Is this a scam?

From: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:03:36 +0200
Subject: Au Pair.com - New mail from family Jennie
To: removed - dotti



Hi K
Hi!!!



So I took a look at your profile, and I am very interested in Who you Are! I have to confess though, an AuPair is completely New to us. In the past childcare was just family-So My question is How Does this Work? You coming from Bosnia/Herz. to here in New York--I don\'t really have an idea. If you Do know where to begin, then this Can Work

Welcome Korana! I'm glad you found us.

This email was not written by an American but most likely by an African. There is no Au Pair job, only a scammer who wants your money - I'm sorry.

Come back any time you need help - and never post your own email address, it can be collected by spammers, and you will get more spam and scam mails.

I think you would make a Great AuPair for our Family. If you think you would be interested in living in a beautiful, safe area not far from an exciting city and you are prepared to be a Positive Role Model/ Big Sister, to two little boys (ages 8 1/2 and 5) then maybe we are the family for you. My name is Jennie...I\'m a Police Officer and my fiance is a Marine (he does not reside with us) we take our boys lives very serious and i would love for them to be influence by a positive, friendly, loving person who believes in honesty, loyalty and respect which we hold highly in our lives.

Then she gives her email,the one she wrote from and that's it.I am planning to find a job in Sweden,Denmark or Norway,if i get a serious offer,can you guys help me check them out?
Sorry for splitting my post,i connect from my very cheap phone it can only copy/paste so much,or so little...

Would someone please erase my email address.thanks

Do you guys think scammer are dangerous,coz i have been replying to some of thew stating that respectfully their english is too funny/broken to fool anyone or the agency websites are so simple they couldn't possibly be genuan...

Most scammers are not dangerous--they are after some quick easy cash, that's all. Every day, they deal with hundreds of people who don't believe them-it's just a part of their life. We recommend you just drop contact with them, but it's not a problem if you tell them you don't believe in them. But, we do discourage pointing out to them the specific mistakes that give them away, or telling them that they are posted as scammers. If we tell them about their mistakes, they may fix them, and if they know they are posted, they may change their name and/or email address and the next victim won't be warned.

Feel free to come back and ask any time you are uncertain about an offer.

Thank you very much for removing my email add.
Yes,that's a very good point,i was just taken by suprise that out of 3families that contact me,2seem dodgie,(i au paired years ago there wasn't this much scamming going on)so it was more like me asking for explanation as to 'why does your english seem more broken than mine',and why is this website so very simple...(i thaught for a day or two that i was being too suspicious and wanted to be polite in case these were legit people)soon i realised i was giving them pointers so now i just drop contact.this is an amasing site,thank you very much for it. Good night.

Thank you very much for removing my email add..

You can do it with the "Edit" button at the top of your post. The moderators don't mind doing it, but if you see something you want deleted, it's quicker to do it yourself.

The thing is i cant,the way i connect there's no delete/edit post button,so not to make a mess like with this post here,im na stick to PM dotti or other advisors,when i have other safety questions.
The thing is i cant,the way i connect there's no delete/edit post button,so not to make a mess like with this post here,im na stick to PM dotti or other advisors,when i have other safety questions.