Is this another Au-Pair Fraud ?

So this is the first Mail that has been sent to me:

Dear Au pair,

We are Irish family working and living in the United Kingdom, We have a son that is 2 years old and we are looking for a kind hearted Au pair that is willing to stay with us.
We saw your profile in http://www.newaupair.com and we decided to contact you, to discuss the possibilities of having you as our Au pair in the spirit of cultural exchange. We’re a laid-back and happy family. I live and work here in the United Kingdom with my wife.

Derick is very easy going and as such you can get along with him easily. Your accommodation would be fully furnished and we would be paying you 550GBP weekly throughout the duration of your stay with us.

We shall make available a vehicle for you to use if you can drive and also share travel expenses with you. Our only son means so much to us hence we are offering this salary so that you can put in your best while taking care of him. We would also enroll you in an English school here in United Kingdom to enable you improve your English if you wish, We would like to know when you can be available because we would like an Au pair that can start as soon as possible.

Please e mail me if you would like to discuss the position with us, while you send an introduction about yourself,CV and your current picture. We have attached our family picture for you to see our lovely family .You can send us your number so that we would establish a vocal contact with you and proceed with the preparation of your traveling documents down to the United Kingdom.
Attached herewith is our family photo for your preview.

Write us soon.

Best Regards
Robert and Mary Simpsons
For The Family.


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Dearest [name removed for privacy - CF],

How are you doing today?

We are so glad to read from you and most especially my wife Mary, she is so happy that we have found a new aupair for our little angel Derick.

We received your email in a good note and the content was noted,Actually this is our first time of hiring an aupair so i and my wife contacted a reputable lawyer Barr Paul Higgins of Sunrise Chambers here in United Kingdom and he has advised us on the necessary procedures we are to take in preparing the required documents you will need to live and work here in the UK legally.

We evaluated your full CV with the lawyer and we certified you eligible for the job offer,we believe you are the right aupair to nurse our little angel Derick.so we wish to inform you that you would be joining us here in the UK soonest to start up work immediately for a period of 6 months or more if you wish.

We are paying you 550GBP (Five Hundred and Fifty Great British Pounds) weekly with free meals for you to bring out the best in you in taking proper and good care of our little angel Derick because he means the world to i and my wife.

Barr Paul Higgins would be getting back to you tomorrow with a prepared contract letter. you are to go through it,if it is applicable to you,you sign it and forward a copy back to me,a copy to the Sunrise Chambers and to the UK immigration agency so as to start up the preparation of your traveling papers and every document you will need to live and work here without any immigrant misconduct.

We are sponsoring you travel down to the United Kingdom so take note that you wont be spending much of your money because you have to save it up for your upkeep before your first salary from us okay.

We have a fully equipped room with TV set,desktop computer with internet, our second car if you wish to drive and do you have an international drivers license? all for your use because your comfortabilty is our priority.we reside in Tempsford Hall,Sandy,Bedfordshire SG19 2BD opposite Kier Group plc were i work as a project supervisor here United Kingdom.

Derick is very easy going and due to our work schedule we decided to employ an aupair that would treat him like us been his parents,so we expect you to bring out the best in you in taking good care of him.

We hope you are very much okay with our offer but if you have any question kindly ask me okay.

Write us soonest.

With love from my family and Derick awaits you more.

Best Regards.

Mr Robert Simpson
your host family
United Kingdom


After this I asked for some more information and got a second mail:


I am quite sure that this is only another fraud from a new invented family, but I want to know what do you think of all this?
Thanks for helping me...

Yes, that is a scam. It is typical Nigerian English, and contains some typical Nigerian errors!

I'm glad that you were suspicious about this. Could you also post the email addresses which this scammer is using, as that will be helpful for other au pairs who the scammer is also writing to and enable them to find this warning when they google those addresses.

I'm wondering if it's one and the same scammer at viewtopic.php?f=42&t=18648

So the email adress is: [email protected]

Thank you, Ac1412; au pair scammers write to lots of people at the same time, and hopefully many of these will google the email address and learn that it is a scam.