Scammed by "Kate Soga" on Craigslist?

The name attributed to that address per my interaction through Google Mail is Bill Gerard Mark. There was no post in the response as to the city from which the advertisement was generated.
https://brunswick.craigslist.org/lab/5093733704.html
Next is the email I received from the email address [email protected]
The email response is in broken English at best, and an address for the location has yet to be provided. I mistakenly replied with my contact information, and I will shred the check upon receipt.

Hello, How are you doing today? My name is Mark...You will be cleaning
my apartment 2 times a week for just 3hrs each day (3bedrooms..2 baths
391sqf) and you choose the days and DUTIES include cleaning and
disinfecting toilets,, mirrors, emptying trash, restocking
toiletries,and mopping floors. I always pay upfront payment before
you start the job and i pay $400 per week... If you are interested,
email back at [email protected] with your direct email (Full name
and address apt #,City,state and zipcode ,cell # ) to send you the
payment ( via a certified check ) and you start the cleaning as soon
as you have got the payment and I provide the cleaning supplies and
the house is located downtown the city and i'll give you the full
address of the house once i got it from my agent and when you got the
payment...Thanks

The name attributed to that address per my interaction through Google Mail is Bill Gerard Mark. There was no post in the response as to the city from which the advertisement was generated.
https://brunswick.craigslist.org/lab/5093733704.html
Next is the email I received from the email address [email protected]
The email response is in broken English at best, and an address for the location has yet to be provided. I mistakenly replied with my contact information, and I will shred the check upon receipt.

Hello, How are you doing today? My name is Mark...You will be cleaning
my apartment 2 times a week for just 3hrs each day (3bedrooms..2 baths
391sqf) and you choose the days and DUTIES include cleaning and
disinfecting toilets,, mirrors, emptying trash, restocking
toiletries,and mopping floors. I always pay upfront payment before
you start the job and i pay $400 per week... If you are interested,
email back at [email protected] with your direct email (Full name
and address apt #,City,state and zipcode ,cell # ) to send you the
payment ( via a certified check ) and you start the cleaning as soon
as you have got the payment and I provide the cleaning supplies and
the house is located downtown the city and i'll give you the full
address of the house once i got it from my agent and when you got the
payment...Thanks

The subsequent email that I received is as follows:

Hello,
Thanks for getting back to me, I got your information, i will need
your reputable trust and favor toward this transaction,and more so,
honestly is what i need the most toward this transaction, because when
their trust and honest, this deal go further and wont have any problem
with each other, i have made arrangements with a painter to paint the
rooms for me prior to my arrival, like i told you in my previous
message, the apartment is in your location, and if it's a little far
from you, I will contact My agent to arrange a car for you which you
will be using during the period of the cleaning. So my secretary will
be sending you a cashier's check or money Order of $1,750 tomorrow
morning, so you will take out your fees for your first week salary
which is $400 and also an extra $25 for your running around/gas fee
and send the rest fund to the painter which i will be giving you the
painter's information where you will be sending the rest fund to as
soon as i get it from them and the tracking # for the check from my
client,The painter need get some materials for getting the apartment
cleaned , like the paints brush and so on.. So I want you to go
through your information you send to me again and get back to me if
it's corrected, because i don't want the payment to get lost. I will
be waiting to read back from you soon.

Thanks.

Thanks for posting! Bill Mark's writing is African.

If the check comes by US Mail, bring the envelope unopened to the US Postal Inspection Service. If it comes by some other courier, show it to that courier's fraud department. The sender is another victim of the scammer, who thinks he has a job processing payroll or something similar.