Ask yourself these questions.
1. How many times have you worked for a company and gotten paid in advance?
2. Do you have some sort of advanced degree or decades of experience qualifying you to command $150 to $300 per hour?
3. If a company is stupid enough to send $2,000 to a perfect stranger, how often would that backfire on them?
Of course the check is bogus. Of course the check will bounce. Of course you will be out any money you send away along with all the bank fees.
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.