Wow! What a scam that is!
I've got some buddies that woulda taken that and ran to the bank!
Jeepers, what's next.
A friend of mine received a deposit for a warehouse building to be constructed. It was for $250,000 and he was very concerned it was no good. The guys that gave it to him said they needed some cash back from it; yadda, yadda.
He took it to his bank and explained it to them; then he deposited it. 7 days later the bank said it came back with correct signature I.D. A month later they said it cleared. Then about 45 days after cashing it the cops show up at his door and hauled him away. The cheque was a scam. They charged him and interigated him to the 9th degree. They froze his accounts, he almost lost his entire business, etc., etc. They wouldn't believe he wasn't part of the scam.
He got charged AND convicted.
Tear it up and forget about it