<prompt> Human: Hey pf, I read the rules and I dont believe this violates anything, but Im a new poster, so let me know if anythings off.I applied to a position today that I found on CL. Heres the post: I sent in my CV and was called back within an hour. The guy on the other end outlined the position as follows: He is part of a logistics company thats working with US State patrol, bringing in crash statistics and trying to figure out trends and patterns to help with accident response, to make things safer, etc. The person who held this position before me apparently relocated quickly and they need someone to come on right away to fill her place.The base position requires me to drive to the Washington State Patrol offices, where I will be escorted to a computer and subsequently copy over certain information relating to crash statistics. Ill then go home, format it, and upload it to the companys Dropbox account. Beyond this I can take on additional work, formatting and processing similar information online but from all around the country. I cannot remember the exact rate of work but I will be payed large sums of money for going into the State Patrol offices every week it translates to 40hr but the from home work comes out to 0.10-0.15 per line typed.I was wondering if this is A: a terrible deal financially it requires that Im theoretically available 5:30a-23p Mon-Thu, and then once a week for specific appointments with the SP officesAnd B: is this a scam? A big red flag that I got was that he went into an amount of personal details relating to the person who held this position before me. He said that she had a very bad domestic situation, and had to leave the state very quickly, making her unavailable to go to the offices. He also made a few comments about money that made me feel odd. He said that for the first week he would send a check for the work to verify that this is a real opportunity. He talked about potential hires being wary as they had been mislead through CL ads, and that this is a means to prove their legitimacy. However after that first check, due to the size of the company and contractors that they have, they will pay through money orders. Ive only held jobs in person, with direct deposit, pay stubs, etc. So I have no idea if this seems insane or not. Ive been struggling with employment, and have been destroying my finances over the past 10 months for reasons I wont go into so I jumped at this, and said that despite the potentially shifting schedule I could make it work. I have a phone call tomorrow morning where I will make a Dropbox account and be taught more about how to do this.I have yet to make any commitments beyond verbal, so I can back out of this tomorrow if it seems fishy. Any guidance would be very much appreciated.ALSO: I dont remember if he mentioned the company name. I can ask for it specifically tomorrow and put them on hold to look it up.tl;dr: I applied for a data entry job on CL and given the outline for a type of long distance job Ive never had before. I took the job verbally, and am having a follow up phone call tomorrow morning. I cant tell if its legitimate or not and could use help. Any advice or questions to ask during the call would be awesome.  <response>: This is probably a variation of the classic overpayment scam. They send you a check based on a stolen account, you deposit the check, it clears, and then they flim-flam you into sending a large amount of money somewhere else. And then the fraud is discovered by the bank, and you have to pay back all the money.When a check clears, that doesnt mean anything. It can and probably will bounce later. Talk to a manager at your bank in person for more details if you need convincing. 