Doesn't this scam look familiar

[spencra]

I have my truck posted on craigslist and this morning I got an e-mail from some guy in Africa that said that he was interested and that he has a cousin in Hartford and he said that he wanted to pay me with a cashiers check. I e-mailed him back and told him that I was weary of his e-mail and said that if his cousin shows up cash-in-hand it was his. This was the response that I got back:

Larry,
Thanks for getting back to me, pls let me trust you in this transaction.
Like i said earlier i am presently in the Western africa but will be getting back to my base in a week. there won't be any
problem, after payment ,the pick up will be made at your
place. i have made arrangements with my cousin.
As regards payment,this is what i am going to do;I have a client in the US
who is owing me US2,800 i would instruct him to make out a certified check
to you in that amount and as soon as it clears your bank. you can now
deduct your money other expences including tax clearance from it and send me my balance,i will be using part of
the money to pay for other expenses .you will then send me my
balance via western union money transfer.Although the value of the check
is more than the asking price but i think i should be able to trust you
with my balance.
The reason why i am doing this is that it would take
a check sent from over here in Nigeria 31days to clear
over there,whereas a check sent from the! US would
clear tops within 48hrs. So i would like you to deduct the western union
charges from my balance.So if my terms are acceptable to you,i would like you to give me your full
name,address and phone number so that i can instruct my client to make out the check to you.
Pls get back to me as soon as you get this mail so that we can round things up in a timely fashion..i will be trusting u in this business transaction. get back to me.
Thanks in this regard, TOM JONES.

I hate scammers.