Smith Laston - [email protected]

These scam mails were not really sent from the UK; they were sent from Nigeria, as proven by the IP addresses:

41.155.16.227 - Lagos, Nigeria
41.155.110.105 - - Lagos, Nigeria

From: Smith Laston <[email protected]>

Dear Au Pair/Nanny, I am Mr Smith Laston 34 yrs of age and i deal with buying and selling of electronics here in the UK and I don't usually stay home unless during weekends. My contact address is Myddleton Street London EC 1 England ,and i will really need your assistance in my Home here in UK ,i will like you to take care of my 2 daughter there name is Sarah and Annie. I will love you to do this for me as i do not have much time for my daughter and got no body to take care of them . Your duties will be taking the kid to school and bringing him back home, play with him, go to museums, playground, watching movies, prepare/serving his snacks and foods. You will have your Private Room which will have Bathroom, Toilet, Television, Air-Conditional. You will have access to the Internet and a Telephone at home to get in touch with your friends and loved ones. You will be having Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays as your off days, so to enable you have enough time for yourself. As for your salary, I will be paying you 3500 Pounds every 4 weeks and a pocket fee of 100 Pounds weekly which I suppose should be Okay by you and i will like you to get back to me with some pic of you and your CV or resume letter. If you are interested and available to start immediately please email me your CV. Many thanks. Smith Laston Email address:[email protected]

From: Smith Laston <[email protected]>
Subject: ABOUT MY FAMILY

Hello,
I have daughter name Sarah and 4 year daughter name Annie...her mother past away 5 month ago she died in a car accident with her friend when their coming from work. for now my daughter is under care of my mom she will be coming back to my house as soon as you arrive here in London... I deal with buying and selling of electronics.... i will always treat you like a family member because i believe your happiness will make my daughter to be happy too ... this is just little about my family i think we can talk better when we see in person as soon as you arrive here in London ... i do like to know more about your family too
My home address:Myddleton Street London EC 1 England

These are some of the stolen photographs sent by this scammer, who pretends that they are photos of his own family:

From: Smith Laston <[email protected]>
Subject: INTERVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello,

Respond to this interview will qualify you to work for me.

1. What are your sleeping habits?

2. Do you like to watch T.V. or listen to your stereo late at night?

3. Do you have any worries or apprehensions about living with a family? What are they?

4. Do you have any pets you are hoping to bring along?

5. Do you have any friends that will be overnight guests from time to time?

6. Did you run into any problems with your last live-in arrangement? What were they?

7. Do you have any health-related problems that would prevent you from doing this job?

8. Can you cook?

NOTE: DID YOU HAVE VALID PASSPORT? AND I WANT YOU TO SEND ME YOUR FULL DETAIL SUCH AS YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS, FULL NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH OKAY

HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.

The travel agency mentioned in this email is also fake, and is part of the scam.

From: Smith Laston <[email protected]>
Subject: I,m really pleased with all respond

Hello,

I,m really pleased with all respond, this really shows that you are capable to work for me. You can now talk to my traveling agent, they will help you with the procurement of your traveling documents. You can mail them to [email protected] i have called my lawyer to start preparing your working contract letter as soon he finish with the letter i will forward it to you mail.... so that you can go through the terms and condition of the job the salary will also be included on the letter okay

The fake agency also uses the email address:

[email protected]

This email was also sent from Nigeria: IP address 41.155.18.227 - Ikeja, Nigeria.

From: tarvel marathon <[email protected]>
Subject: PROCEDURES FOR TRAVELING DOCUMENTS

TRAVEL MARATHON LTD

TRAVEL MARATHON LTD ,address: 90 Long Acre Westminster,London WC2E 9, UNITED KINGDOM

We are a group of professionals from airlines and travel companies around the world. The combination of our 39 years of international experience allows us to plan your trip anywhere in the world with unparalleled convenience and service.

We promise never to disappoint you as we have never disappointed your Host Family, We would request that you provide us with the following so that the documentation will start immediately, We would get your flight ticket, medical insurance, tax clearance, visa, work permit and Worker Registration Scheme(W R S). and other documents within 2 week as soon as we receive these information from you.

Full Name:

Mailing Address:

Phone Number:

BHC {British High Commission} Address In your Location:

Nationality:

Passport Photo page: (This must the attach as a file):

Also a total sum of 1100 pounds payable to our cash office so as to enable us process the necessary Documents for the insurance for you to Travel down here to UK, Flight ticket and all other necessary documents as well. The host family as called us take note that he will shoulder 600 pounds on your behalf why you just fix the balance of 500 pounds to us.


All Documents will be processed and arranged here in our Office after which will be forwarded to the British High Commission for verification. Also, some Copies of this Documents will also be send to you. We will like you to get back to us as soon as possible. The processing will begin once we receive all necessary Details.

Thanks for your co-operation.
Yours Faithfully,
Chief Executive Manager
KENT JOSE
TRAVEL MARATHON LTD
Copyright 2009 Travel Marathon. All Rights Reserved.
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90 Long Acre Westminster,London WC2E 9, UNITED KINGDOM

From: tarvel marathon <[email protected]>
Subject: PAYMENT INFORMATION?

TRAVEL MARATHON LTD

TRAVEL MARATHON LTD ,address: 90 Long Acre Westminster,London WC2E 9, UNITED KINGDOM

Thanks for your co-operate response, now that we have all your detail to process your document except the processing fee. as soon as you make the payment we will start the processing of your documents. you are to pay just 500 pounds and your host family as promise to balance the rest of the fee

Note: We do accept payment via :

1)Bank to bank transfer


2)Liberty reserve


3)Money gram


4) Western union transfer

Our only mood of payment for now is via Western union transfer

Below is the travel agent agent chief accountant payment address where you have to deposit the payment via western union money transfer.

First name....... Frank

Second name.... Smith

Last name.......Lawson

Payment office Address: 90 Long Acre Westminster,London WC2E 9, UNITED KINGDOM

After you deposit your payment get back to us with the below payment details:

1)Sender first name.........

2)Sender last name.........

3)M.T.C.N number...........(10 digits number)

4)Amount sent.............

Also scan the receipt which was given to you at the western union agent office for the evidence of your payment.

As soon as your payment is confirmed the processing of your document will commence and it will be send to you as soon as it is accomplished, also a copy will be sent to the British High Commission(B.H.C) within 5 to 6 working days. After the document is delivered, the British High Commission in your location will call you for verification and authentication of the document by the immigrant in the British embassy . You dont need to worry your self for anything we have make all the necessary arrangement from here

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.

Yours Faithfully,
Kent Jose

This is the fake contract which this scammer sends to au pairs.

From: Smith Laston <[email protected]>
Subject: WORKING CONTRACT LETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello,

My lawyer just forward it to me so please Confirm your acceptance of the above terms and conditions by signing and returning to me the duplicate of this letter with two (2) days from the day you receive this letter. Am looking forward to hear from you soon.

This scammer is also calling himself Scott Laston. You can see this scam here:

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