Lescott Ferguson - UK Nanny needed

Hello....

Pls let me identify if this is a scam.... The letter was sent by a certain Lescott Ferguson who would like to employ me as a nanny.

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Hello It is pleasure for me to introduce our self to each other since god as join us together. am a business man who deal with buying and selling of electronic in my country i have my own company that i deal with , while my wife work as a nurse in Ireland ...so we need to get to know little about each other then when you arrive here in London we can seat and talk better. as you already know my name is Mr LESCOTT FERGUSON , while my wife name is JOY FERGUSON.. God bless us with one daughter her name is Laura and she is 2 years old.... so when you arrive we gonna talk better face to face...

God Bless you

His second letter says:

Hello


Confirm your acceptance of the above terms and conditions by signing and returning to us the duplicate of this letter within two (2) days from the day you receive this letter.....read the contract letter very well before signing the letter... all you need to do is print the letter out first then sign on the letter and send back to me.......You can now talk to my traveling agent, they will help you with the procurement of your traveling documents. You can mail them to .....
[email protected]

The copy of the sponsorship indicates the following:

BIRMINGHAM CIVIL JUSTICE CENTRE
Courts 33 Bull Street Birmingham West Midlands B4 6DS



TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT: (as written)

You are required to work for (5) five days a week, which is mondays- fridays, saturdays and sundays are your off duty

You are expectec to work for 40 hours in a week and 8 hours a day

The family offered you the sum of 3500 pounds monthly salary and 200 pounds weekly allowances

Uses of transportation with valid driver routes license will be offered

Free furnished double room and feeding including full electronics sets

You will resume your duty as soon as you arrive at the employer's home

Free internet usage and laptop usage.

Drunkenes and illegal drugs consumption is highly prohibited

Child abuse of neglet is not allowed

You will be offered 2 weeks paid vacation after 6 months of working in the employer's home.

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The document was signed by a certain Mrs. Cecillia Armstrong, Chief Justice of Birmingham Centre

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I have a feeling that this is a scam and i have asked him the same question when we were chatting and mentioned he is not lying... however, i would like to be certain about it.

Thank you for posting, I'm glad you came here to check out your suspicions. This is definitely a scam and I'm sure the documents you have been sent are faked.
There are various things identifying it as a scam, if you have not already please take a look at this thread and see how similar it is to your situation:
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=3019

First of all they are referring you to a fake company, "Croydon Immigration" using a free email address (yahoo.com), this email address is where the request to pay fees will probably come from. They also offer an unbelievably high rate of pay for an au pair job. Also many elements of the writing appear to come from a west African english speaker, with some characteristics we often see from scam writers purporting to come from the UK.

Would you mind posting the email address that "Mr Ferguson" is writing from, as well as the email headers? This may help other possible victims who are getting the same scam
Here's how you can find the headers:
http://www.abika.com/Reports/Samples/em ... rguide.htm

I really appreciate your response on this. I have googled his address and it appears to be a fan mail address for Robert Pattinson and when I asked him,he said, that is where he lives.

His address as mentioned in the sponsorship letter is:

Haymarket House
5th Floor
28-29 Haymarket
London SW1Y 4SP


His email address is: [email protected]

I will provide the header in a few minutes...let me just check it now. Thanks a lot for the information.

here's his ip address:

(sender IP is 98.139.213.146)

After reading the topics under Au Pair Scams, i realize now that these scammers asks the "Nanny's" to give a brief decription of themselves, their family background etc as well as requesting to send family pictures. They say that it is all part of the interview process that they conduct online. They steal the information and pictures and use them for their potential victims. This is really an identity theft.

additional information i found out from the ipTrackeronline:

* 41.155.68.152 is from Lagos, Nigeria

Thanks a lot bluenvy for the update - this makes it crystal clear that it's a scam. If you google his email address you'll find a few more examples where he's spammed his "job advert" around.

have a nice weekend!
Gus

Thanks a lot Gus... he's been posting adverts in facebook too. So i hope people can watch out for this scam.