Brenda Joyce - a scammer

Hello Au pair,
How are you doing.?I am Brenda from United Kingdom..I saw your contact link at http://www.MyDearAuPair.com,So i decided to email you direct..I will like to know if you are available to work as an Au pair for me..?Kindly get back to me soon if you are available and ready to work.
Hope to read back from you soon

Brenda...

I wrote back and asked to give a link to her profile on that website and she answered:

hhh,I am sorry i have deactivate my account since i have contacted you??Or don't you wanna work for me??

She has JUST deactivated her profile... That's very interesting...

Hi, do you have more info about this? My friend is about to pay £500 to her - no account number, only Uk address. It all looks dodgy. Any more info would be great. Thanks!

That's 100% bog standard scam.

Even that small sample of writing points squarely to an African.

The person writing your friend is an African man. He is not in UK, and does not have any position to offer. Any money she sends will be lost forever with nothing to show for it.