Au Pair Scammer - murray donald

This scammer is currently using this email address [email protected]

He will scour Au Pair sites looking for people to steal from, he will send many messages in hope that some of them will fall for his scam.

In this scam he will tell you that you need to get paperwork from the United Kingdom Consulate and that they need fees to be paid before the au pair would be allowed to begin work.

These fees will need to be paid by Western Union and the scammer will insist that he is paying some of the fees for you, that is another lie, all fees paid will be straight into the scammers pocket leaving you with no job, no visa and $1,000 pounds out of pocket as well.

The scammer says he is in the UK and that his wife is in Cypress, another lie, there is no way to know for sure but odds are he is in Africa and if he actually is married his wife is there with him.

He claims to be living at this address;

Home Address.
182 Shelton Street
Westminster
Greater London,
WC2H9UB.
United Kingdom.

The phone number provided: Tel: (+44)702-402-5755

Phone numbers starting with 4470 are UK redirect numbers, these phone numbers can be set up by anybody from anywhere in the world, calls to them are redirected to the owners location regardless of where ein the world they may be.

By using these phone numbers the scammer is able to give out a UK telephone number while he is actually in Africa, real people seldom use these numbers but the scammers love them.

He will provide you with photos if requested, they will be family photos that he has stolen from the internet.

Emails;

Here the scammer describes what is required, much of it was most likely copy and pasted from other profiles

murray donald [email protected] wrote:

We are looking for an a nanny with experience to look after our
children. You should be interested in helping us raise our
children,not just looking for a job.You should be responsible, able to
maintain a consistent schedule with the children, have a loving
attitude and patience, along with high energy. You should be a
self-starter with sense of humor and maturity. You need to be
tolerant and understanding. Above all, you need to have a true
interest in looking after children full time.Your bedroom is on a
separate floor from ours & the kids so we all have privacy. Position
includes bathroom and private bedroom with cable, internet, laptop,
and DVD/VCR. It's important that you are happy and comfortable in our
home. You can have almost all weekends off.

The basic working hours are as follow say Morning Afternoon Evening
Monday Free time 1.45 – 6.00 Tuesday Free time 2.45 – 4.00 Wednesday
Free time 3.30 – 6.00 Possible baby-sit up to 3 evenings Thursday Free
time 3.45 – 6.00 per week to be arranged Friday Free time 1.00 – 6.00
and agreed in advance Saturday and Sundays as Off Days.

Basic Duties Your basic duties are to assist in the smooth running of
the house and to help to care for Our kids.Specifically, we will
require help from you in these areas: Household Duties Ironing
probably around 40 minutes on a daily basis Tidying Our kid's
playroom and bedroom as required,Changing Our kid's bed sheets each
Friday (more often if you notice this is required) Sweep the kitchen
floor, dining, and TV areas every day before you finish your
duties,Vacuum the playroom and Our kid's bedroom as required, at least
weekly Assist in loading and emptying the dishwasher as required , we
will show you the best way to load it, and which items should be hand
washed.

Feel free to cook for yourself if you are hungry. Please wash up and
put away when you have finished Let us know when provisions are low by
noting on the list in the kitchen so we can replace them the next time
we shop. Bathroom Duties The family bathroom will be shared by you
with Our kids and any guests we have to stay,Please keep the room
clean and well ventilated by using the fan and leaving the door open
when not in use. Open the window if the weather allows Please hang all
wet towels on the rail provided

We shall pay you 200 pounds per week pocket money in cash each Friday
and 2500Pound Monthly Salary..this is exclusive of your wage plan.Free
Time,during your free time we will expect that you are self
sufficient, although you are very welcome to join us for meals and in
the evenings. We hope that you will join us regularly.

Home Address.
182 Shelton Street
Westminster
Greater London,
WC2H9UB.
United Kingdom.

Tel: (+44)702-402-5755

Best Regards.

Mr Murray Donald & Family Cares.

This is where the scam starts with him suggesting he will organise all the documents for you

[email protected] wrote:



Hello Removed,
Thanks for the mail response, i got your mail and i understood everything you wrote in your mail, i will like you to know that i have already contacted the United Kingdom Consulate regarding the processing of your traveling documents to the United Kingdom which include your Visa, Working Permit and all other necessary documents needed, you are told to send the following details to me below.

Full Name;
Full Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Country:
International passport scanned front page:

i await your mail response

Best Regards
Mr Donald

In this email the scammer will even warn you about scams in the hope of gaining your trust

Hello Removed
Thanks for the mail,how are you doing Hope all is well with you...well i just want to you to understand that all will be well,and am assuring you that you will come over to the Uk and work
for my Family,you Getting your Visa is not a Problem,and the type of Visa you will be giving is J-1 Visa,and its Direct from the British High Commission and in collaboration with Your Country Embassy in the United Kingdom,i contact them via email and all the Information was sent to my mail,and so i forward it to you,so you will fill it Out..

There are a lot of Scams on the Internet,in which i was a Victim,so i don't want such thing to Happen to me once again,i don't even want to talk about it again,to me i believe we can work this out fine,that's if you have trust in me,because i have already put my trust in you that you won't fail me,and also i will like you to know that i don't mind Helping with part of the payment for the Visa and Working Permit Processing,the Ticket will be sent to you as to what i read in the Mail the High Commission sent to me,

About your Air Ticket,it will be Provided after all necessary payment has been made,thats to what i read in the mail they sent to me,and your Visa type is a Working Visa,which is J-1,about where you work in a Guest House,its not a Problem to me..what matters most is you processing your Visa and the Working Class permit,and my Plan for you is to stay for at Least 1year or more,and you will be Enroll into a School in the UK,which will be processed by me when you are there,so i will be grateful if you Fill out all the Necessary Details so i can Submit it to the High Commission,so i will know the Actual Price for all the Processing,i Hope you Understand this...Hoping to Read back from you soon.

My Regards to your Family...and also i will like you to send me your Pictures including your Family Pictures,because my kids are disturbing me for it,they want to see their new nanny,i still have more
Pictures if you would like to see more pictures of my Family..Thanks so Much.

Mr Donald & Family Cares.

In this email the scammer is working again on getting you to trust him by telling you about scams once again, he will tell you he has removed his profile and ask you to do the same, the reason he will do that is to prevent other scammers from being able to scam you, he wants you all to himself.

From: murray donald [email protected]
Date:
Subject: Waiting For Your Swift Response....!!!!!!!!!
To: Removed


Thanks for the mail response, i am so glad you mailed and i will like
you to know that i have been receiving some strange email from
different Nanny which turns out to be scammers.i have seen your
Pictures now and your Family Pictures also.

I will like you to know that i have discarded my profile from Au
pair.com due the fact that i already found you as the right nanny for
my kids and i have that trust in you that you will not let me down, i
will like you to also discarded your profile as well, so that i can be
able to assure the kids that you are really ready to come to United
kingdom and work as an Au pair, about the necessary Documents you
will need in order for you to come and work and live with us,i have
already contact the British High Commision for that and i have giving
you all the necessary details they required from you, here it is Once
again

Full Name:
Full Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
International passport Scanned Front Page:
Tell Phone Number:
Country:

i will be expecting swift response regarding discarding of your
profile from Au pair.com, send my regards to your family.

Best Regards
Mr Murray Donald & Family.

Part of email by scammer where he once again tells you about his experience being scammed, of course it is all lies, he will also go on to attempt to further gain your trust by offering to pay more than half of the costs associated, of course this is a lie, he will not be paying anything on your behalf, the only fees payed will be by you to him.

you going as far as paying of the Visa charges justifies how serious you are to my Family. We have once assisted a Nanny from Mexico to pay for her documents charges, And after paying all the Visa and working Permit Charges, she turned us down by saying she had another offer from Italy and that was the place she intended going.

Her papers were ready so due to the fact that she turned down the opportunity as well as futile our efforts and wasting my Money because the funds was no longer refundable as her papers were all
ready, I thought of it that had it been i have asked her to pay half of the money, she wouldn't have turned down the job we offered her because she will consider her money involved. So this is the only reason i have to contradict the idea of salary deduction.



Note, salary deduction would not work for his scam so he has an excuse to avoid it


However, since i have promised you the job and i really would like you to take it up, i really don't mind to sponsor more than half payment but believe me, you'll still have to show my Family commitment, i consider it very important. Hope you understand. Quickly let me know how much you can afford so we both can agree on when to send money to the High Commission.

Bye for now and I do hope I have eased your situation well enough. Thats absolutely the best and last i can do for you. Hope to hear from you soon.


Warm regards,

Mr Donald & Family Cares.

Further promises and lies

From: murray donald [email protected]

I just want you to be Rest assure that everything will work out Fine,the Job is already yours,you have nothing to worry about,as i have made the Promise that i will assist you with Part of the Visa and working Permit Charges,all i want to hear from you now is to Let me know when we should start this,Because as i am we are Ready,and My Wife is not in the UK presently,she was the One who brought the Idea of Getting another Nanny since the last One Ripped us Off,so i want you to tell me when we should get started with the Payment and the Processing...i'll be waiting for your mail response.Thanks and God Bless.

Mr Donald & Family Cares.

From: murray donald [email protected]
Date:
Subject: Will Get Back to You Soon......!!!!!
To: Removed


Hello Removed,
Thanks for the mail and the Information you have provided,well i
will like you to know that i will Forward the Information to the High
Consulate as soon as possible,so i will let you know what their
Response is,My Wife is not presently in the UK,she's in North
Cyprus,she will be Coming Back Middle of March,due to her Schedule
date for her Trip,i will like to know if you are really Ready for
this,and once again i am ready to Help with Part of the Payment,i will
Forward the Information as soon as possible so i will let you know
what next and How to Pay Money to the High Commission,Thanks and God
Bless.

Mr Donald.

Now the scammer tell how the money is to be payed, by Western Union of course, Western Union is completely untraceable and anonymous for scammers which is the main reason they like to use it.

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:18 PM, murray donald <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello Removed,
How are you doing today..Hope all is well with you and
your Family...well am Glad you are still more interested in working
with my Family,i will Like you to start working in my Family as soon
as possible,i will like you to start First week of March or April
depending on your decision,because i want you here as soon as
possible,if you are Okay with that let me know,and i was Told at the
Consulate that we will both sign an Agreement/Contract letter,in which
will be sent down from the Consulate to me,so i will send it to you
via email,you will sign,everything will be prepared after the Payment
has been made to the Consulate Cashier Representative in her
Location,so i was Giving an Payment information in which you will pay
the 1000Pounds Visa Fee and Working Class permit Charges to.Here is
the Western Union Representative information Giving to me...

Receivers Name:Mrs Davidson Laura
Address Receiver: 32 St Mary-At-Hill
City: Middlesex
State: London
Zip Code: EC3R 8NN
Country: United Kingdom.

So my dear to what i write you in an email...that i don't mind helping
with part of the payment,so the Decision is on you now,all i just want
to know now is when you will be ready to make part of yours..as i am
ready to pay mine,so i just want to know when and how much you have
down with you so they can start on with the processing of the Visa,and
they made it clear to me that your Passport in needed Urgently,so
please when you will be replying back,please make sure you attached it
to the mail you will sent down to me.


So as soon as you have done the payment you are required to send the
western union payment scanned receipt to me, in other for them to
verify your payment and start the processing of your traveling
documents which will take 2 to 3 days, the kids will appreciate your
effort on this, send my regards to your family.

Mr Murray Donald & Family Cares.

After his victim expresses concern the scammer tries to convince her that he and his offer are real.

murray donald <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello Removed,

thanks so much for the mail respond,i understand you,but
i want you to know that i'm no more scared,what we need to do now is
to focus on your traveling papers,i have already sent your passport
and other information to the Consulate,so they are waiting for the
Payment so they can proceed on with it,well to what you asked about my
Kids,they are Friendly,and they play a lot,Kim is my Little Boy,he
like playing he's Play Staion3 and Xbox game,His mum bought it...and i
bought he's toy Car,he like Driving them,and my Daughter
Kimberly,she's my Angel...i don't Joke with her..because she's the
next Mum in the House,i called her little Mum,all because her mum is
not around,so she's the next mum,..Kimberly like watching the Tv,and
most of the time..watching Cartoons,and also she likes reading as
well,i don't have much more to say,i added few Pictures of my Kids for
you to see again,this is real i know how you are feeling,you just have
to push it forward...Hoping to Read back from you.Thanks.

Regards.
Mr Donald & Family Cares...

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