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I received an email from a person named Clifford Rogers, HR Manager of AWG Privates Chefs saying he saw my resume on Indeed. I was asked questions for an interview ( all through email), it took about 3 days to get back to me that I was accepted for the job ( administrative assistant), a remote work at-home position. Pay is $29.75/hr. I got to pick between full-time and part-time and hours of 8-12 or 1-5 or 8-5 mon-fri. Payments are either bi-monthly or monthly. Between emails about once per week and spanning over about a month. I was told all questions and would be working with HR for the remainder of my onboarding. I would also be sent a check via USPS and a welcome letter of acceptance. A week later, today, I finally received a check in the mail for $4,965.00. The check was the only thing in the envelope. I emailed right away, wanting to know details of the check with no letter with it, expecting a reply back in a couple of days later like other emails I have gotten. Within 5 minutes of sending the email, I received a text (779) 335-5160 from Clifford (up until today, everything was through email and talking with what I thought human resource person, that I fugure now was the same person all along), and I was then told I needed to deposit the check through my bank app and send a picture when done. I was told to not put it in a savings account but in a checking account for a faster way to get money available. I said I was not comfortable doing a mobile app deposit ( my bank only allows $2400) and then was told I need to go to my bank atm and deposit the check. Then I was told that the check would be voided because I couldn't do atm deposit. I asked if another check would be sent to me, and I was told NO. After that, I was told that I could go into the bank the next day, but the accounting department might not accept the check. I then messaged back that I have been through this before, and it messed up my account. The check is an odd amount, and what accounting department would not accept a check being deposited by going into a bank? The fact that it was after 10 pm and we were still messaging was odd, no matter what the time difference is. Then I blocked the number and will do the same for email. I never got direct answers it was like a robot answering my questions with same robotic answers. I was told that after onboarding I would then get insurance. I never got a response to an actual start date, just that I would be receiving a check in the mail with the week and nothing more about a letter and I was not asked to fill out a W2 or direct deposit papers. I was only asked for my name, address, bank name and my preference in p/t, f/t and monthly or bi-monthly for pay. This was about the same as the last job i was told I was hired for and got scammed out of a lot of money, for depositing a check through bank app. AWG Private Chefs is a legitimate company but looking in their website under jobs, there is no remote positions. I even sent a message through LinkedIn so I will see what the response is. Just feels like deja vu with last "job" i was hired for.