it IS a scam. I had a friend that almost went through with this. His situation was almost identical to yours. They told him that they were buying it as a company car but that they were originally planning on getting another car which cost 7k more. But they had already made some transaction or some bs, and that they would be sending him a check for 7k more than he was asking, then he was to send the extra 7k back to them via western union. It was also a cashiers check and when he went to deposite it in the bank, the bank said it would take a week or so to clear. Well a week later it cleared (this parts still confuses me) and we went to western union to send the cash. the lady working at western union though WE were trying to pull some scam and refused to send it. The next day the bank called and said that he owed them 7k (he had withdrawn it to send back) plus a little extra he took out. They were also from some other country, I believe the U.K. but when you look at the check they said you, it will be from Nigeria.

The only thing that confuses me about the whole thing is that the bank claimed the check had cleared...personally, I would have gone to the bank and bitched until they either let me keep all, or at least the money he had withdrawn (not the 7k) but the extra he took out, I think he bought a part for his car or something like that, and he had to pay the bank back.

Anyways don't go through with it....if you want you can even let them send you a check but I garuntee it will be a chasiers check from Nigeria.