Highlights: donations to Father Joe’s, confirmed the roommate scam, and started looking for new roommates all over again.

I donated the old washer & dryer to Father Joe’s today. They still work fine, but they’re 8 years old, and the dryer timer gets stuck. Several times I’ve put a load in the dryer, set it to permanent press, and then 6 hours later it’s still going full steam: timer stuck in the original position. That’s the other reason I was excited about getting a new dryer. At least someone else can get some use out of these old appliances now. And it’s a tax write-off.
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It’s become clearer over the past few days, but today I confirmed the “scam” status of the mystery roommate. Her check arrived via UPS today. First of all, the check had the wrong name on there: Jane Smith, instead of Kelly Brown. When I told my bank I was suspicious of this cashiers check from Bank of America, they verified it was a fraud within 10 minutes. It was a copy of a check that had long since been used. The scammers were hoping I’d set up a wire transfer from my account before figuring out the scam.

At least no-one got hurt or robbed in this little adventure. Now I have to look for a new roommate again. =/