by AlanJones
Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:47 am
The following email was received in response to a listing on an Au Pair website. This is a scam, no vacancy exists the scammer will try an scam you out of money by asking for fees or travel costs or accomodation costs.
Received from: Ken Bruce <[email protected]>
Subject: We need you as our Aupair or Nanny
The names have changed, but not much else - see here.
Received from: Ken Bruce <[email protected]>
Subject: We need you as our Aupair or Nanny
Hello ,
My name is Dr Ken Bruce and my wife's name is Mrs Simson Bruce. I'm a American but married to an English woman. We are a happily married couple blessed with two lovely and wonderful daughter kids, David and Hannah. David is 8 years old while Hannah is 7 years old.I am a medical Microbiologist and i work with the World Health Organisation(WHO) and have been working with them here in London for over 9 years now but I will be resuming my official duties in Asia by this july but will want my family to remain in London. My wife works in a bank in the city of London and by the nature of her work she spends more time at work. I do spend more time with the kids since my work allows me to do that. But by July 2009 I will not be in the UK any longer rather I will be posted to the World Health Organization(Asia region) where i will now be working. And as a result of this, our Children will need someone to take good care of them and their needs since their mother spends most of the time at work during weekdays and always only have weekends to give them good attention. We came across your profile on Great aupair and we were convinced that you possess the qualities capable of taking good care of our daughters in the absence of both us.
Your duties are always linked to childcare and light housework. This include taking the children to / from school; helping them get ready in the morning; amusing and supervising them until the parents come home; tidying the toys away; preparing their meals and clearing up after the mealtimes. You will have your Private Room which will have bathroom, toilet, television, air-Conditioner/heater. You will have access to the internet and a telephone at home should in case you want to get in touch with your family or friends . And very importantly,we have both decided to treat you as a family member and not as an employee. Your weekdays working hours will be 5 hours maximum per day. You will have Saturdays and Sundays as your off days since their mother does not go to work weekends and this should enable you have enough time for yourself and enrol for special programmes if you wish to. As for your salary, we intend to pay you 2,200 Pounds every 4 weeks and a pocket fee of 300 Pounds weekly so as to enable you engage yourself in any programmes that can add more values to your life while you stay with us.
I look forward to hearing from you and more so coming over to the UK and live as a member of our family as soon as possible.I, on behalf of my wife and my wonderful children wish you the best in your present endeavours over there in your country and we are also waiting to embrace you with the warmth, love and most importantly the peace that your heart always desires.
Ken and Simson Bruce
Best wishes
Home Address
129 Gloucester Road
South Kensington
London
SW7 4TH
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