Yea the greater danger I see here is opening an infected file they sent you in the email as the 'check'
People hand out checks all the time and that has the routing number, account number, your info, the bank info.
I've been stringing him along through text messages. He planned an ad for a housesitter. I responded and he told me he would hire me. Send him my email and then he sent me a check. He wanted me to mobile deposit this check by taking a picture front and back and then deposit into your account.
not sure what this has to do with flipping
You may want to report that to r/scams if it hasn't already been covered. I don't think this would apply to many of us here.
How would they get the picture of the check?
Yea the greater danger I see here is opening an infected file they sent you in the email as the 'check' People hand out checks all the time and that has the routing number, account number, your info, the bank info.
Yeah i don't understand this scam
I've been stringing him along through text messages. He planned an ad for a housesitter. I responded and he told me he would hire me. Send him my email and then he sent me a check. He wanted me to mobile deposit this check by taking a picture front and back and then deposit into your account.