I have had several of these over the years, and I can usually tell its a scam immediately. First clue is that they will contact you by text or email, not a phone call. The last one was a few months ago. They said they were going to shot a film in...
Indeed I feel it's a scam, first in hospital with flu, then for an operation.
And while it's close enough for a job, it's still a 6hr drive each way !!
Note in the above screenshot, he comes to say "make yourself available for up to 1 hrs daily"...
This scam has been around since at least 1991...that's the first time I've seen it, and many, many times after. It goes like this:
You set up arrangements for payment, even a schedule of payment. The scammer will agree to literally *any* payment...