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For those that don't know this is how the scam works.

If you agreed to sell to him he would send you the money, but a lot more than you want. He then promises to send the courier to collect the item.

He also asks you to refund overpayment. You refund the money.

Original funds bounce.

Hey presto - he has your goods (if he sent the courier) and a sum of your money, you have no goods and paid him for the priveledge of scamming you.

Somebody tried this on with our company, sent us a stolen cheque, asked for overpayment refund. My colleague strung him along for a week promising the refund, in the end sent him a polite. "You might fool some but better luck next time."