Hi everyone. I am in dire need of a rant, so I'm going to subject all you wonderful people to my ramblings.

We have a close friend of the family staying with us, and he has been looking for more employment via Craigslist. While I understand that sometimes this works out wonderfully, I am still leery about dealing with that site for anything. He tells us about this "awesome opportunity" that he has. A man in London will have his financier in Texas send my friend a cashier's check for $2,500.00. My friend is to cash it, keep $600.00 for himself, and with the rest, rent a house, do repairs, and stock it with food.

We tried to tell him "This is a scam, don't fall for it." He ignored us. Fast forward a week and a half to today. He wakes us up waving a check around. Immediate red flags pop up:

1) The check is for a lesser amount than he was told (Not that I would cash it anyway)
2) His name is slightly misspelled.

We tried and tried to convince him to not cash it, but he refused to listen. He is currently angry, telling us "Don' expect me home tonight", and on his way to the bank to cash it. At this point, I am washing my hands of the situation. I warned him of the consequences, was in fact looking it up when he looked me in the eye and said "Don't trust everything on the internet". I just looked at him, flabbergasted.

He's my friend, I don't want to see him hurt, broke, or worse, in jail. At this point, he won't listen to us, won't even answer his cell. So, he's an adult, a very naive, overly trusting one, but an adult regardless. He can make his own decisions.

Thanks for reading . I am interested in hearing your thoughts, so feel free to chime in. Maybe you can offer up an idea I haven't thought of yet.

Rick