Regardless of whether it's an intentional scam, if a client tells me they want to pay by cheque I'm going to be laughing through the entire "thanks but no thank

Regardless of whether it's an intentional scam, if a client tells me they want to pay by cheque I'm going to be laughing through the entire "thanks but no thanks" response. You might as well tell me you want to pay me with livestock and your most buxom slave girl, it sounds equally as barbaric.