<prompt> Human: My sister has been out of the states for the past couple of years and we have no idea why she got said check. it says Motely Rice LLC on the top left and the memo says Authorized payment and the top right says Operating Account Wells Fargo Bank . We very much believe its a scam because there is literally no reason as to why someone would write her a check for 3k. My question is how did they get her information and how would she be scammed out of money? any help would be GREATLY appreciated.UPDATE: just called Motely Rice, and they verified that the check number isnt a sequence they use. They looked in their records and saw that no such check was issued at all and that checks mailed generally have a letter or some context to it. Were gonna play it safe tho and just cut it up cause we dont wanna risk it, thanks for all of the suggestions you guys saved us from a scam lol.Assistant: If this is a scam, it would work as follows:1. She deposits the check into her account hint: DONT DO THIS2. Next week, one of the scammers will contact her and tell a long, sad story about how it was their first day on the job and they sent the check to the wrong address, and theyre really worried theyre going to lose their job over it and wont your sister please, please wire the money back before their boss finds out. They might even offer to let you keep 100 for your trouble. Or some variation on that.3. Your sister, being a generally good person, will want to help this person and will wire the money. hint: REALLY dont do this4. A few days to weeks later, the original check will bounce note that while money appears in your account soon after you deposit a check, it actually takes a long time for things to get clearedverified behind the scenes. Your sisters bank will deduct the amount of the bogus check deposit from her account.5. Your sister will call the bank, explain the situation, beg that the wire transfer she sent out be reversed, etc. However, this will all be denied. From the banks point of view, your sister put in a legitimate though ill advised request to wire money, and wires are generally irreversible.6. Your sister will contact the cops. They may open an investigation or they may not, but regardless they will never find the people who did the scam. They are long, long gone and by time your sister even realized it was a scam, the money she wired has since been re-transferred out many times, likely to somewhere overseas and beyond the reach of the FBI.Now, thats all assuming this is a scam. As others have pointed out, Motley Rice LLC is in fact a legitimate business that handles a fair amount of class action lawsuits. It is possible she was part of some kind of settlement and didnt even know it, though 3k is quite a bit larger than the usual heres 5 because we sold your information against your wishes type money that does happen from time to time. Best course of action would be to call Motley Rice LLC via phone number listed on their website, not via anything sent with the check and ask them. If its legite, great. If not, just rip up the check. No matter what, your sister should NOT write any checks of her own to anyone claiming to be associated with this, nor should she wire money, do an ACH transfer, send a money order, send iTunes gift cards, etc.Human: Dude holy crap, that puts in to perspective how far they would go to scam you. Like I would have imagined that theyd go to that far a length  <response>: Its pretty crazy out there. Also, as ueatyourdinher pointed out below, is this Motley Rice LLC a potentially legit business, or Motely Rice LLC likely a scammer hoping you will mistake them for Motley Rice? 