Mike Cole - [email protected]

This is not a genuine au pair opportunity; it is a scam. This email was not sent from the UK, it was sent from Nigeria, as shown by the IP address.

From: Mike Cole <[email protected]>
Subject: Your Service As An Aupair

Hello Aupair!
I am Mr.Mike Cole. from the United Kingdom, i want you to be my kids nanny.I am in need of an aupair.I am interested in having you work for my family as an aupair.I am a single
parent who is easy going, approachable and need someone to be a guide
to my little and fun loving Kids Bayo And Daniel . Am a Building
Contractor and We live in Manchester City,i need someone to take care
of my kid and fill her mother's space, we have made adequate
preparation for your arrival and if you want to attend college the
closest is about 2miles away with a wide range of courses to suit part
time study also benefits you stand to gain living with us like
occasional extras, like nights out, take always etc.You will have the
use of a well furnished apartment plus access to my whole house, The
au pair would have a room, which is huge, and has a double bed, with
sitting area and TV/DVD/Video/Hifi. There is wireless broadband
internet in the house. Working hours:07.30 to 09.00 about 60-90
minutes of housework a day to fit in with the aupair's schedule.
25-30 hours a week, i want you to be my kids nanny. Let me know when you
will be available, also how long are you willing to stay in the United Kingdom.
Do you have a valid visa to travel down here.I hope to hear from
you soon.Kindly signify your interest so that we can both work towards
making your coming a reality in the shortest possible time,
Hope to hear from you soon.
Best Regards,
Mr.Mike Cole

An identical email to the one above is also being sent by the scammer calling themself Mrs Tina Thomas. You can see this here:

Tina Thomas

Scroll down to the third post.

Here is another email from Mike Cole, again identical to one sent by Mrs Tina Thomas. You can also see this email sent by the scammer calling themself Angelina Alfred here:

Angelina Alfred

From: Mike Cole <[email protected]>

Hello Dear,
How are you doing, I am very sorry for the late
response, I must let you know i really needs your service here ontime, And i have contacted the Immigration Service not quite long and they made me understand
they will get your Traveling Documents processed for you in within
1week as they have did for my Last Aupair from Japan that just Left
due to the death of her mother.....I got some Information's from them
which you will be needing to provide to them in other for them to get
your Traveling Documents processed for you....
And as for your salary, I will be paying you the total sum of 3,000
Great Britain pounds and a pocket fee of 600pounds every week for you
to get some stuffs you need for yourself..Hope the salary is okay with
you..

Here are the Information's which you will need to provide to the
Immigration Service...

- Full Name:

-Mailing Address:

-Phone

Number:

-Nationality:

-Passport Photo page:

And they also made me understand that the total sum of 800 Great
British Pounds, will be needed for the processing of your Traveling
Documents, so i will want you to get back to me with all these
Information's so i could forward to the Immigration Service and i
will surely get back to you as soon i have done that, Also i will like
you to let me know how much you can afford from the processing fee, As
we knew you won't be able to come up with all the fees being in Great
British pounds..So we will want you to let us know how much you can
afford and we will be glad to help with the remaining as to fasten the
processing of you documents.
The job is already yours and we can;t wait to meet you here...If you
don't mind, i will like it if you can contact my ex Au pair to ask her
more about my family for you to be sure you are going to the right
family and to the right place...Here is her E-mail which you can
contact her through ([email protected]). .It would be
better for you to contact her and ask her more about my
Family and i would be glad to know if you have done that...
Hope to hear back from you.
Thanks and love from the Kid.
Warmest Regards..

Here are some of the stolen photos which this scammer is sending, pretending that these are photographs of his own family and house: