said by brimby :... but he does want to mail me a check to start me out working for him.
I'm just wondering what his angle is on how he is going to try to scam me with this set up. Any ideas?
Mailing checks is known as a remailer.
It's basically the same thing as being a remailer for fraudulently purchased packages that need to be 'remailed' a hop closer to the scammer.
The difference being that you'd be mailing a check to someone setup as an advance check scam victim.
This benefits the scammer by distancing himself from anything that's trackable.
Should the advance check victim's actions result in an investigation by LE, the trail would stop at your doorstep where the check was mailed from.
There's many variations on this, but that's it in a nut shell.
So even though there isn't outward signs of a remailer getting ripped off it can still bring much grief to the remailer.