S.O.S IS MRS.CATHERINE RUSSELL A SCAM?

Dear,


I, Mrs. Catherine Russell a British family living and working here in United Kingdom.
I am a consultant in CANON conpany here in UK and my Clients are usually Elite Citizens here in UK
with few Multinational Companies. My husband Dr. kennedy Russell who is a Surgeon.

We are blessed with a 3years old lovely daughter Rose whom we have been taking
care of alone. We are searching for a caring and honest Au pair or nanny to help us with the upkeep
of our lovely daughter each time we are not at home and a light laundry services for only my
daughters wears.


We are in search for an Au pair who is willing to stay with us for a
minimum of 2,6 Months or more if you so wish and if we find okay.
We saw your profile at www.aupair-options.com and decided to contact you,


We live at 10 Hendon avenue N3 1EU London, United Kingdom
and want to discuss the our interest of having you as our Au pair
in our peaceful and happy family.


Our activities at leisure include hang out in the garden at home or sometimes
go out on day trips to Finchley park close to our home; beaches, seaside towns.
Rose is very easy going and as such you can get along with her easily.
She also likes the company of elderly friend and loves new culture.


This is our first time of employing an Au pair so 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 us if you would like to discuss the
position with us.


If you are really interested in becoming our family Au pair kindly write to us.


Looking forward to hearing from you soon.


Best regards.

Mrs. Catherine Russell.
For the family


This is urgent please she has sent me a contract letter and I need to be sure that she is a scam or not. Thank you very much.

Hi Manticora. I would suggest it's looking suspect. I will not point out the mistakes. The name Catherine Russell has been used in a previous scam from several years ago. It may or may not be the same one?
What is the email header telling you? If the email header looks wrong, the whole message is sure to be bogus I'm afraid. However having said that, I hope I'm wrong.

It is 100% a scam! Could you please post the email address that this scammer is using? It will help alerting other au pairs.

Hello and thanks for the postreply:
Well, I have exchanged some e-mails and nothing seemed suspicious but when I saw this website I became a bit afraid, she sent some photos and he said me that I must contact with her attorney of the UK Home Office Mrs. Charity Layard who sent me a contract letter but she hasn't already asked me for money...


The last paper of the contract say this I am sorry that I can't upload it because it's a PDF:
Yours faithfully,
Employer UK Home Office Associate Attorney
MR./ MRS. RUSSELL’S FAMILY BARR. MRS. CHARITY LEDYARD
I HAVE READ AND ACCEPTED THIS JOB OFFER:
………………………………………….
Surname and First Name Employee Date/Signature
BARRISTER CHARITY LEDYARD
HOME OFFICE(UK BORDER AGENCY),
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
E mail: [email protected]
PRINT, SIGN AND SCAN BACK TO US AS AN E MAIL ATTACHMENT

The e-mail of Mrs.Catherine is
[email protected]

I really hope that this is not a scam

Welcome to Scamwarners, Manticora!
As David Jansen has posted, this is 100% a scam!
The next step in this scam is that the fake Barrister, MRS. CHARITY LEDYARD, will need fees for documents or for processing your application. The legislator.com email means nothing. It's a free email address, just like gmail, hotmail, Yahoo etc.
Please find and post the headers from one of the messages that you were sent from [email protected] and also the headers from the message you received from [email protected] We can trace them and probably see where the emails were actually sent from. Instructions for finding the headers are in my sig. below.

Some headers of [email protected]:

1ºAupair job in London, UK (Mrs. Russell for the family)?
2ºWaiting for your Response:?
Hi -------,
Glad hearing from you and hope you are great today?
I am happy that you like caring for kids and i understand that you have to finish your studies
by then before being available which is by June, July which i know academics is important.

I will like to receive a formal introduction of yourself with FULL NAMES or a CV if you have any.
My husband will have to go through it and make an approval, then i will get back to you as soon as
he does so. If he approves of you, then we have to start on time now for you to come down here before
the actual month when you will be ready.
....MORE DESCRIPTION OF HER FAMILY (WELL,THE SAME THAN BEFORE)
3º:Will get back to you soon?
Hello,
Glad to hear from you again and hope you are fine?
I am yet to receive a formal introduction of yourself or a CV this
is for my husband to make an approval of you then i will send you our
recent family pictures both on outing and at home with every necessary details.
At first i will like to get to know you and you knowing us to a good extent.

Hope you get back to me soon and have a nice time.
Mrs. Russell.

4ºWill get back to you soon?:

We have read your details and we are happy that you could get back to
Us.
Your Introduction seem nice to us after discussing with Mine and
my angel Rose who is excited. This has proved to us that you are welcome
in my family considering the fact that we have already taken you as part of
my peaceful family. My daughter is so excited seeing your pictures
and we hope this is the right choice as we look forward for you to prove it right
and we will do our best as we become one family.

We have talked to my friend who had aupair before and they told us
that if we have to invite someone from another country to UK then we
have to make sure that we go into a written Agreement which you will go through
and accept.

We need to also Apply for the necessary documents for your aupair Job here in UK.
We would be the one to take care of your supporting Document.
My dear husband has already consulted our attorney that works with UK Home Office
to prepare a contract letter of agreement and offer of employment,
so i will get back to you with the contract letter.

Considering the fact that we have already taken you as part of our
family, i have some questions for you hope to receive an answer soon.

1). Is any member of your family aware of your interest to work here in UK?
2). Your health insurance and its expense would be taken care of by us and i want to know if you have
any permanent sickness?
3) Do you drink too much or smoke at home?
4) For what period of time will you like to work for us?

To this mail is the attachment of my recent family picture for you to get use to
before your arrival.

Best regards from my family wishing you a happy moment.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Mrs. Russell.




I will send more right now.

5ºCONTRACT LETTER OF INVITATION AND OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT?

Hi --------,

Sorry i did not get back to you earlier with the invitation letter,
i was busy at work and trying to put together with the barrister your
application before collecting it.

Basically, to this mail is an attachment of a copy of the Contract letter
of offer for you to go through. You are required to fill in the blanks with the
necessary details and sign with date at the space provided at the bottom
of the letter.

This shows you accept the agreement and invitation send a Scanned copy
of the agreement to the Home Office Barrister as an e mail attachment.

She is Barr.Mrs. Charity Ledyard and her e mail address is
[email protected]

She will get to me as soon as she receives the scanned copy of the letter
which you will send to her e mail address. You shall also inform her of
the date you are going to be available for your departure by flight to our family
so that she can work with it on time.

She will get in touch with you for the officially.

Best regards from my family and do have a great moment.
Mrs. Russell.
HERE SHE DOESN'T ATTACHED ME THE CONTRACT LETTER

6ºATTACHED CONTRACT LETTER OF INVITATION AND OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT?
Hi ----------,

Glad to hear from you and hope you are doing great today?
Sorry that you did not receive the contract letter in the previous mail i sent to you

To this mail is an attachment of a copy of the Contract letter
of offer for you to go through. You are required to fill in the blanks with the
necessary details and sign with date at the space provided at the bottom
of the letter.

This shows you accept the agreement and invitation send a Scanned copy
of the agreement to the Home Office Barrister as an e mail attachment.

She is Barr.Mrs. Charity Ledyard and her e mail address is
[email protected]

She will get to me as soon as she receives the scanned copy of the letter
which you will send to her e mail address.

She will get in touch with you for the officially.

Greetings from my family and have a nice time
Mrs. Russell.
7ºHello, get back to the Attorney soon?:
Hi -------,
Hope you are doing great today?
Actually, i want to know if you have received the contract i sent to you earlier
and if you have been able to go through it, sign and scanned back to the Barrister
for confirmation and documentation?

Do get back to Barr. Mrs. Ledyard as soon as possible and also inform her of the most convenient
time or period to take off by flight down to UK which she will also inform me as we look forward in welcoming you soon.

My Husband talked about taking care of your flight expense down to UK earlier, so i will also remind him
about it as soon as the Barrister informs me that you have sent the signed copy of the contract letter of invitation to her.

Have a gorgeous time and hope to hear from you soon.
Mrs. Russell.


I have not contacted with the barrister yet.Thank you for the support.

Email IP: 65.55.92.184
Name: Get Report
Country: US
Address: Get Report
ISP: MICROSOFT CORP

Would you please post the headers, one from the hotmail and one from the legislators.com address?
The IP 65.55.92.184 is a static assigned Corporate IP address allocated to Microsoft Hosting, which is hotmail.
The headers will look something like this:

Return-path: <[email protected]>
Envelope-to:
Delivery-date: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:44:53 -0700
Received: from nopam-tx.shu.edu.tw ([192.192.159.23])
by with esmtp (Exim 4.69)
(envelope-from <[email protected]>)
id 1SFPZx-0003ff-Rx
for ; Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:44:53 -0700
Received: (from root@localhost)
by nopam-tx.shu.edu.tw (8.13.8/8.13.8) id q34CiiDN043091
for m.procmail; Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:44:44 +0800 (CST)
(envelope-from [email protected])
Received: from nopam-tx.shu.edu.tw (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by nopam-tx.shu.edu.tw (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id q34CiheG043046
for <>; Wed, 4 Apr 2012 20:44:43 +0800 (CST)
(envelope-from [email protected])
Received: from (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by nopam-tx2.shu.edu.tw (NOPAM 20080502(G2)) with ESMTP id 6A66A023
Wed Apr 4 19:56:16 2012
(envelope-from MAIL From:<[email protected]>)
Received: from cc.shu.edu.tw (cc.shu.edu.tw [192.192.150.10])
by nopam-tx.shu.edu.tw (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q34BuFRK054018
for <>; Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:56:15 +0800 (CST)
(envelope-from [email protected])
Received: from cc.shu.edu.tw (webmail2.shu.edu.tw [192.192.159.84])
by cc.shu.edu.tw (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q34Bb2Ee022292;
Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:37:02 +0800 (CST)
From: "Christy Walton" <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: .
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:37:02 +0800
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
X-Mailer: OpenWebMail 2.52 20060512
X-OriginatingIP: 41.203.64.130 (ncyeh)
MIME-Version: 1.0

Mod note: Disabled smilies - CW

Sorry but I don't know how to get the headers if someone can explain me?
Look the telephone number, it's a scam 100 per cent and the number appears in another post of scamwarners.com I saw it...
Hi ---------,

Hope you are doing fine and having a great weekend and Easter Celebration?
Glad hearing from you and basically, we are fine here and went out together on outing and picnic yesterday.

Actually, due to our work condition i do not have a skype id thus, i do not skype.
but you can add me in facebook so that we can still chat when ever i am free, and i promise you our
conversation would be fruitful.
This is the link to my profile.. or search for the name "Kenn Russell"

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001537843466

You can also reach me with this number +447024032375, but the call should
be done off working ours since our phones are switched off during work and left on voice calls only.
Also my husband can also pick your calls when ever i am not around.

You can ask me any question that you want and anytime at all, i will always make out time to answer you and clarify you.

Send the signed copy of the contract letter to the barrister as soon as possible so that it would be documented.
I also want to inform you that your Mum can accompany you while coming to our home in London any date or period that is
convenient for you so that she can spend some time with you before leaving. But if she is busy and cannot come, you do not have
to be bothered as we are loving family and have taken you already as part of us.

Have a nice Easter holiday and hope to hear from you soon.

Mrs. Russell.

Hi Manticora!


What email company is your address, that you received the scammers messages at? This link has instructions for finding the headers. Chose the info that pertains to your address: example- Yahoo , gmail etc.
http://www.abika.com/Reports/Samples/em ... rguide.htm

Then copy and paste the headers onto this thread. Unless the scammer is using a trick to hide his IP address we will be able to see from which city and country the email was sent.

Well done on the info you have provided so far. Yes that is correct, the above mentioned phone number of 447024032375 has been used in many previous scam attempts. All the scammer does is use a different name.