by Chris Fuller
Tue May 03, 2011 6:24 am
This is not a genuine au pair opportunity; it is a scam. The sender of these emails does not live in the USA; he lives in Nigeria. He does not have an au pair position to offer.
Please note also that the website is fake, and emails from the 'estate caretaker' are actually written by the same scammer who is pretending to be Lambert Newton.
You can see a similar scam here, with emails from the same scammer, this time pretending to be called Vanessa Laugher:
http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewto ... 42&t=17006
The following sites are fake and will be reported:
1. http://www.estateconsultant.tk
2. http://www.ukflatsandflatshare.tk
3. http://www.ukflatshare.webs.com
-Michael
Please note also that the website is fake, and emails from the 'estate caretaker' are actually written by the same scammer who is pretending to be Lambert Newton.
You can see a similar scam here, with emails from the same scammer, this time pretending to be called Vanessa Laugher:
http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewto ... 42&t=17006
From: [email protected]
Reply to: Lambert Newton <[email protected]>
Subject: Au pair Service
Dear Au pair/Nanny,
We are the Newton family searching for aupair to help us with taking
care of our kids. We are a British family living in California but
moving to UK very soon and we need an aupair/nanny to help us with
taking care of our children when we get to UK. Kindly let us know if
you are interested in working with our family and also let us know how
soon you are available cause we will be moving to the UK soon. We will
send you more details about your duty and our family as soon as you
reply confirming your interest to work with us.
Our present home address in California is 24 Cove Ln Redwood, CA
94065, USA. You can reach me via phone or email, my phone number is
+13233454912.
I attached a picture of our children to this email and i will try to
scan more pictures in my free time and send to you.
Thank you for responding to our email, we are very much interested in you and as said ealier we are a British family living in California and we will be moving to London, UK soon so we need an aupair/nanny that can help us to take good care of our children when we get to London. We are not sure of the moving date yet because we intend to find an aupair/nanny before we move to the UK. My name is Lambert Newton an aeronautic engineer and my wife is Patra Newton a Journalist. As you can see that our professions takes most of our time and our kids are still too young to be left alone and due to my new job in UK i will be too busy to take care of the kids and my wife will remain here in California for a while to conclude her project here in California after which she will join us in the UK. So, we really need a good aupair that can take good care of our kids and make them happy always.
We have 2 kids and there names are Deb and Peter. Deb is 2 and she is a shy girl and she likes sport, she is intelligent and funny and i am sure you will really enjoy your stay with her. Peter is 3 and he is a little bit difficult especially when hungry but he is an obedient boy and he also likes sport especially cricket and American football and he thinks one day he will play the sport. We hope to move to the UK soon and we will like you to start working immediately we get to UK. You will be treated as a part of our family from the moment you start working with us and i am sure you will definitely be happy with us and you will not regret working as aupair in my family. Your duty is basically taking sole charge of the kids and making sure they are in a good state of health at all time, you will also take them to school every morning and do some house cores when necessary. You will be required to work for 40 hours weekly from Monday to Friday with weekends off and the kids will be in school from 10am till 2 pm daily so you can do other things or go to Language class if you want during your free time since you will be having enough free time. We are offering to pay you 1500 pounds monthly salary with a weekly pocket money of 145 pounds for your transport, phone bills and other little expenses.
Below are further details of your duties. Do inform us in case you have any objections to this duties.
-Getting the kids dressed in the morning.
-Supervising their breakfast and lunch plus morning and afternoon snacks.
-Playing with them (age appropriate) to insure at least 60 minutes of exercise (can be split throughout the day).
-Doing education crafts & activities with them (age appropriate).
-Ensuring their optimal health and safety during your care.
-Keeping their room clean and organized.
-Doing laundry if necessary.
-Taking the kids to and from school and activities.
-Supervising play dates.
Before we proceed further we will still like you to answer these few questions.
* Have you ever traveled outside your home country before?
* Have you much experience working with kid’s?
* Do you smoke?
* Do you drink?
* Can you help with housework?
* Do you have brothers and sisters?
* Do you like pets?
* Do you mind doing light cooking?
* How many children would you feel comfortable with at time?
* Can you help with shopping?
Hope to hear from you soonest possible.
Cheers
Thanks for the response, we hope to move to our new hom in Gloucester road London in 2 weeks as soon as we confirm your commitment to work as the next aupair in my family.
I am satisfied with your response and i definitely believe you will be a good companion for our children. Our main priority is for you to be a friendly and kids loving person and with all i have read of you so far i believe you are.
I will like you to confirm the arrival date better and let me know of that in due time so that i can also plan our schedule ahead to pick you up at the airport when you arrived. Mind you try and choose a weekend arrival so that i can be well available to give you every support necessary.
Once again your salary is £1,500 monthly and you will also be paid £145 weekly pocket money. i have decided to offer you a very high salary to enable you pay rent and municipal charges and also have some saving while living in London.
As for your stay duration we hope to sign a six months contract with you for a start and extend the contract if we are satisfied with your services and if your are also willing to continue working with our family but it is okay if you wish to sign less duration agreement.
Waiting your immediate reply.
Cheers
We did make few contacts on shared flat apartment in Gloucester and with the list of prizes given i think one of the cheapest of all we got cost about £93 weekly and rent are expected to be paid in advance. According to the estate caretaker, the apartment he found you is just few houses away from us and i think that is very good. With the description given we understood it's comfortable because we were told it has a bed, an internet, tv, refrigerator, gas cooker, heater and a bathroom.
The fact is that at the moment i can't negotiate any apartment further in advance per se, since we are yet to affirm your consent on it and more so because we understood the issue of accommodation it's a first come first serve thing and their is no way we can secure one for you without your full readiness.
So do let me know if the prize is okay with you and in case you need any further information on the flat let me know as well so that i can verify more and also connect you with the estate caretaker in charge. You can also see more about the apartment on the company website estateconsultant.tk
Waiting your immediate reply.
The estate caretaker told me that you have to pay the rent deposit in order to secure the apartment and he also told me that there are other tenants interested in renting the room and it is a first come first serve basis and it is the first person to pay the rent become the bonafied tenant of the apartment. So, you have to send the rent deposit to the estate caretaker immediately so that he can secure the apartment for you before someone else pay for it. Inform me as soon as you have secured the apartment so that i can start preparing for your arrival.
Hence, you should contact the estate caretaker immediately for details on the apartment and how to book the apartment before it is let out to another tenant. You can contact the estate caretaker via his email [email protected] or phone number +447035903606. Inform me as soon as you have secured the apartment so that i can start making arrangement on our trip to the UK. Hope to hear from you soonest possible.
Cheers
The following sites are fake and will be reported:
1. http://www.estateconsultant.tk
2. http://www.ukflatsandflatshare.tk
3. http://www.ukflatshare.webs.com
-Michael