Au Pair Scammer - Dr Alan Reid - [email protected]

This is not a genuine au pair opportunity; it is a scam. This scammer also calls himself Mr Moore:

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Notice also that the phone numbers begin with +4470. Telephone numbers which begin with +4470 or +44070 are not normal UK telephone numbers. They are 'redirect' numbers which redirect all calls to a mobile phone elsewhere in the world. You can read more about this here:

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From: Alan Reid <[email protected]>
Subject: Family in the UK seeks your services

Dear Aupair,

Your profile was shortlisted from aupair4you.eu.

We are a fun loving family looking for someone who who is willing to take care of our only child and son Justin. He is a good kid.

We are only interested in hiring someone who is willing to work in the
UK. All Travel expenses shall be borne by us and we shall also
provide fully furnished live in or live out accommodation.

You can contact me via email [email protected] or call me on +44 702 404 2594 or +447024026522 or give us a direct mobile number to reach you with so that we can discuss further. And also forward your updated resume for perusal.

Dr Alan Reid

Here is a different introductory email sent from the scammer calling himself Dr Alan Reid:

from alan reid <[email protected]>
subject Your profile was shortlisted from aupair4you.eu

Dear Au Pair,

We are a fun loving, happy and very busy family consisting of mum
Jocelyn, dad Alan and a son. Theo is 6 and does Kick Boxing & Rugby.
He loves swimming, riding their bikes and going to the park. In the
summer he loves splashing in the paddling pool and bouncing on the
trampoline - activities you HAVE to join in with! He is well behaved
and polite - most of the time! We are not a family who sits in front
of the TV all the time although we do sit and watch a movie or TV show
as a family sometimes and the kids have favorite DVD's. Father
Christmas brought us a Wii which is already having an impact on our
leisure time! We live a hectic life and need someone to join our
family and help out. We live in the beautiful town of London. It is a
very cosmopolitan town with fantastic shopping, lots of cafes and bars
& lots of Au Pairs. There is really good leisure and sports
facilities, swimming pools, an Arts center and Theater and we are
right on the edge of Windsor Great Park - 5000 acres of the Queens
back garden! There is a college within walking distance if you need to
attend language classes - in fact everything is pretty much within
walking distance - although we have a bicycle you are welcome to use
and if you drive we may provide you with a car depending on your age.
We are looking for someone with a genuine love of children who is
sunny and happy! You must be a non smoker.. We are not looking for a
lodger or another child but for someone who will join in some family
activities but also be independent and a little adventurous! We can
introduce you to other Au pairs and show you round - this is a
fantastic place to live...

You will have a lovely comfortable room with a desk and wireless
internet; we have a family computer if you don’t have your own. Kindly
contact me via my email: [email protected] or you can call me on
+44 7024010721. Kindly send us your resume (CV) for perusal and we
will get back to you with our contract offer. Cheers and write us
soon.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Alan Reid for the family

Still trying to scam others on a website called: aupair4you.eu (photos included of a family so it looked authentic!)

Dr Alan Reid aupair scam: [email protected]

Dear Au pair,

My name is Mr Dr Alan Reid and I am 41 years old. My spouse Sarah is thirty seven years old and works as a Nurse.

We live in a four bedroom house in 2 New Bond Street Mayfair Wis, London, United Kingdom and have one child age 4 years old Justin.

We will require you to take care of our son for about 30hrs a week. You will have weekends free and we will pay you £500 per week pocket money which we will give to you every Friday.


You will have your own bedroom and your own bathroom either live in or live out fully furnished , plus desk phone and computer system with internet.

We do not have any pets and we do not smoke.

Our residence is very open and near the city. There is also a good language school and we will encourage you to go for lessons there to learn English if you wish to. In the area there is one pub full of young people, a shop/post office and a hall where people get together to have parties. There is also a bus stop outside our house with direct access into the city center.


We need an Au pair to start with us soon and stay until at least 6 months or more. We shall arrange some driving lessons for you when you arrive if you can't drive and wish to learn. You may use this car for taking the children to school.

Do tell us when you will be free to start up duties with us.And do send your Pictures for perusal.

We shall be undertaking the costs of your Flight Ticket and travel documents. Accommodation and feeding shall be provided by us. All these details and other information about our contract offer shall be sent to you in the approved contract letter once I receive it from the Home Office Authorities

I will file the necessary inquiries on how to go about employing you from the Home Office here and I shall be sending you the information once I receive it. Hence wait for update and travel guidance/instructions so that you do not make any mistake.

My wife sends her regards and we hope our email finds you in good health.

Cheers and write us soon.

Dr Alan Reid

Further to SuzzyQue22s post

We live in a four bedroom house in 2 New Bond Street Mayfair Wis, London, United Kingdom

This address does not exist as a house, it is a large office and retail block, T.M.Lewin, Jewelers, Clothing, Lawyers etc.

Also, the Wis in the address should read W1S, for Westminister.

It is extremely unlikely that there would be a stand alone 4 bedroom house with swimming pool etc in the heart of Londons main retail and shopping district,

To verify, use google earth and post the address in the search bar.

This a scam.

Hello SUZZYQUE22, and welcome to ScamWarners.

Thank you for posting another version of Alan Reid's introductory scam mail.

Here are some more emails sent by this scammer:

from alan reid <[email protected]>

I hope you are doing great? The content of your mail has been noted.
Thank you for your mail which shows your seriousness in my job offer
and my wife and I appreciate that a lot. .I own my own firm and my
wife is a health worker. I am a soccer fan, I love Arsenal so much. I
also love watching Barcelona and Real Madrid. My wife loves reading
novels and baking. My son loves basketball and we have a little hoop
in our backyard and we hope you can play with him. We would want to
know when it would be convenient for you to join us. You will not be
working on weekends because my wife and I do not during the weekends
unless in really special circumstances and it’s only then you will be
required to look after my child. We almost always take Theo to school
in the mornings and so need someone to pick him up after school most
afternoons at 3.15pm.He goes to a nearby school and it is 15 minute
walk away. You will need to make tea for him - and us occasionally if
you would like! You need to keep his room tidy, make his bed, dust and
& change the sheets weekly. You need to do his ironing and keep his
clothes neat and tidy. You need to supervise homework and piano
practice and most of all HAVE FUN! We are usually home by 6. I will be
helping you with the cost of some of your travel papers and I will be
paying your flight ticket for your trip to London.

We are looking for someone to muck in and help out generally as any
member of the family would. You will need to babysit a couple of times
a week and also be happy about us popping back to work in the evening
if you are at home anyway. We need someone to be flexible - as we will
be if you would like to take time off if your family visits or you
have a holiday. When we go on holiday as a family you will usually be
welcome but we can also arrange for you to stay home of you prefer.

Kindly get back to me with your updated CV for perusal so I can have
my lawyer prepare our Contract Offer which will include details of your
salary and accommodation.

Warm Regards,
Alan Reid

I hope you are doing great? The content of your maul has been noted.
My wife and I already feel comfortable with you. I contacted my lawyer
as soon as I got your mail and I had him prepare our contract offer. I
will send this to you as soon as it ready. My wife and I hope you will
love Theo as much as we do. Hope to hear from you soon. Cheers and
keep in touch.

Warm Regards,
Alan Reid

I hope you are doing great? The content of your mail has been noted.
After discussing your employment with my wife, we have decided that
you match our requirements so please find the Contract Letter that is
approved by the UK Home Office.

The UK Home Office would provide you with a Certificate of Eligibility
which is very important to prove that we are sponsoring your travel
down to the UK and to prove that you are eligible to take up a job
position, live and work in UK before they send you Date for Interview
and reference number for you to visit the nearest UK Embassy in your
country. The Certificate of Eligibility would be issued to you with
your Appointment Reference Number to visit the nearest UK Embassy in
your country for Entry approval.


On receipt of this e-mail, Please scan the signed contract letter and
send to Barrister Todd Newman via email: [email protected] so he
can advise us on the things we are to do to make your journey to
London a smooth one.

UK Immigration Solicitors | Immigration Lawyers | London
206 Merton High Street South Wimbledon London SW19 1AX
Sunrise Chambers
EMAIL: [email protected]
PHONE: +447024051540

Do well to keep me abreast of your progress Barr Todd and please
indicate your nationality to the lawyer.

NOTE: PLEASE INDICATE TO THE LAWYER WHERE YOU ARE TRAVELING FROM AND
DATE YOU WISH TO ARRIVE LONDON, YOUR COUNTRY OF BIRTH AND THE AIRPORT
YOU WISH TO DEPART FROM. We wait to receive you when you arrive. Let
me know as soon as you receive this mail. God bless you as you come.

Warm Regards,
Alan Reid

Attached Contract offer.doc reads:

Mr. Alan Reid and family.
2 New Bond Street,
Mayfair, W1S,
London, UK.

Position Reference: Nanny xx/03/ 2011

OFFICIAL LETTER OF APPOINTMENT

LETTER OF OFFER

We would like to offer you the position of Nanny to our family for a period of 1 year (we can prolong your contract if we are satisfied with your performance). The terms and conditions of the job are as follows:

Hours:

You will be required to work for approximately 35 hours per week. Every weekend, will be spent with the family or anywhere as you would have the weekends off.

Accommodation:

You would have a Private Live-Out or Live-In Accommodation depending on your preference with Private Bathroom, Sitting Room and Bedroom. Your room would also be furnished with a Television Set, an Internet Ready Computer System and a Fixed Landline telephone. We ask that all rooms be kept tidy and that friends staying over should only do so with our permission. If we go out as a family, you will generally be invited to come with us (at our expense) should you so choose?

ABOUT HOME:

Unique and superbly positioned four bedroom detached house benefiting from plenty of entertaining space as well as an indoor swimming pool with spa facilities. Four bedrooms, two with en suites, 3 family bathrooms, full visitors’ apartment (Private Live-Out), three reception rooms, downstairs cloakroom and 2 fitted kitchen. The property further benefits from having a garage, off street parking and a landscaped garden with a private gate.

Duties and responsibilities:

Your main duty is to take care of son Theo. Get him prepared for school, pick him up after school and take him for walks in the park.

Salary:

You will be paid weekly wages of 600 Pounds (Six Hundred Pounds) after taxes. Additional hours will be paid at a rate that we may agree between ourselves from time to time.

Start Date and Period of Employment:

You are expected to start as soon as you arrive and stay for a minimum period 1 year because if I am satisfied with your work I can assist you in getting a good job here in UK after our contract. If due to circumstances beyond your control or for any other reason, you wish to leave at an earlier date than our agreement, you will be required to give two weeks’ notice notice. If we require you to leave, subject to the conditions specified under ‘discipline’ we will give you a minimum of one month notice.

Discipline:

Reasons which could give rise to disciplinary measures are as follows:

*Causing a disruptive influence in the household
*Job incompetence
*Conduct during or outside working hours prejudicial to our interests
*Unreliability in timekeeping or attendance
*Failure to comply with our reasonable instructions or procedures

In the event of a need for disciplinary action, the procedure will be:

First - a verbal warning.
Second - a written warning.
Third - dismissal without need for further notice. Reasons with would give rise to summary dismissal would be:

*Theft or other dishonest offences
*Drunkenness
*Illegal drug taking
*Child abuse or neglect

ENTRY/WORK PERMIT

Please sign a copy of this letter as acceptance of its terms and conditions.

You are to send a scanned of copy via e mail indicating your intended. Travel date and Airport (For Flight booking which we shall pay for), to Barr Todd Newman who is a good immigration lawyer and has many years of experience in immigration law.

Application email:[email protected]

UK Immigration Solicitors | Immigration Lawyers | London
206 Merton High Street South Wimbledon London SW19 1AX
Sunrise Chambers
PHONE: +44 7024051540

Please sign a copy of this letter as acceptance of its terms and conditions.


Yours faithfully

Your browser may not support display of this image.
Mr. Alan Reid

(For The Family)

I have read and accept the above terms and conditions.


__________________________________

Full Name:
Date:

SEAL OF APPROVAL

The first of the photos sent by this scammer (shown in the third post of this thread) is also being sent by the scammer calling himself Dr Smith Harrisson; you can see this here:

viewtopic.php?f=42&t=16181&p=51146#p51146

Here are some more emails from this scammer:

from [email protected]
subject Kind Information from Barr Newman

I wish to inform you that I submitted your Application to the UK HOME OFFICE earlier today. I informed them that Mr. Reid wanted them to make your application a priority and they promised to furnish you with the necessary requirements to get your Visa immediately. Please fill the Visa forms truthfully as any false information will discredit you. Wishing you the best of luck in your application.

Yours Truly,
Barr Todd Newman

The following email is not from the genuine UK Border Agency. The genuine UK Border Agency does not use a free webmail address like @britain.com - you can see the genuine UK Border Agency email addresses here:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/conta ... ctcentres/

Please notice that the genuine UK Border Agency email addresses end with @ukba.gsi.gov.uk - and with no words or abbreviations after that.

The contents of the email attachment are either untrue or misrepresented. In particular, the Confirmation/Proof of Sufficient Funds is bogus - the genuine UK Home Office never requests that a proof of sufficient funds is made in this way. When the scanned receipt of this transfer is sent to the scammer, he will be able to collect the money himself, using just the Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) shown on the receipt - regardless of the stated receiver's name.

from [email protected]
cc [email protected]
subject TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM (Get in contact with Barr Todd Newman)

ATTENTION:

The Information in the attachment provides details on how to get approval for the procurement of your UK Valid Family Visa, Work and Residence Permit for you to work and reside freely/legally in the UK and kindly open and read the information in the attachment for policy guidance. Kindly make sure all the information provided by you in the Visa is true as any false information will result in you being banned from the UK for ten(10) years.Also Review your flight details in the attachment which your employer will be paying for. As soon as your Visa Application is approved here in the UK you will called on appointment to the Local British Consulate or Embassy in your area.

Thank You.

Working to serve you better.

Home Office (UK Border Agency),
PO Box 3468,
Sheffield , S3 8WA
United Kingdom.

Attached UK HOME OFFICE INFORMATION.pdf reads:

UK Border Agency, PO Box 3468, Sheffield, S3 8WA

WELCOME
TO THE UK
BORDER AGENCY The information contained in this document constitutes confidential information.
The information is intended only for the use of the intended recipient. You are hereby notified that
any dissemination, distribution or copying of this document by anyone other than the intended
recipient is strictly prohibited

ATTN.

We have noted the content of your Application. Your employer Mr. Alan Reid contacted our office, through an Immigration lawyer called Barr Todd Newman concerning your intended job as Au pair/Nanny to their Family in London.

In order to legally work in the United Kingdom without applying under the government's tier based points system, an applicant must be above 18, International Au pairs or Nannies need to apply for work identity card for foreign nationals/Certificate of Eligibility from the UK Border Agency, which will allow them to legally work as an Au pair or Nanny for a sponsoring host family in the UK.

See details for work identity card for foreign nationals.

ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/employersandsponsors/preventingillegalworking/identitycardssummary.pdf

Find below the necessary steps you will take to enable you obtain your work identity card for foreign nationals/Certificate of Eligibility.

The UK Border Agency is responsible for securing the United Kingdom borders and controlling immigration in the United Kingdom. We manage border control for the United Kingdom, enforcing immigration and customs regulations. We also consider applications for permission to enter or stay in the United Kingdom, citizenship and asylum.

Disclaimer:

The UK Home Office wishes to authoritatively inform applicants seeking for immigration status into the United Kingdom not to make any payments for processing of Work Permit, Visa and/or Expatriate Quota Approval. Approval for entry (Visa) into the \United Kingdom is executed by the Nearest British Embassy or Consulate within the applicants country of residence or location after regulation and certification of the applicant by the UK Home Ofice as at the time of application.

To apply, you have to send these documents in the following formations:
1) Your international passport( Scan and email to us)

2) 2 recent passport photographs of yourself for proper identification( Scan and email to us)

3. Fill in the attached form and return to us via email.

The following fees need to be provided by your employer for the Processing of your work permit.

1. The booking of your flight will be after receiving all other needed Documents, which should be approximately 90.00GBP.

2. The payment of your application fee which is only 292.00 GBP

3. The payment of the Work Permit fee of 978.00 GBP

We have contacted your employer Mr. Alan Reid with this payment information and he promised to provide the total fee as soon as possible.


The UK Home Office will exercise its full powers to perform its responsibility to regulate entry into the UK by:

-Ensuring that the sponsor is financially capable to support the applicant entering the United Kingdom for Business or Pleasure throughout the duration of the validity of the Entry Visa.

- Ensuring that the applicant, has the minimum stipulated financial requirement to earn the needed points for Accession Worker Card, going by the new point-based system for immigration in 2011.

- Ensuring that the applicant is eligible to Live, Work and carry out business activities in the United Kingdom legally.

The new points-based system (PBS) is the biggest shake up of the immigration system for 45 years. Under the new system, migrants will need to pass a points-based assessment before they receive Certificate of Eligibility and permission to enter or remain in the United Kingdom. It will help British businesses recruit the skills it needs from abroad and assure the British public that only the skilled migrants will need come to the United Kingdom. The role of employees/migrants with qualifying financial base is crucial to its success.

Before the issue of assession worker card/Certificate of Eligibility to you by Local British Consulate, you are required to show proof that the stipulated financial requirement/applicant travel allowance as indicated above is available. The UK Home Office would ensure via this means that only eligible applicants who are financially capable are allowed entry into the United Kingdom. Accession Worker Card/Certificate of Eligibility:

This step must be completed by any one you wish to stand in as your next of Kin. As per UK Immigration policies, an individual must be aware of your travel to the United Kingdom. This can be your Mother or Father or Brother or Sister or Close Relative or friend and is at your discretion.


CONFIRMATION/PROOF OF SUFFICIENT FUNDS
To meet the above requirement you or your selected next of kin is required to make a deposit of the stipulated financial requirement of 815.00GBP via any Western Union/Money Gram agent using the following procedure:

Senders Name: Should be the selected individual you wish to stand in as your next of kin,the person can also be your friend.

Receivers Name: Must be you the primary sponsor
Payout Country: United Kingdom

As soon as you come down here you can visit any Western Union/Money Gram agent and receive back your deposit, using the details.

Note: You must ensure that the senders name is the above as instructed and the receiver is yours for security reasons and as the primary sponsor of your immigration into the United Kingdom.

Send a Scanned copy of the receipt of payment you made for verification along with your International Passport and 2 recent passport photos to Barr Todd Newman so he can come to our office and submit them.


We would work to serve you better

Home Office,
UK Border Agency,
PO Box 3468,
Sheffield, S3 8WA United Kingdom.

This mail was sent to my wife last week. I am a long time internet user and familiar with these kind of scam thats why i search the name of the said UK representative and i found this wonderful site.

Heres


Dear Aupair,

Am happy to contact you,i saw your profile at www.newaupair.com

We have decided to look for a aupair/nanny to look after our son Grant
who will soon turn 5

You are expected to start as soon as you wish

My name is Mr Mackenzie Horace i am 41 years old while my wife Shannon
is 38 we are Americans I work as
Corporate Guidance Counselor /Consultant here in the UK. My spouse
Shannon works as a Nurse in Nuffield health hospital London ,she picked
interest in your profile and we decided to contact you . we live in a
five bedroom house in Brook Street Mansions,39 Davies Street,
Westminster, London W1K 4LT


You shall find details of the terms of contract in the contract letter
that will be drafted for us by the Home Office with the assistance of
Barrister John Carl who is a representative in the Home Office

Get back to me with details of your availability including your resume or cv
through our mail [email protected] or call +447024087045

With Love
Mac Family