Sarah James - [email protected]

This is not a genuine au pair opportunity; it is a scam. This email was not sent from the UK; it was sent from Ghana, as proven by the IP address: 41.218.231.188 - Accra, Ghana.

From: "sarah james" <[email protected]>
Subject: Au pair

Dear prospective Au-pair,

Hello my name is Sarah, my family are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable person, who enjoys working with children and wants to experience life with an English family.
About us: We live in the village of Earith near the city of Cambridge. We recently moved here due to us both starting new careers in the area. I am an Inkjet Engineer and my husband Damian is a Senior Chemist. Whilst we both love our jobs, it is sometimes difficult to maintain our work/ family life balance with such demanding schedules. We would love to have a little bit of extra help and feel that an Au-pair be able to help us enormously. We are a young and easy going family that enjoys spending time together and would hope that you would wish to be included as part of the family too. We have only just exploring the area ourselves but we are surrounded by beautiful countryside and the cities of Cambridge and London are only a short distance away.
We have three Children:
Lucian (Boy) Aged 8 in May. He is a very sweet boy, can be quiet at first but he is fine once he gets to know someone. He enjoys being outside and playing football, games and star wars. He loves animals especially monkeys. He also is a huge Formula One fan, well the whole family is!

Georgia (Girl) Aged 7 in June. She is a very chatty and confident child she really enjoys adult company. She loves reading, writing stories, playing violin and drawing. She also loves dressing up and shopping for clothes and anything girly like that.

Toby (Boy) Aged 5 in June. Toby is the star of the family, he loves dancing and showing off and has a funny sense of humour. He loves playing with his brother and sister and looks up to them. He loves building Lego and playing with trains and cars.

We are very proud of our children they are very independent, confident and very well behaved. They are keen on many activities and are looking forward to having an Au-pair and learning about a different country.

More about the area we live in:
We live in the Village of Earith in a 5 bed roomed townhouse in a private road with three other houses. The House overlooks a river at the back and there are beautiful views of the countryside. It is very large house with four floors, plenty of room for everybody. The village itself is small.
There is a regular bus to towns and surrounding villages and the city of Cambridge. We will provide you with a travel ticket for unlimited travel on the buses.
The closest town is St Ives which is 10 minutes on the bus. This is a beautiful historic town with a good number of shops, leisure facilities, bars and restaurants.
The town of Huntingdon is 25mins on the bus and is a bigger town with more shops.
The City of Cambridge is a very famous historical city 45 minutes on the bus. There is so much to see and do in the city.
The city of London is an hour train journey from Huntingdon.

English schools:
There are many English schools in the area. Cambridge is very multicultural due to the University. We will pay for travel costs to your course.

hope to hear from you

Regards
Sarah, Damian, Lucian, Georgia and Toby.

An identical email to this can be seen here:

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From: "sarah james" <[email protected]>

hello,

Am so honored to have heard from you, Am glad that you are interested in been my family au pair....i need you asap...and i have told my family about you and trust me they can't wait to meet you.....thank you also for telling me about yourself.

But before we processed further i would like to ask you some few questions...

Do you how to Drive? Can you cook salad? My children love it...Do you know about childcare? How long are you determined to spent with my family? Do you have your passport and working visa? Will you teach my family about your the culture in your country?

If you have any questions feel free to ask me.

I wait your swift response.

Regards
Sarah

The travel consultant is also fake, and is part of the scam.

From: "sarah james" <[email protected]>

It nice to hear back from you...I have told my family about you and they can wait to meet you and learn more about you....Thanks for aswering my questions...i really appreciate it....i attached my family pics.

Welcome as our new au pair

We have to work together with you to ensure that you are happy with the duties you are carrying out, and that you are comfortable using and enjoying the facilities our home provides. If ever you are in doubt, please ask! You will find that we are reasonably well organized and try to keep things tidy as we go.

Household Duties

Tidying Our kid playroom and bedroom as required and Assist in loading and emptying the dish washer as required “ we will show you the best way to load it, and which items should be hand washed Empty the kitchen bin when you notice it is full, and replace the bin liner.

In your free time, evenings, and weekends you are welcome to eat with us. If you will not be joining us, please let us know in order that we do not prepare and then waste additional food
Please observe the instructions we have given you regarding closing and locking doors and windows, and setting the alarm if you are leaving the premises. Please let us know if you are going out in order that we know to set the alarm if the house will be empty. We will let you know of our where about at all times.

Telephone

You may telephone home twice a week for 10 minutes. Please use the access code we gave you and let us know when you wish to use the telephone. We will provide you with a SIM card for your mobile an amount of credit. Please keep this phone with you when you are out in case we need to get in touch with you urgently. The local shop provides top-ups when needed.

Pocket Money

We shall pay you 200 pounds weekly and 10 pounds everyday as allowance

Free Time

During your free time we will expect that you are self sufficient, although you are very welcome to join us for meals and in the evenings. We hope that you will join us regularly.
We have provided you with some information about the local area, and are happy to help you find out more about anything you are interested in knowing. When we go out you are free to come with us, and we will try to make time at weekends so that we can all go out together as a family and allow you to experience some of our country. If you do join us on a trip out we will expect a little help with Our kids and will not expect you to ignore them just because you are not technically on duty. When you come with us you will be our guest and we will treat you to any meals or entry fees that are incurred as a part of our day together.

Conclusion

It is very important to us that you are happy during your stay here. We recommend that each Friday you sit down with us and discuss the coming week's events and timetable. This time will also allow for you to ask questions about anything with which you are unclear or unhappy, and we can also voice any concerns we may have and find a solution.

Concerning the Travel arrangement

Here is the consultant handling the traveling affairs of my family for 5 year now. You can send them an email and ask them to send you requirements for Visa and work permit, Medical Insurance and tax clearance for UK.

Ask them to send you requirement as soon as possible. Also tell them you want to arrive London sooner.

Here is there email contact email, [email protected]

I hope to hear back from you soon as you gotten response from them and also started the processing of your requirement.

Feel free to ask me any question okay.

I wait your quick response okay.

Regards

The scammer sends stolen photographs, pretending that these are of their own family. The scammer also sent some of these photographs when pretending to be called Holly Lashley; you can see this here:

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