paul scholes family, another scam?

Dear au pair ,

I hope your week is moving well. 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. I would like to receive the phone number of family members as soon as you can send it to me or you call me "anytime" if they would like to speak with me.

I received approval from the UK Home Office today to employ you, I have attached the approved contract letter issued me for your review. I need to apply now for Certificate of Eligibility (COE-UKIMG2009) as UK Home Office instructed me for our application to be quickly considered, as that is important to prove that I am sponsoring your travel down to the UK and to prove that you are eligible to take up job position in UK before they send your reference to the nearest British Consulate in your country.

You need to sign the contract after going through it and send via E-mail a scanned copy indicating your travel date and current location (For Flight Booking which I have paid for) , to the staff at UK Home Office in charge of my application for the Certificate of Eligibility for their records and advice to us:

Home Office, UK Boarder Agency,
PO Box 3468, Sheffield ,
S3 8WA,
Contact Person, Jenifer Sheen.
United Kingdom
E mail: [email protected]

On receipt of the Form COE-UKIMG2009 by me, I shall courier it to you with hard contract copies, prepaid flight tickets and any accompanying permit documents to enable you receive Visa from the nearest British consulate following instructions from the UK Home Office as they shall let you know date to visit British Consulate nearest to you, hence follow procedure. I am busy right now and would try to contact you via phone or you can reach me on +44-7024036567 or +44-702-4063975 while you start doing the needful things. Do not hesitate to sign and send a scanned copy of the Contract Letter to the UK HOME OFFICE via their E-mail address above.

Note: make sure that you indicate your current location, nationality and desired date of departure.

We wait to receive you when you arrive. Have a blissful day ahead and God bless you as you come.

Respectfully,
Paul Scholes
For The Family.


^^^^THEN HE SENT A LETTER OF OFFER. ^^^^^

Yes, it's another scam.

His "Home Office" is a fake. The email address belongs to the scammer, not to any British agency. Anything to do with immigration would come from an authentic UK government address. The COE is an imaginary document created by the scammers--they also made up a document number to make it seem more official. And, of course, the phone number is a typical 44-70 redirect number, used by scammers who are pretending to be in UK when they are not.

The English in the emails is also very clearly African, not British.