<prompt> Human: My mom signed up for some secret shopper thing that got emailed to her. She just got a check in her mail for 4K and the message with it says that she needs to put it in the bank , then confirm it along with some other stuff and then send a picture back with the bar code blacked out. Then once it is in she needs to go to three money gram accounts and transfer money to 3 separate people and adresses then when shes done she will have sent 3.5k and shell be left with 500. If you need more details I can tell you.  <response>: When a post title is Is this a scam? the chances are close to 100 that it is a scam. In this case, it is a scam. Companies do not overpay employees and then expect the employees to send money to others. Here are the steps your mother should take:1. Rip up the check.2. Stop communicating with the scammer.3. Profit. Avoid loss of 3500.00. 