Call the IRS. I will be her SS taxes are not being withheld.
Or the Baltimore police.
And expect her to them everything is A-OK, OKEY-DOKEY.
She is trying to get YOU to give her money.
Yep. Sounds like a scam artist. Law needs to get involved.
I really don't think that is a motivation. If it is (which I doubt) She hasn't tried to set the hook yet. Believe me I am not niave.