Commentary: Scott Reeder - Taking Bible's teaching to heart Scott Reeder FacebookTwitterEmail “We thought this is a scam for sure and just ignored it.” More emails came. And they ignored them, too. Hayse works for the James Project, a Springfield charity that helps foster children. And she couldn’t imagine why a couple they didn’t know, in a country on the other side of the planet, would want to send them a big check. But the Aussies became more persistent and kept leaving messages on the office phone. “He had a thick Australian accent and we didn’t know what to think,” Hayse said.