Received the same email as above, Mr Iwao wanting to purchase property here in AZ between 400,000 - 600,000K.
Contacted me through Trulia, When something sounds too good to be true, it is.
Be careful

I am in Hawaii too and no one buys real estate like this.  They contacted me a few days ago.  They are not tying up money because you will probqably find that the check is not good.  Please update when you have more info,  I plan to ignore this person who wants to send me a check for property sight unseen who knows much more about how we work than even an above average buyer.  It smells like a big scam.

Got an email from Otake Iwao claiming to want to buy property anywhere in SC.  I sent him some listing to look at and in 5 minutes he picked one and wanted to buy it unseen and wanted a bunch of information on where his deposit would be deposited.  He had an account manager and said he wanted funds available before he arrived in 4 weeks.  Sounded like a total scam and I googled the phone # and it looks like I was right.  Has to be a scam... So.. beware to all Realtors.

You have to know it when it's too good to be true; so that's why i'm searching out the the names and numbers i've been given.  Some of the comments above are similar to what I've been dealing with the past 2 days.  We've submitted a cash offer contract (575k home) and we've been waiting for the 5000 earnest money check to arrive to title. We asked them to wire it but he said he couldn't and will overnight check today.  They sent over letter of proof of funds which had an account balance of at least $3m. Property is site unseen, making a 575k cash offer... only communication via email. Is this too good to be true?

Yup. This number was used in an attempt to buy $500k worth of real estate sight-unseen  in Metro-Detroit. Don't waste your time!

Same game, different names. Now it's "Wang Tao" and the number is for his attorney, Edward Brown.Sigh...