I had almost reached the point of discussing the deposit before I heard from a friend about this scam, I luckily had no plans to send/receive money from someone I had never met, but I was trying to give someone who seemed to have a difficult choice to make the benefit of the doubt but I will be trusting my instincts and reading these forums much more in the future, this would have been my first client so I'm quite bummed, couldn't help but reply with a little aggressive finger wagging in his direction (and I think you know which finger I wagged) before blocking him, not that their type would care I guess...