<prompt> Human: Hi, so I recently sent my resume to someone for a job, they said the position was filled but someone else was hiring. So I sent my resume to the new person and they said after a few follow up questions that I was confirmed for the job. The job was to basically take care of financial stuff and do errands for a 60 year old woman. She told me that she would be back in Cali for an interview after her business trip, but I replied that I wouldnt be able to because I was living in Hawaii and would be moving back in a couple months. The email I sent was pretty much disregarded and she sent me another email listing some of my first tasks. One of which was to schedule a plane trip for her. A check came in the mail for 2500 dollars, which I assume was from her to do her stuff. But never did I explicitly accept the job, nor did I sign anything, nor did I confirm literally anything at all. What do I do with the check? I also dont ONE HUNDRED PERCENT know that the check was from her, there was no letter or info just the check from a bank in Minnesota. And what should I do in general. Im very confused at this situation. Edit: also wondering if its illegal to cash the checkAssistant: Its a scam. Theyll ask you to buy something with the money from the check or send them part of the money back claiming that they accidentally overpaid you or some other BS, then the check will bounce and youll be on the hook for it. By that point youll have already sent them money or plane tickets or something else, and youll be screwed.This is an incredibly common check scam that people fall for every day, and people actually post about it on here pretty frequently. Theres 0 chance that someone that didnt know you offered you a job and sent you money before you even accepted the job or did any work for them.Human: Ahh interesting, I didnt think about that. What if I cashed the check and it did end up actually going through what then?  <response>: Youll get the money within a day or two, but it still takes the bank about 5 days to receive the funds, so either way youre on the hook to the bank for that money. Shred the check, its definitely a scam.Other people here will say its probably a scam. But this is a definite. No legitimate company would ever send someone a check for a job they havent accepted. It just doesnt happen. 