by luckyme81
Wed Feb 06, 2013 4:56 pm
I saw this add on craiglist two weeks ago and answered it, thinking that the person was actually in the same state as i was. Only to find out that the person said they were in California and was moving to my state. The person started to asked me for my information and so on....better yet read here are the messages
Hello
I really appreciate your respond to our email concerning the nanny position
i posted on Craigslist, My Name is John West-gate am an engineer,
I and My wife are looking for a caring person to look over and take care
of the house and also take care of our lovely daughter Sarah, my wife Lisa
is 7 month's pregnant and we are in the process of re-locating from California
to your city and will as well appreciate if you can recommend a good doctor
for her when we arrive. I will be coming there with my family to work on a
private research work. I need someone who can help my wife with some of the
house hold chores, running some errands when necessary and babysitting our
daughter. We would be needing your service from Monday through Friday/3
hours daily.
My daughter is a wonderful and very bright kid. She is fun loving, kind and
a lovely girl. We would be needing your service for the next 6-9 months on
a temporary or permanent basis and willing to offer you $400.00 per week
with benefits as compensation for a trustworthy and honesty. I have a
Personal Assistant who is helping me with the moving transition. It's okay
if you prefer to be a live-in or live-out nanny as i can drop her at your
home everyday and will greatly appreciate if you will be delighted to
accept this offer as we would be arriving soon.
If you accept this position, I will instruct my PA to mail you a check for
your first week upfront payment by express mail so that i can be rest
assured of your availability for the job and wouldn't need to search for a
nanny any more.I will as well run a background check on you once we arrive
because it's not easy to leave a child with someone just like that and i
hope you understand my concerns.
If this employment opportunity is acceptable to you, kindly get back to me
asap with the information below required for confirmation and further
proceedings to take place:
Full name:
Contact Address: (No P.O. Box)
Apt #:
City, Zip Code:
State:
Home phone number:
Cell phone number:
Available hours:
Some questions i need you to answer:
1. What hours will you prefer daily to allow us plan our schedule before
arrival (9am - 12pm, 12pm - 3pm, 3pm - 6pm)?
2. What academic qualifications do you possess?
3. Do you have any relevant certificate(s) to back up your Babysitting/
Nanny Career?
4. Tell us more about your temperament.
5. Can you handle money if you are given an assignment to carry out?
We would be arriving on the 18th of February but your first pay covers the
preparation period for our arrival because i have several small assignments
for you to complete prior to our arrival, such as checking our new
apartment for necessary supplies, purchasing what may be needed before our
arrival, Necessary toiletries and cleaning supplies etc which i will
provide you with a list. All we ask from you is honesty and sincerity.
Please do get in touch on time so that we can start making arrangements
with our travel agency while i await your response regards this
employment offer and the requested detail
John Westgate For the Family.
This was the first of about five emails we exchanged on the 01/25/13, frightened to say but by the 01/31/13 there comes an overnight mail for me with a check of $2445.00. By 02/01/13 here comes another email
as follows
How was your night? I hope it was pleasant! I didn't receive any picture or other information. Am glad to inform you that the payment has been mailed to you and it will be delivered to you today. It was mailed via US Postal Service and here's the tracking number:9471 0036 9930 0000 1842 95 . You can have it tracked via <https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction> to know the status of the delivery.
The payment sent to you include your First Week Pay & you'll using the remaining funds to buy grocery, Kitchen utensils and little home appliances in the house. I'll really appreciate you keeping the receipt so that we can do all necessary calculation upon our arrival and let me know if there's any money left. You will be purchasing the groceries on our arrival date or a day earlier while the kitchen utensils and other little appliance should be bought once you receive the key to our home. Regards the renovation going on in the house, It will be completed over the weekend so that you can get the key at most by Monday then do the purchasing & cleaning at once before our arrival. I'll instruct the Landlord to have the key & description mailed to you as soon as the renovation is completed.
Kindly have the check deposited in your account today as instructed by the issuer because they made me understand that it takes 24 hours to be able to withdraw the funds and email back as soon as you complete the deposit so that you can be fed with more details. I have attached the list of things to be purchased here in the email, I'll want you to ask for my approval before going ahead in purchasing.
After this email i began to realised that this is not real. By the other day another email
NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND INSTRUCTIONS........................KINDLY TREAT AS URGENT?
The check has been clear by now.Kindly go ahead and check your account status online.Actually the list of groceries was supposed to be more than that, I even wanted you to get a list of materials as well but that is not possible now. Have been looking for a way to tell you that you won't be able to get all those things needed for now. Our landlord just emailed me,explaining that he needed some materials to finish up the renovation of the apartment and also make some purchases of some furniture for our apartment and so also you need the keys and description to the apartment. I want you to deduct your fee of $400 and Please I also want you to send this amount $1850 to the landlord because he is currently in NY on vacation and to purchase some items for the apartment so that you get the keys ,send the funds via any MONEY GRAM outlet in your area in a WALMART STORE, And deduct the charges for the transfer in the remaining funds left with you.you will be making the transfer with your DEBIT CARD so you do not need to stress your self going to the bank to make withdrawal. I will be mailing you another check tomorrow which will be for the groceries and other cleaning appliances.I just needed to get the apartment fixed first before we can start making purchases for the groceries and home
appliances.
Here is the information of the landlord below;
Name: Amanda Heib
City: Watertown
State: New York
Zip Code: 13601
Please, after the transfer email me this info:
- Sender's Full Name and Address
- Actual Amount sent
- Reference (8 digits)
- Transfer charges:
You'll also be given a receipt after sending the money and as soon as the money is picked up by him because he is on vacation over there and instructed that it should be sent via MONEY GRAM. I will get in touch with you with the tracking number of the keys & the full description of the apartment as soon as it is mailed to you by him.Thanks for your understanding and concern toward our meeting. I'm very sorry for any inconvenience that this may have cost you. But I would appreciate if you could kindly treat this as URGENT because our arrival date is near.
We all are waiting to meet you.
Mr John West Gate For the Family.
I ACTUALLY DEPOSITED THE CHECK AND NOW MY ACCOUNT IS FROZEN........LUCKILY THAT WAS AN ACCOUNT THAT I HARDLY USED
HOPE YOU ALL TAKE NOTE OF THE NAMES USED AND DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN THIS
Hello
I really appreciate your respond to our email concerning the nanny position
i posted on Craigslist, My Name is John West-gate am an engineer,
I and My wife are looking for a caring person to look over and take care
of the house and also take care of our lovely daughter Sarah, my wife Lisa
is 7 month's pregnant and we are in the process of re-locating from California
to your city and will as well appreciate if you can recommend a good doctor
for her when we arrive. I will be coming there with my family to work on a
private research work. I need someone who can help my wife with some of the
house hold chores, running some errands when necessary and babysitting our
daughter. We would be needing your service from Monday through Friday/3
hours daily.
My daughter is a wonderful and very bright kid. She is fun loving, kind and
a lovely girl. We would be needing your service for the next 6-9 months on
a temporary or permanent basis and willing to offer you $400.00 per week
with benefits as compensation for a trustworthy and honesty. I have a
Personal Assistant who is helping me with the moving transition. It's okay
if you prefer to be a live-in or live-out nanny as i can drop her at your
home everyday and will greatly appreciate if you will be delighted to
accept this offer as we would be arriving soon.
If you accept this position, I will instruct my PA to mail you a check for
your first week upfront payment by express mail so that i can be rest
assured of your availability for the job and wouldn't need to search for a
nanny any more.I will as well run a background check on you once we arrive
because it's not easy to leave a child with someone just like that and i
hope you understand my concerns.
If this employment opportunity is acceptable to you, kindly get back to me
asap with the information below required for confirmation and further
proceedings to take place:
Full name:
Contact Address: (No P.O. Box)
Apt #:
City, Zip Code:
State:
Home phone number:
Cell phone number:
Available hours:
Some questions i need you to answer:
1. What hours will you prefer daily to allow us plan our schedule before
arrival (9am - 12pm, 12pm - 3pm, 3pm - 6pm)?
2. What academic qualifications do you possess?
3. Do you have any relevant certificate(s) to back up your Babysitting/
Nanny Career?
4. Tell us more about your temperament.
5. Can you handle money if you are given an assignment to carry out?
We would be arriving on the 18th of February but your first pay covers the
preparation period for our arrival because i have several small assignments
for you to complete prior to our arrival, such as checking our new
apartment for necessary supplies, purchasing what may be needed before our
arrival, Necessary toiletries and cleaning supplies etc which i will
provide you with a list. All we ask from you is honesty and sincerity.
Please do get in touch on time so that we can start making arrangements
with our travel agency while i await your response regards this
employment offer and the requested detail
John Westgate For the Family.
This was the first of about five emails we exchanged on the 01/25/13, frightened to say but by the 01/31/13 there comes an overnight mail for me with a check of $2445.00. By 02/01/13 here comes another email
as follows
How was your night? I hope it was pleasant! I didn't receive any picture or other information. Am glad to inform you that the payment has been mailed to you and it will be delivered to you today. It was mailed via US Postal Service and here's the tracking number:9471 0036 9930 0000 1842 95 . You can have it tracked via <https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction> to know the status of the delivery.
The payment sent to you include your First Week Pay & you'll using the remaining funds to buy grocery, Kitchen utensils and little home appliances in the house. I'll really appreciate you keeping the receipt so that we can do all necessary calculation upon our arrival and let me know if there's any money left. You will be purchasing the groceries on our arrival date or a day earlier while the kitchen utensils and other little appliance should be bought once you receive the key to our home. Regards the renovation going on in the house, It will be completed over the weekend so that you can get the key at most by Monday then do the purchasing & cleaning at once before our arrival. I'll instruct the Landlord to have the key & description mailed to you as soon as the renovation is completed.
Kindly have the check deposited in your account today as instructed by the issuer because they made me understand that it takes 24 hours to be able to withdraw the funds and email back as soon as you complete the deposit so that you can be fed with more details. I have attached the list of things to be purchased here in the email, I'll want you to ask for my approval before going ahead in purchasing.
After this email i began to realised that this is not real. By the other day another email
NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND INSTRUCTIONS........................KINDLY TREAT AS URGENT?
The check has been clear by now.Kindly go ahead and check your account status online.Actually the list of groceries was supposed to be more than that, I even wanted you to get a list of materials as well but that is not possible now. Have been looking for a way to tell you that you won't be able to get all those things needed for now. Our landlord just emailed me,explaining that he needed some materials to finish up the renovation of the apartment and also make some purchases of some furniture for our apartment and so also you need the keys and description to the apartment. I want you to deduct your fee of $400 and Please I also want you to send this amount $1850 to the landlord because he is currently in NY on vacation and to purchase some items for the apartment so that you get the keys ,send the funds via any MONEY GRAM outlet in your area in a WALMART STORE, And deduct the charges for the transfer in the remaining funds left with you.you will be making the transfer with your DEBIT CARD so you do not need to stress your self going to the bank to make withdrawal. I will be mailing you another check tomorrow which will be for the groceries and other cleaning appliances.I just needed to get the apartment fixed first before we can start making purchases for the groceries and home
appliances.
Here is the information of the landlord below;
Name: Amanda Heib
City: Watertown
State: New York
Zip Code: 13601
Please, after the transfer email me this info:
- Sender's Full Name and Address
- Actual Amount sent
- Reference (8 digits)
- Transfer charges:
You'll also be given a receipt after sending the money and as soon as the money is picked up by him because he is on vacation over there and instructed that it should be sent via MONEY GRAM. I will get in touch with you with the tracking number of the keys & the full description of the apartment as soon as it is mailed to you by him.Thanks for your understanding and concern toward our meeting. I'm very sorry for any inconvenience that this may have cost you. But I would appreciate if you could kindly treat this as URGENT because our arrival date is near.
We all are waiting to meet you.
Mr John West Gate For the Family.
I ACTUALLY DEPOSITED THE CHECK AND NOW MY ACCOUNT IS FROZEN........LUCKILY THAT WAS AN ACCOUNT THAT I HARDLY USED
HOPE YOU ALL TAKE NOTE OF THE NAMES USED AND DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN THIS