IS THIS FAMILY A SCAM??

Dear Au pair ,

We are looking for a fun, outgoing and enthusiastic Au Pair to help look after our home and our son, Louis. We are located in the United Kingdom, candidates should be willing to relocate to the United Kingdom.

The role is for 35 hours per week, approximately 20% housework and 80% childcare, however some flexibility will be required as we work from home and timetables sometimes change! The role will include ironing and cleaning as well as taking the children to the park, helping with their homework, school runs and home play time.Weekends are generally free and plenty of notice is provided if cover is needed .

The successful candidate will have experience as an Au Pair, speak fluent English and ideally looking to be in their next position for at least 3 months.Normal au pair arrangements apply free board and lodging and a weekly contribution of 300GBP. There are also opportunities, for a proactive individual, to make additional money baby sitting and cleaning during the weekends in our busy and thriving local community. All Travel expenses shall be borne by us and we shall also provide fully furnished live in or live out accommodation.

Write us soonest with your picture/resume, introduction and how soon you can start as we need a Au pair that can start soon. You can contact us via email - [email protected] or call me on +44 702 409 4777 or give me a direct mobile number to reach you with so that we can discuss further.

Best Regards
Suzie Wotton
[email protected]

i'd say it's a scam, the 4470 is a redirect number, it looks like it's in the UK but it will redirect to anywhere in the world.

i'm not getting any hits on the text of the email and it doesn't sound like the usual african style scam emails but i still have a bad feeling about it. i will keep searching but if i had to guess now i'd say it's a scam


ETA i don't know UK salaries and prices but 300gbp/week seems way too high.

google "All Travel expenses shall be borne by us" and you will get a bunch of hits, a lot of them on scamwarners. while this alone is not 100% proof, coupled with the 4470 number and the "scent" of the email (i can't explain it any better) i'm sure it's a scam.

hiltonhoteluk.com is a fake domain. It's registered for only one year (highly unlikely for a hotel that's been around for decades), to an "organisation name" of Michael Moore, not the Hilton. If you haven't yet sent an email to that domain and received an answer, please do so. Then post both your email and the answer with full headers. This will help the site killers kill the site, which was registered just a few days ago.

Yes it is a scam. The phone number the scammer told you is well known from scamland. Previously been used at viewtopic.php?f=34&p=49755 where the scammer used a differing name. A better description of these redirect numbers can be seen on viewtopic.php?f=26&t=13567 for your future reference.