Mrs. Mary Powel---Scam?

Hi everybody!

Is this scam?

Letter 1
"Dear xxx,

How are you today, Hope you are having a great new year?

Glad hearing from you because I really appreciates your response.

As I have told you previously my name is Mrs. Mary Powel and the name of my Husband is Dr. Powel along side with my lovely daughter (Paris) seven years old.

My Husband is a medical doctor enjoys Sports but he is always busy in the office and he is a very hard working person, I am a bank manager meanwhile my Daughter likes visiting the park, playing with her car toys. We live in a four bedroom detached house with anex in the Chelsea area of London. Paris goes to a local school and you are to drop her at school and get her back from school, a car will be made available for you if you are willing to drive or learn how to drive, I promise you as your host mother that you will stay comfortably with our family because we are a Christian family.

There is a nice English Class around our area, also there other Au pairs living around our area you will have the time to attend to an English Lesson and the cost will be taken care by my family if you are willing.

Our family is a lovely family who will love you to come and Join us as soon as you deem fit to come, I promise you that it is going to be a memorable and wonderful time for the family we have longed for the moment when a lovely Au pair will come and join us. We need au pair to start in February to at least June 2012, you will have every weekend off and we will need you to do some light housework and do 30-35 hours per week and the salary is 315 GBP per week.

I would like to receive your CV for perusal and show it to my husband for approval; do you have any Reference you can send to us?

I want to make everything move in a normal and legal way without any problem because this is our first experience of hosting an Au pair. I wouldn't want anything that will hot my daughter and I have promise to be a good mum to her so that she will grow happily, please all we want from you is to take good care of her, take her like your sister, your friend, play with her and teach her some good cultural exchange.

Your accommodation will be a live in the anex area that has a 2 bed room flat with internet access, TV set, Telephone and some other good things that will make you feel at home because as a mother I know what is good for people both young and old.

I hope our communication and relationship would be a fruitful one.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Greetings from my Family.

Mrs. Mary Powel.
For The Family"

Letter 2
"Dear xxx

Thank you for your kind and I will have a chat with my
husband when he returns and will get back to you soon.
Hope to hear from you soon and please drop your phone number
so I can call to know you better.


Regards
Mary.

Letter 3
"Dear xxx,

My cityaupair ID is 1236, and we would be honoured to help you learn English. There is English
for Foreigners lecture just five minutes away from my home and I will arrange lectures for you there.
Leave your number and I will speak gently so you can understand me. My husband will be home tonight
and I will let you know our decision.
Hope to hear from you soon.


Regards
Mary.

Letter 4
"Dear xxx

How are you doing? After talking to my wife, we have decided to employ
you. I am attaching here with a Contract/Invitation Letter for you to
go through. If you accept, you would have to sign and date at the
bottom and send a scanned copy to our family lawyer (Barr.Moore A. Brown) as E mail attachment. His e mail address is
[email protected] so do consult him with the signed
contract letter and i will be going to his office as soon as possible.

Send him an E mail with a copy of the signed contract letter and he
will get in touch with you so that you can come down legally to
resume your duties with us. Tell him the date you are available to
join my family.

We love you and hope to meet you soon.
My best regards to you.
Dr Powel Smith and family."

Can I not charge a picture?
Thank you for the answers!

Many thanks

Welcome here klklkl.

Yes, this is a scam! Two things that are very clear signs of a scam: the salary is far too much, and real families don't need a lawyer to employ an au pair. The best thing to do now is to drop contact with this scammer. And you can read about how to post photo's here:
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3219

And could you please post the email address from the "family"?

Thank you so much!!
I believed it, so this is scam .
Her e-mail adress is: [email protected]

They sent a contract, which I should have signed...

Thank you for posting these photos. I have obscured the child's face as these photos were stolen from the internet. The woman and the child are not connected to the scam.

Thank you for posting these photos. I have obscured the child's face as these photos were stolen from the internet. The woman and the child are not connected to the scam.

Yes, it' really!!
Excuse me for the inattention.

Here is another example of an email from this scammer:

From: Mary Powel <[email protected]>
Subject: Au pair

I saw your profile on Eaupair.com and find you very interesting and would like to know
you better as we need aupair as soon as deemed ready or fit.
My name is Mrs Mary, a registered Nurse and my husband Powel is a medical doctor
and we have a seven years old daughter (Paris).
We live in the Chelsea area of London and both work here too.
Please send me your CV/RESUME so we can proceed.
Hope to soon hear from you.
Regards
Mary.