A point of clarification perhaps, actually: Say this person was trying to scam me (remains to be seen, I think it's far more likely they either had a better offer that didn't require them to have to send the thing out), could they have withdrawn the money to their bank account or away somewhere and then refunded me the money (so that it comes up as showing they did the right thing) but because of a lack of funds, the refund is cancelled. I don't know if that's possible but I'm a little worried it is and, given that the money hasn't actually left my bank account yet, should I take some other measure to ensure it stays there?
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