Yeah this is an old ass thread.

Here is what happened to OP. OP was in the USA and most states will haul your ass to jail if you try and cash this. This is called Check Fraud so thats the end of it. OP should have asked if it was real and if OP walked straight into the bank to cash it the bank would have literally contacted the authorities.

I know because this happened to me once but I was smart. I told them that I am aware this could be a scam so just see if it can be cashed. If not, then i'll open the story on where it came from. If it cashed then good. It didn't cash and no one got in trouble.

Scammers are sneaky and smart with this, don't let them sucker you in. (This is for future readers as OP is most likely in a cell)