Has someone offered you a huge sum of money or a valuable consignment? It's a 419 or advance fee fraud - find out how they work, and what to do to be safe.
by jolly_roger Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:38 am
Hey guys
Just for interests sake, from yahoo, ltw has the name R from Mesa Arizona. Member since October 2009. Either rb does not exist or it's private.
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by GomerPyle Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:40 pm
If you can cook, fine. If not, he will be happy with juice and salads.


I bet he can't wait to discover whether or not he'll be eating cooked meals or be turned vegetarian by the limitations of his new employee. :mrgreen:

This job offer is so good, that given a choice, I'd prefer to be the employee rather than the boss.

This scammer has the prospect of a career in comedy, but not even the basic outline of a plausible scam.

Non-EU citizens should go here to find out about obtaining a visa to work as an au pair in the UK
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/doineedvisa/
Whenever payment is requested by Western Union you're dealing with a scammer
by analogkid5 Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:33 pm
I have received the exact same letter from "Angelique" today... For starters, it is obvious that the reply sent to them was not read at all. The "general reply" letter from "Angelique" restates half of the original ad, sweetens the deal, but doesn't address your original response in any fashion. Was considering responding and asking to meet in person if I was willing to use my airline miles to pay my own way. Wonder what the response would be?
I am not sure what their angle is either, but my suspicion is this: If you are a US citizen, THEY WILL PROBABLY ASK FOR YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY # AND DRIVERS LICENSE #!!! Common practice in the states to ask for social sec. # and if you are to live in his home OF COURSE any sensible and supposedly "sucessful" man would run a background check prior to employment. The offer of a provided car would require your license number for insurance reasons and to check for driving record. They could also be working the VISA scam with people not from the US.
The enormous amount of responses to this cush job, certainly explains why they have covered their tracks well and gone to great extent to make it all "seem real"
I only discovered this site today after attempting to research this LTW company. After discovering this info posted by others, I WILL respond and see what they ask, post their reply, and then offer to fly up there and see what happens then and POST!!!
by GomerPyle Fri Jul 09, 2010 3:39 am
It wouldn't surprise me if this turns out to be another angle to get you to sign up to the 'free' credit report scam, that turns out to be far short of free, and it's mentioned elsewhere on this site being used in conjunction with bogus flat rental offers.

Referrers get a fee for directing people to sign up for a personal credit report, which is touted as being free, but they ask for your credit card details, and you can guess what happens next.

Anyone wanting to pay for a credit report is free to do so, though you should always be careful who you hand your card details to, and even some respectable companies can have some pretty unsavoury habits, but the minute you are asked to do it for something that is offered as being free, you should walk away, at high speed.

Non-EU citizens should go here to find out about obtaining a visa to work as an au pair in the UK
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/doineedvisa/
Whenever payment is requested by Western Union you're dealing with a scammer
by Ralph Fri Jul 09, 2010 6:41 am
Hi AnalogueKid, welcome to Scamwarners.

While I appreciate your desire to help, if these people have any of your real information then you should not send any more emails, it is not safe to go upsettting scammers deliberately while they have your details.

If you do have a desire to deliberately email scammers, perhaps www.419eater.com is the place for you
by albkino Sun Jul 25, 2010 11:14 pm
Any more news on this apparent scam? I thought the ad sounded a bit too good to be true! Both Angelique and Roger wrote back - didn't ask for any personal info but did ask for a photo.

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