housekeeper scam/advance fee

Hello,
How are you? I hope all is going on fine over there.
congratulation,you qualified for the job,and the job is yours..
More about me, I'm John Williams, I have a beautiful wife Nancy D Williams and a son, but both my wife and my son stays in Finland, my home country.... I came to United State 2 years ago, I came to work on contract basis with United States Environmental Protection Agency on a private research work,now am relocating to the city because I was just transfered.. I just got a new apartment there,i heard that my son is sick in Finland, am planning on going to Finland to take care of my son and then bring them along back to United State,so I will be staying in my new apartment with my family (my wife and my son)....
So we need someone who could help in cleaning our new apartment everyday.You will be working 4 hour everyday Monday to Friday only at your convenient time and we will be offering you $300 Weekly, I hope 4 hours is enough in cleaning a 3 bedroom house with one master bedroom and two standard size rooms, with One Living room and a kitchen as well. I believe you are fit for this position in as much you will prove yourself to be a reliable and hard working person... We are going to arrive by the end of this month,You will start working on same day we will be arriving.You will help us to clean the apartment in the morning of our arrival date, I will tell the estate agent to mail the keys to the apartment to you so that you can be able to clean it on the day before we arrive. I want to know if there's any equipment that you will need me to provide, if there's any let me know how much it will cost. I will be going to Finland as soon as possible,so i like to secure your service, I will like to pay the first two weeks before our arrival, I will like to send you a check to you before i go to Finland, I hope you are okay with that....
I will need you to give me the following information below:
Your full name (that will be on check)
Full address (including city,state and zip code)
Phone number
Do you accept our offer?
I know you will be committed to the work, you will also have a nice period of working with us and you are welcome to our family..

Hope to read from you

okay so i thought this was too good to be true. so... i used my detective skills and found out i was right. I havent let on yet i know its a scam. any ideas on how i could catch him/get the police involved?
he's "john williams" emailing from [email protected] I have an actual address but im pretty certain they've never heard of him. thats all i know so far.

Welcome to Scamwarners.
There's no way of catching scammers, unfortunately. From the wording, he's West African, and likely to be in a Nigerian Internet cafe. Beyond the reach of your local police, who won't be interested in investigating. Especially when you haven't been scammed.

Welcome pixiemarie,
I'm glad that you realised it was a scam, and thank you for posting this warning! It will help other potential victims.
Now it's time to drop the scammer. Obviously he has some information about you - name, email account, ... and when he finds out that you are messing with him he just might decide to retaliate. For instance, he might harass you on the internet. You don't need to gather more information from him, he will tell you lies. And he probably operates anonymously from a cyber café in a country where the police couldn't care less. You already did a great deal towards making his "job" more difficult by raising awareness, and you might consider talking to friends and family about the dangers of internet scams.

Edit: Hi Arnold, you are sure fast!