using a spanish name "Carmela Godina" "Catilena Diego" etc.. etc.. with a yahoo email address.
-is using email services and hosting sites in Africa to access his yahoo email account. If you cheque the IP on the email address, you can see the origination is in Africa.

I called the police in Surrey, Police in Toronto, Federal fraud agencies, no one really gives a damn - especially if you don't get caught in the scam, because no fraud has actually been commited at that point.

I told "Sean" that the police were waiting for him at his P.O. Box in Glen Garry.. he seemed suprised that i knew where it was, and by the fact that I knew UPS doesn't make money orders. Hopefully this will stop him from retreiving other cheques sent to his post office box, and others may be saved from him.

-Kyle in Surrey, BC.