<prompt> Human: Hey there, I need some outside advice. I just received a check from a company that I think hired me for a telecommute position, to set up a mini-office. I think its kind of fishy, but the company seems legit.A few weeks ago, I was searching for a job on ZipRecruiter or Indeed and I one-click-applied to a few that seemed relevant. Maybe two days later, I get an email from the company, HealthESystems requesting that I email one of their staff to set up an interview via Google Hangouts. Okay thats kind of sketchy, but sure, its a telecommute position.So we set up the interview and the whole thing is in the chat window. No video conferencing, no voice call, just chat window. The answers seemed a little strange, too. Kind of pre-made responses. She asks a few questions, like what does accountability mean to you? and I answer and she says that shell send the responses on to the hiring board. She came back about an hour later and said I was hired. Then she sent me this message:Emumerated are the list of the office supplies and tools to setup your mini Office and time tracker to calculate your daily hours to be purchased before you can start the job fully.Complete range of office supplies and equipment to set up your home office Apple MacBook Pro Laptop All-in one Printer Card Filing Systems File FoldersGraphics generator and softwareDigital Storage Inks and Ribbons Surge Protectors and Automated Time TrackerApple MacBook Pro 15-inch Touch Bar Core i7 2.9GHz, 16GB, 512GBWacom Cintiq 22HD Pen DisplayAll in One Printer Card Filing Systems Adobe Creative Cloud Wacom EODIS3-DCWA Color Manager Surge Protectors and Automated Time Tracker. Complete softwares programs time tracker to calculate your daily dutiesYou will receive a paymentCheck This payment checkwill be use to set up your mini office by purchasing the office equipment and software so that you can start your training immediately She then requested that I send my mailing address and email address to an email at secretary.net, a website which doesnt actually exist. Okaaay. Im like three or four red flags deep here. I mention the odd address, and that I already have a MacBook, and she comes back at me with this:OkayNow we have a policy. Your weekly payment comes directly into your account through direct deposit but money for the equipment will be issued by checkSo i will appreciate if you can go back and read through all our chats very well so as to know if you might have any misgivings about working with this company so we can stop and not waste each others time..But if after going through you are ready and willing to work with us i can assure you that you will never regret working with HealtheSystems Inc.Now THAT was a weird message. I responded that I was just trying to be helpful. At this point, I went and did some more research and it seems like HealtheSystems is a legitimate company, in Florida, with a decent social media and web presence. But theres still a bunch of red flags here. Ive heard of the employment scams where someone asks you to be their personal assistant, mails you a bad check, gets you to buy the stuff from their vendor or something?, and the check bounces. Im aware of those kind of scams. But this one seemed almost legitimate, and I dont want to burn any bridges, professionally, if this is a real company thats good for the money and wants to buy me a bunch of equipment and pay me to work for them from home. And this brings us to today, when I get the check in the mail. The address is handwritten, kind of sloppily, looks like a mans handwriting but thats just speculation. Inside is a Bank of America check from Foster Wilson of Swansea, MA, for...a lot of money.Red flag like a million, right? The check itself looks like a payroll check and has the appropriate watermarks, I think. I looked up Foster Wilson and didnt find much. Theyre registered with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts twice, the documents they provided seem to be identical. Founded in 2016. Im not sure what to think anymore. My gut tells me its a scam, but I want to be sure. And if its not, I want to know how it all works. How are HealtheSystems and Foster and Wilson connected? What do I do with this check? What happens if I deposit it, what happens if I dont? Thanks.TL;DR: Got a telecommute job, recruiter lady acted pretty weird and the interview was over Google Hangouts. Now I have a check from a different company for a significant amount to furnish my mini-office. This is a scam of some sort, right?  <response>: Scam. Definitely a scam. Ignore. 