Can I scam a scammer? Options

[ToYCeLi8]

Alright, well I like probably some of you have heard about people getting scammed thru mail, emails, or some kind of internet stuff. Like Ebay or craigslist, when some one is selling a mint condition 96 400hp Supra with 25k miles on it for $8,000. YEA RIGHT!? Then you hear the "owner" is away on business overseas? RIIIIIIGHT...

Anyway, I recently got this letter in the mail from APEX FUNDING, talking about I won some kind of lottery of $1.5 million, but Im only getting $55k, because a few other people also won. Well, they sent a check with the letter, stating the check is suppose to cover the"fees and taxes"? THe letter gave me instructions to deposit the check then send half to one lady then the other half to another lady, both in Canada. WHATEVER! To make a long story short, I looked them up, figured it was a scam to get my money.

So my question is, do you guys think I can still deposit the check and keep the money w/o sending them JACK! (The check does "APPEAR" to be real) But also w/o them trying to take the money back OUT of my account, or even worse, being able to track it and get access to my personal information?

Adios,
David

p.s If any of you think you have recieved something similar to this, or maybe get it in the near future, double check on this site, www.scam.com Ive found like 4 different scam companies on there.

[saleeka]

this was just in a recent issue of People... i'd tear the check up if i were you because the artice said that sometimes when you try to cash that bad check, the bank will contact the issuer, and sometimes they can get ahold of your account information from that... I wish I had that article in front of me because it went into detail of how some people got really screwed over by that exact thing...