McCready Family - [email protected]

Hi everyone! I apologize if I made a mistake in posting this topic, but I wanted everybody to be aware of the scam.

I've been contacted by this mother, called Marta McCready, from the site aupair-work.net/.
Sadly, I don't have anymore the first email, but that's what she wrote after a few email exchanges.
(I only realized it was a scam after signing the contact!)

I informed you in the previous messages I sent to you that I went though your profile at aupair-work.net
and decided to contact you. We live in the Central part of London at Rudyard Grove, NW7 3EG, London,
United Kingdom. I've informed you also about this.

Basically, we talked to our friend who had someone that worked for her earlier about this.
She advised us that if we must invite someone to work with us, then we have to make sure
that we go into a written Agreement to legally back it up which will detail your:

* Duties and maximum period of work time per week,
* The Salary/ Privileges you will get from us which will be stated,
* The period of time that you will be available to stay if we find you interesting,
Our obligations etc, and many other relevant information for you to go through and accept.

My Dear husband has already consulted our attorney that works with UK Home Office
to process the preparation of an invitation letter of agreement and offer of employment as I informed you earlier.
Therefore, I will get back to you with it as soon as it is ready by this week.
I will also inform you about the most convenient date for you to arrive.

* My daughter Jenny loves outing, mostly during the weekends. She likes visiting the Park,
beach and some times shopping. Also, she loves music and can easily learn. Sincerely, she is very clever.

*Your duties are basically at home and you have your own room alone in our home.
It is a self content with a proper convenience. It is a big sel content room situated close
to Jenny's to create a close relationship between both of yaou.
Your room has already been equipped with appliances and a free internet services which everybody
uses at home. Your family are also free to come for a visit at any time.
It has a suitable standard convenience (standard Bathroom and a toilet); it is a suitable self content room.
But if you want a live-out position, we will then discuss about it and I will provide
an accommodation very close to our home to aid your services, so you don't have to be bothered.
I informed you also that we don't have pet, my daughter's favourite food is rice and we don't have problem
with meal and diets since we eat simple food.

-You will have free weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) for your personal life.
It is 4-5 hours per day that you have to work. That is between 7:30am-8am, you will help dress my daughter for school.
I take her to school every morning myself while driving to work, and sometimes my husband does so.
Then, from 12:30pm-5pm, when you are required to bring her back from school. Her school dismisses by 12:30pm.
This is mainly the time I require you to be around since I will be at the Office by then.
You will have to give her lunch which I have already prepared, stay and may be play or hang out
with her until I return from work by 5:30pm.
We are lovely people and we will do our best to make sure that you don't regret it at all.

The English language school close to our home will teach you how to speak, make sentences
and write in English language. I guess they also issue out certificates after a satisfactory result.
We will take care of the cost of your lectures and acquisition of knowledge. You will have time to attend
for these classes because you will be quite free from 8:am when my daughter will be in school until 12:30pm
when you are required to go and bring her back from school.

I will attach some of our recent family photos for you to get used to when next I write to you.
I don't really have time now due to my work condition and schedule for now.
Meanwhile,your room is painted milk white colour although I don't know if you love the colour?
I will also send you a picture of the room later.

Do have a nice week ahead.

Best regards from my family.

Mrs. McCready

She then sent me some family pictures, and a contract. For a "lucky" coincidence, I happened to be in London for a weekend (I'm italian). So, I asked to meet her. She said she was too busy.
I should have figured it was a scam when she refused!
We then kept exchanging emails. She gave me the contact of the Home Office ([email protected]), and made me sign the contract.
After that, I got an email with all the procedures and all the documents apparently required: I was supposed to have a National Insurance Number/Work Scheme Card and of course I was supposed to pay a deposit of 650 GBP (Western Union/Money Gram). When I asked for explanation about this amount of money to the mother, the barr answered me, telling me that it's all for my own safety and that I would have got my money back after my arrival.
I knew by then it was a scam.
It was indeed too good to be true: 25 hours of work, a salary of 250 GBP, a house in central London. Furthermore, it was them who contacted me, and they said I was their perfect choice. They kept also telling me "we are nice people" and that they would have paid all my flight expences.

So, pay attention!
If you want any more details about this family, just ask!

Marta Mc Cready, Shiella Mc Clellan and Esther Mc Cright seem to be the same person : so pay attention it's a SCAM ! They propose you 250 GBP per 25 hours a week, live in 2 Rudyard Grove, NW7 3EG, London, United Kingdom. Mc Clellan and Mc Right have the same family pictures, check here : http://www.facebook.com/shiella.mclellan and http://www.facebook.com/catherine.russell11.94214. The pictures are different but the same women and baby are on them. If someone tells you her daughter is Jenifer, loves rice, going to the beach, and is clever, DO NOT ANSWER BACK ! However, Mc Cright changed the name of the baby and the address. But you can't find any of them on a phonebook. Related persons are dead.
For more explanations, check also viewtopic.php?f=42&t=36541 , details about a contract are explained.
A last information : I was talking with Mc Clellan, and the mother sent me exactly the same email as the one we can see on the topic I linked just before.
I should have seen it coming... It was perfect, central London, great salary for not a lot of hours, no chores, they proposed to pay my driving licence, English lessons, didn't ask for anything (CRB checked, references)... However they asked me if anyone was aware of my desire to work in the UK. Now I see it on a suspicious way...

I am very grateful to this website to have been aware of the scam, I hope to be helpful to someone else !

I GOT THIS FROM SHIELLA MACCREADY

Hi Dear,

I hope you are fine today and you are having a great time?
The weather here today is quite favourable today. It was a bit too cold earlier in the morning but has subsided with time,
now it is neither too harsh not cold and we are fine here.

Your answers seem sincere and we welcome them, it shows that you are a nice person.
I will also love you to have a long time stay with us probably 12- 20 months or more if we find you interesting
and if you are willing to stay. That is why I really wanted to make sure you are a nice person who I can entrust safely the care
and welfare of my daughter into. My family is happy and we hope our relationship with you will be a fruitful one as we hope
to welcome you soon in our home.

However, I talked to my close friend who had someone that worked for her earlier and who also recommended
that I should have an aupair/ Nanny about this. She advised us that if we must invite someone to work with us,
then we have to make sure that we go into a written Agreement and invitation to legally back it up which will detail your:

Duties and maximum period of work time per week,
The Salary/ Privileges you will get from us which will be stated and all are tax free including your insurances and Health insurance which is our obligation as your host family to take care of.
The probable resumption date and a legal back up for all the stated information including your choice of accommodation.
The period of time that you will be available to stay; this could be reviewed and extended if we find you interesting and if you want to stay more depending on your interest. The salary could also be increased if there is a need for that, Our obligations etc, and many other relevant information for you to go through and accept.

So, I will consult the attorney soon before coming back from work today, then I will also get back to you probably in the tomorrow.
Meanwhile, I have taken some time to concisely debrief you about out daily/ weekly activities here for you to get used to.

I will be the one to take care of your travel papers and Visa. It is basically my obligation as your host family here in UK.
But for the flight ticket and expenses, you are the one that will do that for yourself. However, my husband and I discussed last
night and he has promised to take care of your flight ticket down to our home here in London; therefore, you don't have to be
bothered about your flight. I think the only thing that you have to do as my friend who had an aupair from outside United Kingdom
made me to understand is to demonstrate your Basic Travel allowance (BTA). This is a demonstration that you can take care
of yourself before receiving your first wages/ salary from e your employer. It is not basically a payment.
However, the attorney that I will consult works in the UK Border Agency and she will enlighten you well about it.
You don't have to be bothered, I will love you to arrive soon . My job engagements are always tight within summer and involves
travelling, that is basically why I need someone by then to be with my daughter and be a close sibling to her.

These are some of the activities we engage in that you will need to know:
* Our daughter loves outing, mostly during the weekends. She likes visiting the Park,
beach and some times shopping. Also, she loves music and can easily learn. Sincerely, she is very clever.
Therefore, you can go out with her probably on Friday evenings on outing since Saturdays and Sundays
are free days for yourself. Unless you will also love to hang out with her on those days we are equally okay with that.

*Your duties are basically at home and you have your own flat with room and convenience alone in our home.
It is a convenient home with a proper convenience. It is situated close to my daughter's to create a close relationship between
both of you. Your room has already been equipped with appliances and a free internet services which everybody uses at home.
Your family are also free to come for a visit at any time.

-You will have free weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) for your personal life.
It is 4-5 hours per day that you have to work. That is between 7:30am-8am, you will help dress our daughter for school.
I take her to school every morning myself while driving to work, and sometimes her Dad does so whenever he is around.
Then, from 12:30pm-5pm, when you are required to bring her back from school. Her school dismisses by 12:30pm.
This is mainly the time I require you to be around since I will be at the Office by then.
You will have to give her lunch which I have already prepared, stay and may be play or hang out with her until
I return from work by 5:30pm. We are lovely people and we will do our best to make sure that you don't regret it at all.

The language school close to our home will teach you how to speak, make sentences in many basic world languages such as
English, Spanish Italian, French, German etc but mostly to write in English language depending on the language you chose.
I guess they also issue out certificates after a satisfactory result. I will take care of the cost of your lectures and acquisition
of knowledge. You will have time to attend for these classes or other engagements to add to your life earnings if you have any, because you will be quite free from 8:am when our daughter will be in school until 12:30pm when you are required to go and bring her back from school.

*The name of the closest English school to our home is Barnet College London (As I made inquiries, they offer English Language
Courses. It is at Grahame Park Way, NW9, about 20 minutes from our home at Deansbrook Close, Edgware, London).
Another one is St. George International. This one is a bit far so I prefer the formal. I was also made to know that
they offer scholarship to nicely performed candidates and sometimes travel papers for candidates to UK.

Have a nice week and I will get back to you soon after consulting the attorney. I will also send you some of my family pictures
when I get back to you.

Best regards from my family.

Mrs. McCready.