fraud!! fraud!! fraud!!

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I called Dell to get my warranty updated on my laptop back in March I think it was. The tech that helped me gave me a free printer because they couldn't give me the deal another tech I had talked to previously had told me they would. So I get the printer and I don't really need it. I figure it is expensive to keep the color inkjet thingees and I wouldn't be using it that much. So I put an ad on Craigslist. I get a bunch of junk mail back, not many people actually wanting to buy. This one I get from a Elizabeth Benson.( Foreign by the language she uses in the email.) She expresses an interest and says she has to accumulate the money($55) that I am asking for the printer and will get back to me. About a week later I hear back from her asking if it is still for sale and saying she is still interested and will be sending the money through Fed Ex Priority mail and I give her my address. (no other address to give and I figured it was just some foreign lady wanting a printer.) I email her back and tell her I will wait a week to get the check. While waiting I hear from another prospective buyer wondering where I am located and when they could pick up the printer. I tell them that I have to wait until Friday because I had given my word to this other person. I don't hear from this EB person for almost another week. I emailed the other person to see if they might still be interested. No reply. So I wait. Finally hear back from EB and she/he says I should have gotten the Fed Ex and that when I got it to take it immediately to the bank, cash the check and send the remainder back Western Union. What?! There is a balance? Things getting strange here. And about this time I get an email from a guy from a safety online site telling me this is FRAUD.(How did he even know about the whole thing I don't know)?? I emaied EB back and said NO! I am not following all these INSTRUCTIONS and not to email me again. I dont hear back from EB for several days. Then last Friday when I was getting ready to leave on our vacation the mailman brings me a Priority Mail envelope(USPS not Fed Ex) with a check in it for $3,450.00!!!! I have an email when I get back from out of town from EB saying he/she has gotten notification from the bank that I deposited the money. I had not. TODAY(Wedsnesday) I took the envelope and check to the post office as the guy from the safety online advised me to do. The gal there at the PO gave me a website I could go to to report the fraud and advised me to call the police. I went home and did both. Talked to a really nice police officer for nearly an hour about the whole thing, life, etc. So this has been reported. The last I have heard from EB was telling me that she/he was going report me to the FBI if I didn't get the balance of the money back to her/him and he/she hasn't heard from me in 24 hours. I haven't emaied EB back. The police offiecer said if it was him he would just string EB along and tell her/him that I was busy and hadn't gotten it done yet or whatever. I think I will string EB along for awhile. What would you do? Isn't this halarious? Have you ever had anything like this happen to you? How do I get rid of this printer?