Terry Scott, [email protected]

Is Terry Scott a scammer or does he really need a Au pair? I haven't e-mailed him though, because I just have a sense that, just like everyone else in the net, he is also a scammer.

Scammers change names often, and they use names of real people too, so in order to tell you, we would need to see any emails he sent you (we may be able to tell from his profile if you don't have emails).

I will say that instinct is usually right. As a general rule, if it feels wrong to you, it probably is.

Okay, I'll e-mail him then.

If you use google to look up the email address "[email protected]" there are a few examples of the advertisement that can be found, for example a posting on frogads.com which I quote below.

The text of this advert is extremely suspect - it has numerous characteristics that are exactly like many other fraudulent au pair advertisements out there.

A RELAIBLE NANNY/AUPAIR/CAREGIVER/DRIVER URGENTLY NEEDED IN UK
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Location: London, London

Job Type: Contract

A RELAIBLE NANNY/AUPAIR/CAREGIVER/DRIVER URGENTLY NEEDED IN UK

We are looking for reliable nanny/au pair/caregiver/driver to live with us and help look after our two wonderful

children (a boy and a girl) in our house. We need someone who is friendly, caring and sensible.

Work will include
• Helping kids with breakfast
• Taking kids to school
• Picking kids up from school
• After school two or three times a week: playing with kids, making simple supper, supervising homework,

supervising ‘playdates’
• Taking the kids out (e.g. park, swimming, cinema) in the holidays
• 10 hours of cleaning and laundry per week

We are a very warm, friendly, happy family living in a pleasant London suburb with good connections to central. We have a four-bedroom house with a garden.You will have your own large bedroom with a TV, DVD player & laptop with wireless broadband and also a car to drive around at leisure time
Working hours:07.30 to 09.00 and 1520 to 1930Plus about 60-90 minutes of housework a day to fit in with the Au Pair's schedule. 25-30 hours a week. Benefit: The Au Pair will be paid per week of 700Pounds and a pocket money of 120 Pounds per week. I will also be responsible for some of the funds for your traveling documents.

I seek the service of any body that is ready to relocate to london, any interested applicant can contact me with a C.V as reference to [email protected]

Yes, that is a scam.

It may also be helpful for you to know that citizens of very few non-European countries are permitted to go to the UK as an au pair. You can see the small list of who can become an au pair in the UK here:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas ... ityscheme/

If you also click on 'Working and conditions' on the left hand side of that webpage, you will be able to confirm that this is the correct visa for au pairs.

It is also impossible for a non-European to go to the UK as a domestic worker (eg nanny, housekeeper, driver), unless they have already been working for that family for at least one year in another country. You can confirm this here:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas ... igibility/

Please don't continue to write to this scammer. There is no real position on offer; the scammer's only intention is to steal money from you.

Thank you very much on those information.
I hope those scammers will get their bad karma.