<prompt> Human: Hi guys,My old company was bought out 2 years ago by a MASSIVE company and then in January we were all laid off as they took the IP and rolled it into their main product. After a nasty break up I just ended up settling this month and getting my severance pay 6 months later. The severance came from the big companys payroll, not the one we used as a smaller company. Now all the sudden I received a regular old paper check that is the EXACT amount of my old paychecks based off my salary there. Check has an employee ID, says payroll check, and shows the first 2 weeks of the month as the pay period. I wasnt planning on cashing it for obvious reasons I want to because they totally screwed everyone but I am just curious what they could do since I never technically worked for the big company and since it is not direct deposit they dont have the ability to just pull the payment back. I guess they could cancel the check but I have a feeling they will just keep coming since no one will notice until the review schedule. Would they just small claims me? If 3 of these things come they wont be able to even do that since they amount will go over what they are allowed to file a SC for.  <response>: Show back up to work. Sit at your old desk. Pick up right where you left off and act like the last 2 years never happened. Its what Milton would do. 