Craigslist scam: If it’s too good to be true, it probably isn’t true

It finally happened: I advertised on Craigslist to sell a tow bar hitch, I got a generous reply and a check for $1,400 over asking price with instructions to keep an extra $50 and give the balance to the shipping company that would contact me.
Linda at Banner Bank and I got together and checked the company check that it was drawn on and the bank that supposedly had the account. The company and bank…