I will never understand scams. So obvious.

Oh my bad. I replied to her just now before i googled. This is her email to me:

Hello,

Glad to read from you and since you were refereed by the Care Team, I feel comfortable discussing this opening as it concerns the comfort of my Mom i trust the Care Team judgment. I am Angelica Sesma, 42 years old, work as an artist in Canada and I will be relocating to your neighborhood in the U.S with my Mother and my 5 years old son, and this is where i will be requiring your services.

My Mom Rachel is 67 years, She is a very kindhearted person, Lover of nature, Loves smiling and loves laughing, she loves meeting new people, she worked in the orphanage till she had an accident where she was the only survivor, she has difficulty working unless the use of a wheelchair, she has been through alot so i need the very best care for her. She is a very strong woman.

Your duties will include -

-Ensuring she takes her medication -Run little errands for her -Keep her company -Water her plants -Walk her around

We will be offering $25/Hr for any 3 days of your choosing, Mornings or Evenings for 4 hours,so thats a total of $300 weekly. Before our arrival date which is on 25th of May,I will be providing you with the funds to get my mom an Electric Wheel Chair and an upfront payment of the first week to secure your service and show you my commitment to you working with us. So i will be needing the following information for my financial clerk to make out a Check for you to get the necessary things needed for her.

Name: -Full Address: -City: -State: -Zip: -Phone Number: -3 Days convenient to work:

I will be needing your total honesty and sincerity, you can work for me as long as you want. You can tell more about yourself as i am also interested in knowing more about you.

Best Regards, Angelica Sesma. Show quoted text

Smh. Those emails scream spam. It makes me so angry when I get these. Best of luck to you!

Hi Gloria, this is 1000% a scam. I guarantee it. It hits almost all the red flags on the "how to tell if it's a scam" list (https://www.thebalance.com/top-job-scam-warning-signs-2062181)

1. Way too good to be true. You get to make your own schedule? They reached out to you without you even applying? Red flag!
2. There are, apparently, zero requirements to get this job except for "honesty and sincerity"-- surely they would want someone with a home care background? Someone they are certain won't take advantage of the older woman? Red flag!
3. Unprofessional email -- weird lowercase i in there, capitalizing Check and Electric Wheel Chair for no reason? Weird grammar, punctuation, this was not written by a native english speaker. This doesn't necessarily say scam on its own, but paired with everything else is definitely another red flag!
4. NO INTERVIEW whatsoever! You just can have the job! That's not a thing that I think happens in real life. Red flag!
5. I can't tell what email address sent this but if I were a gambling man I'd guess it came from an @gmail.com address, right? Another red flag!

I could go on, but you understand, this is in no way real. This person is going to get you interested in the job and then smack you with the Fake Check Scam (http://www.fraud.org/fake_check_scams)-- Don't fall for it!