Turkish single parent.

Hello! I have a few questions. I have been talking in the past week with a Turkish father seing that he would like to hire me as an aupair. He has a boy aged 7, living in the uk. I am just asking if there is anyone out there who went to work for single dads, or am I completly mad. He is offering me 100 pounds a week, is that to much? Please some advices would come in handy.

Thank you

Elenadoina . We need more info such as emails with headers and address. Please edit out your own info. The amount mentioned is about right. Check with UK Border Agency rules for Immigrants. The first thing to do is to note that any ask for a Western Union or Moneygram transfer of money from you is 100% a scam so don't do that in the event it comes. Can't say more without further info off you.

Hello elenadoina and welcome to ScamWarners. Here we focus on identifying scams - au pair positions that do not really exist, but are invented positions aiming to trick people into sending money to the scammer.

If you suspect that the host father who you are writing to is not genuine, then we can certainly help you with this. As began steele says above, the introductory emails sent by the potential host, plus headers, will enable us to identify whether it is a genuine offer, or a scam.

Scammers do often pretend to be single fathers living in the UK, and sometimes they also pretend to be of non-UK ancestry. This provides them with an 'excuse' for their non-British accent.

Whether or not it is wise or safe to go and live in the household of a genuine single father, however, is not something that we can advise upon. Your best action may be to speak to an older relative about this, and perhaps to discuss it with other au pairs on a dedicated au pair forum.