[email protected] aka JOHN BOWELL

So this person tried to scam me with the same message as always. Funny part is he asked about a certain item but responded with an interest in "buying" a different item.
So he first emailed me with [email protected], asking if the item was available.
Then when I responded that it was, he replied from this email: [email protected], saying

Am looking to buy Dishwasher
Thanks for the prompt response to my mail. I will be
buying it from you so please kindly withdraw the advert from the web
as i will be adding $50 for the removal. Please to be informed that i
will be paying you with a certified bank check and once you have the
check cashed at your bank then i will arrange for the pick up at your
place..I will need the following details to mail the payment as soon
as possible.
Name to be on the Check_____________
Home or office address(No P.O.BOX)___
City__State__Zip Code_______________
Phone Numbers_____________________
FYI:You will not be responsible for the shipping of the item..and I
will have my mover come over for the pick up as soon as you have the
check cashed at your bank,and i will get back to you once my secretary
made the payment out to you immediately

I received this same exact email from this person responding to something I posted on Craig's List. I was selling something for about $100 and a check came for more than $2700, I was instructed to deduct an additional amount for my running around and then wire the rest via Western Union to an address in Texas. Luckily I was smart enough to know this is a scam and have not cashed the check. I've contacted the FBI cyber crimes unit as well as my state police.

Exact same thing just happened to me! I received the exact email as above, worded only slightly differently, specific to the item I am selling. I found the email a bit odd in general and thanks to finding this post, I will be averting getting ripped off.

I been selling items on Craigslist for a month. And I received four fraud checks. This John Bowell used the same thing that three guys are doing. They all over paid for the items and wanted me to send money to a shipper by Western Union. When I received his check. The name on the FedEx envelope was a name a fast food place. And on the Check it was a College and a bank from two different states. I Google and contacted the name, the fast food place, the college and the bank. John Bowell is using the same person and places for his scam over and over again. I'm not the first person that has contacted them. I sent copes of the check, the envelope and e-mails to the people and places that are file charges. The police told me that because I never cash the check. I not a victim. But after I known all this information. I had to reply back and informed him that I know that is was a fraud check and if he continue to contact me by e-mail that I can file charge of cyber harassment. I have not heard from him again.