It is from a person who claims to be Trisha Duncan who wants me to care for her son when she moves to Texas. She is asking for my home address to mail me a check over $2000
So you got an email or text message from a woman who wants you to care for her son. You've never met in person. She has never met you or any of your friends. She wants to pre-pay with a $2000 check.
Your are right . Its a scam, and it has appeared here under other phone numbers. She will over-pay that $2000 with a personal check and ask you to send the overage to someone else using Western Union or Green Dot. Your payment clears instantly. Her check is a well-made fake that bounces, but that takes several weeks. You will have to repay your bank the full amount of her check plus a bounced check fee.
The scammer claims to be a hearing impaired woman so she won't have to speak to you. Because she's not a woman in North Carolina. Shes a man in Africa, India, or some other 3rd-world country where scamming dumb Americans is not a crime.