This is absolutely a scam.

A friend of mine had a daughter get scammed on checks as well. A guy asked her to cash it for him...turned out he was a major scammer and had hit multiple women with it before.

They take advantage of the fact that even when a bank says a check has cleared, the funds have not necessarily been affirmed with the issuing bank. Once it comes back that the money isn't there to be transferred, the person cashing the check is responsible for the money. The girl I mentioned lost 2k and is now in court proceedings with the bank.

I'm sorry your friend won't listen. I know that kind of situation sucks.

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