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by aupair2345 Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:13 am
I've just received and email that's a scam. I did some search on email addressess and phone numbers, and found some posts with the same details about a scam. So here is the message just in case I can save someone from being scammed:

My name is Karl Wahels and my wife’s Licen Wahels. We have been married for almost 5 years and we have a child' JOSEPH. We would like you to be our Au Pair

Joseph is very easy going and as such you can get along with him easily. Your accommodation would be furnished properly and we would be paying you 350 GBP weekly throughout the duration of your stay with us.



Licen works with an airline while I work for Lead oils, a multinational Oil & Gas company http://www.leadoil.eu.pn as a project manager.

We shall make available a vehicle for you to use if you can drive, we would also pay your travel expenses including air ticket. Joe means so much to us hence we are offering this salary so that you can put in your best while taking care of him.

Joe will be visiting grannies in Texas by summer and we would like you to go with him as my wife and I will not be free during summer. Joe is sociable, fun loving and a very intelligent kid.

Attached herewith this email, are pictures we took last week as requested by Aupair options for you to see our wonderful family; you could call or send us Sms on +44 7960554113 / +447024080161 .

We are going to make it completely easy for you to cope with your new environment; we promise!
We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Lots of Love,
Mr. Karl Wahels
FOR: Karl’s Family
Project MANAGER
Lead Oils Group U.K
WEBSITE: http://www.leadoils.eu.pn

Both websites don't get any visitors, plus they use a 070 phone number which is a redirection service to any number worldwide. The salary is too good to be true too. They send me three pictures of a nice family. One picture was with a boy and a wife, another with a boy riding a bycicle and another one with the husband, wife and a boy near the sea.

Hope that helps for those who received similar emails. I haven't send further email to them but I might just do that to see what their next response is and post it here.

All the best!
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by GomerPyle Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:37 am
The website for Leads Ltd is a fake.

This from UK Companies House

Name & Registered Office:
LEADS LIMITED
C/O D W CRICK & CO
15A SILVER STREET
BARNSTAPLE
DEVON
EX32 8HR
Company No. 05013808

Status: Dissolved 24/03/2009
Date of Incorporation: 13/01/2004

Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7487 - Other business activities
Accounting Reference Date: 31/01
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/01/2008 (DORMANT)
Next Accounts Due:
Last Return Made Up To: 13/01/2008
Next Return Due:
Last Members List: 13/01/2008
Previous Names:
No previous name information has been recorded over the last 20 years.
UK Establishment Details
There are no UK Establishments associated with this company.
Oversea Company Info
There are no Oversea Details associated with this company.


The contact address on the website is a domestic address occupied by a commercial photographer.

It is probably set up to support other scams.

Non-EU citizens should go here to find out about obtaining a visa to work as an au pair in the UK
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/doineedvisa/
Whenever payment is requested by Western Union you're dealing with a scammer

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