Nothing says professional like a Gmail account.
Also, try harder to look legit next time. Your title says $280,000 and then in the post, you got back $65,000.
For anyone else seeing this post.... If you have to pay money to get your money back.... they're using the fact you were gullible enough to be scammed to scam you again.
What about a WiFi connected smart outlet? It can be voice controlled or controlled from a phone or turned on at the outlet. You can set just a "run timer" (from the time I turn it on, run 2.5 hours) without it repeating.
AND if you need to make sure it's off at any point, just check your phone.
TP Link Kasa outlets can run for 23 hours and 59 minutes at a time.