This is scam!!! She demanded my address and I demanded to have a phone call from her before sending her any information about myself. Never heard from her again. Said she was moving from Canada and needed help with her pets.
Got texts from this number responding to my car for sale ad on Craigslist trying to get me to cash a check at my bank and they'll come get the car, it's a scam
Received several texts and emails responding to my Care.com. says they are relocating from Canada and wants to send me a check prior to her arrival. I feel like its a scam... who would trust a stranger with keys, money and babysitting before they meet you...
It may be a classic money laundering scam.
The way these types works is this:
They say they want to pay you for you item or service.
They say they will pay you extra for some special arrangement, such as to have the item shipped or to arrive for your service transportation, and to sent those fund via wire transfer, prepaid money card, or prepaid gift card/account (like iTunes accounts).
They will make the payment up front with a check or via some online money transfer service like PayPal.
If by check, they send you a business, cashier, or money order check and instruct you to cash/deposit it and send the extra money added to a third party, such as a shipper or driver service.
If by PayPal or other online money transfer service, they will ask you to provide them with your account email address. You then get an invoice by email saying the money has been transferred into your account from the service provider.
So, you then take the extra portion of the money sent to you and send them to the third party.
You then find out later that the check was fake, forged, or counterfeit or that the email invoice received from PayPal was fake.
As the money you had sent was via wire transfer or pre-paid card/gift, it is unrecoverable and was sent to the scammer.
You are out the money you sent and worst if it was done via the fake check, you are reasonable to the full face value of the check, fees for the bounce, and can be held criminally liable for passing a bad check.
See:
http://www.fraudaid.com/
http://www.fraudaid.com/solution_center/solution/draftsoption3/4c.htm