Thanks for good comments- I would just say be very careful. I had what I thought was a fradulent money order that I deposited in my bank. I told the bank manager to investigate and they told me not to worry about it and that everything was fine. Sure enough about a month later the money order bounced. Fortunately, I didnt get scammed, but the lesson is that just because the bank says its good dosent mean that it is. I think part of the problem is that banks dont often deal with fake money orders. The whole thing made me feel like I had done something wrong and in hindsight it would have been better not to deposit the money order at all.