<prompt> Human: So my sister accepted a new personal assistant job earlier this week. It promises 20 hours a month for 1400 essentially 70hr. They sent her a check in the mail that she picked up at the post office for 2200 on Friday which she deposited into her checking account. It processed just fine and there in total today. They wanted her to take her 350 for this week and send the rest of it else where in cash...Im unsure of the details of this. She didnt withdraw the funds as the check hadnt processed and she didnt have enough to cover the balance in her account. Today shes on a mini-vacation and despite her being off they called her and made her run errands to the tune of two moneygrams and a handful of giftcards which she scratched off and sent them the codes on the back. She cut them off from making her run any more errands since the 2200 that they sent her ran out. Apparently another check is in the mail and they want her to buy more stuff as soon as it gets here. This sounds like money laundering to me, particularly the gift cards. I would expect the scammer to resell the giftcards and get 90 of the value in cash. Apparently they are planning to meet face to face next week. I told her that the only way she should continue with this job is if they give her a credit card on their account as she shouldnt be using her personal account for their purchases. Finally I guess the question is, is this a scam? and if it is what should she do now? Its all on hold until monday when she gets the next check which gives us time. It sounds like she could get in trouble if we call the police as its technically her actions. Should she just quit this job and not mention it to anyone? In case it matters were in Wisconsin. UPDATEShe got a hold of the bank and they were able to cancel one of the moneygrams for 1000, bringing the cost of this learning experience down to 1200. As much as I hate her loosing this money, Im just glad its not more. Shes still holding out hope that its legitimate and that their money will come through. She said shell call the police if the check bounces.  <response>: Please stop her immediately before she really gets into trouble and has to pay back all the fake checks to her bank. This is an obvious scam. It is not even money laundering, but she is cashing their worthless checks. 