Nope, not money laundering. They send you a FAKE cashier's check. You can buy cashier check paper btw at office depot. You cash their check and then it bounces a week or two later, and your account goes negative. By then you've already wired the money or sent it western union. I have a fake money order here from one of those guys. I went back and forth with him for 2 months making excuses and generally giving him the runaround trying to waste his time. I'd tell him I wired the money then the next day I'd tell him I lost the info and need it again... it was fun. Maybe someday I'll post the emails, they are freaking hillarious.