On top of that is the fact that companies have no problem that requires someone in another country cashing checks for them. Any legit business will be perfectly able to process payments by themselves without your help. Businesses do so all the time. It's a typical check mule scam.

I once responded to a job offer like this with the worst resume possible. It said I dropped out of school in the 7th grade and spent fifteen years in federal prison for embezzlement and was currently unemployed because of a drug, alcohol and gambling addiction. Etc.

Guess what? I got the job.