by Chris Fuller
Fri May 13, 2011 4:15 am
This is not a genuine au pair opportunity; it is a scam. You can read a similar introductory email from the scammer calling himself Straw Alex here:
Straw Alex
and all three of the following emails (with name-changes) sent by the same scammer, this time pretending to be called Lambert Newton:
Lambert Newton
Straw Alex
and all three of the following emails (with name-changes) sent by the same scammer, this time pretending to be called Lambert Newton:
Lambert Newton
From: Conor Oprea <[email protected]>
Subject: Au pair/Nanny Service Needed
Dear Au pair/Nanny,
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 92 Cove Ln, CA 94065, USA.
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 Conor Oprea an aeronautic engineer and my wife is Pat Oprea 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 Ciara and Jon. Ciara 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. Jon 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
