Of course that doesn't help much if the name of a legitimate company is used and the phone number offered in the contact information is the scammer's. The bottom line is that all of these scam offers are 'too good to be true' and wishful thinking has people fall for them. Getting $4000 up front to go do a few simple shops and a Western Union for a couple hundred quick bucks fee sounds innocent enough that folks fail to wonder why someone would send $4000 to a complete stranger with a request that they jump through a couple of simple hoops. Makes you wonder how many folks deposit the $4000 check with no intention of ever doing the 'shops' and are only stung for the bounced check fee from their bank.