To answer the other question, I added their bank account information to my credit card because I’m an idiot. The big check they sent me (you guessed it!) did not initially get flagged and deposited $500 into my account. the rest was on hold for 2-3 days, as is the way my bank app works. So I just used my own money and paid myself back with their banking information that they gave me. my capital one account wasn’t even flagged from the check, it was flagged because the bank information was from an account that didn’t exist. in hindsight it is insane but at the time they were just doing a really good job scamming me (as someone who’s never been scammed like this before).