is this a Scam?

Hello,

I am made to understand that you are my match on www.aupairconnect.com , My name is Richard...Am a christan/catholic man a single father of two lovely kids...i am in search of a GOD fearing woman or Man to care for my kids when i am out to work or out of town as my work is implied as a pilot.

I would want someone who is ready to work in United Kingdom as soon as possible and i am ready to incure expenses to assist your coming over to the United Kingdom as soon as possible..If you think you have what is takes to be a nanny/aupair.

kindly get back to me with your resume...for more details on the job offer contact me on [email protected]...

GOD BLESS YOU.

Welcome to Scamwarners Rechelle. It's a typical au-pair scam written by a West African judging by the English used, Well done for being suspicious and checking up.
Unless you are from the EU, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, or Monaco, you aren't allowed to work as an au-pair in the UK. .

Hello! I need to know if it is a scamm, it a reply to a mail for rental an apartment in Sydney and I told her that I don´t trust to send money before seeing the flat. ¿What do you think?

How are you doing?

I understand your point that you need to see my flat before you proceed to make any payment or show any commitment.

As for the viewing, It's quite unfortunate that we can't meet this week cos presently i am in Leeds for a conference Which will last for one weeks.

I have told you before that i had lots of people contact me about the apartment and end up not turning up and this really gives me a problem because it makes me keep other people asking for the apartment waiting and some of them end up loosing interest for late response.But since you are insisting on seeing the flat first...that means you have to show me that you are realy serious and also that you are ready financially..and capable enough to rent my flat..and you are not a time waster as well,soi will advice you to comply with my suggestion.......

It is unfortunate that my past bitter experience of inviting people to come and view my flat without any form of confirmation of their financial ability and not keeping up to time as at when scheduled,has brought about great loss to me.I have traveled all the way to take some interested tenant round my flat because I work in the city as a professional Marketing and Public Relations and Imagine a lady contact me last week and while i was in Liverpool and she informed me to show up then i left my duties at work and kept them on hold hoping that she will rent my place and pay me upfront.Although she likes the flat but she got me upset,cos she was pleading that i should allow her to stay in the flat till the end of the month before she can pay me.I hope you see where i was coming from??????

I have a better suggestion for the safety and interest of the both of us since you are assuring me that you are a serious person and I have to be absolutely sure about your rent.Henceforth my lawyer and i have decided to carry out a simple test on financial ability to pay for my rent before coming for the viewing.I will not ask you to send your bank statement as it may be used as illegal,i will like to use this opportunity to inform you that i don't accept bank statement nor bank account..because people have wasted my time in the past and a lot have tricked me with fake bank statement,bank account,paypal account...so it hard for me to trust people that is why i instuiting to see your proof that you are capable enough to rent my flat...

My suggestion,move down to western union and make a payment of one month rent and security deposit to either your friend,partner's,boyfriend,parent,relative in UK as a receiver's,and you will be the sender..........after the payment is done,scan the western union receipt to me so that i can send it to my lawyer in other to make the confirmation if you are truly proceed with payment.As soon as my lawyer have make the confirmation,i will arrange viewing and we will proceed further.After confirmation has been made,your friend or partner as a receiver will go and pick up the money.on the viewing day,i will return the western union charges back to you.You can make the payment via western union outlet either in any post office,super market,bank or money shop around you,Once
you have done the payment,scan the receipt to me so that i could send it to my lawyer for the confirmation and if you do not have scanner, you may write out the details on the receipt as i send it to my lawyer to verify.

NB:my Lawyer and i did not have any access on the payment you made..but my lawyer could only verify the payment you make via western union to your friend,partner's,boyfriend,parent,relative in UK as a receiver's...

Hope have made everything clear to you?

Hope to hear back from you Asap

Regards..

Scam, no doubt about it and it's one that has caught many people. A scammer will have no difficulty collecting the money if given the details from the Western Union receipt.

i got that e-mail too today. and btw, i just knew that UK accept au-pair only from selected country. thank you, Arnold. another thing that i notice about scammers are the unusual email addresses, like this one here.
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