I can tell you 100% for sure that this is a scam
arionette wrote:
If they are fake, will I get in trouble for this, other than having to pay it back to my financial institution? Should I contact the sender?
Please help me out here.
Do not spend or use any of the money. I would also CALL your financial institution and let them know that AFTER you deposited these checks you found out that they are fake and you wanted to alert them.
If you contact the sender they MAY try to make you believe that this is all legit . . . or they may have no idea that they are being used as a middle man in this scam. If you do choose to call them, just do not let them change your mind and talk you into cashing those checks.