Anybody else had a wierd email via Nannyjob.co.uk?

[Laura032004]

It has to be a scam.

Email 1 -

HELLO, I WILL LIKE TO ASK YOU FOR MORE ABOUT BABYSITTER WORK. I FORMALLY STAY IN UK AND I HAVE MY FAMILY THERE. MY FAMILY ARE STILL IN UK BUT I JUST GOT A NEW JOB IN UNITED STATED AND I NEED SOMEONE CAN HELP ME TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY SON BECAUSE I LIVE AS A SINGLE PARENT. HE IS 2YEARS OLD. I AM WILLING TO GIVE YOU THIS WORK AND READY TO PAY £1000POUNDS PER WEEK. KINDLY GET BACK TO ME,SO AS TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR EVERYTHING AND I AM WILLING TO PAY A MONTH AHEAD OF MY PAYMENT. KINDLY GET BACK TO ME THROUGH EMAIL: [email protected] WITH YOUR CONTACT DETAILS AND PHONE NUMBER. SO AS TO TALK WITH YOU AND DISCUSS ABOUT THE FIRST PAYMENT. THANKS XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX

Email 2 -

THANKS FOR YOUR MESSAGE. I AM OFFERING A SITTER WORK. I BELIEVE WE CAN ALSO DISCUSS IT OVER THE PHONE. U CAN GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND DETAILS TO GET TO YOU BECAUSE I AM CURRENTLY IN CHICAGO,USA. I HAVE 2 SONS(4YEARS OLD AND 6 YEARS OLD} IN AFRICA WHO I WANT THEM TO COME TO UK FOR A LITTLE TIME AND THEY WILL BE STAYING WITH YOU FOR JUST 1 WEEK. KINDLY GET BACK TO ME WITH THE TOTAL COST OF PAYMENT AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE YOU TO PICK THEM UP FROM THE AIRPORT TOO.
I WIL BE WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU ASAP BEVAUSE I AM WILLING TO MAKE ALL PAYMENT BEFORE THEIR COMING 24 NOVERMBER 2005 AND ALSO KINDLY GET BACK TO ME THROUGH EMAIL OR PHONE CALL : xxxxxxxx OR xxxxxxxx.
THNAK
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Just wondering if they are sending this to loads of people? And why?

Yes, scan: have a look at the scam warnings on Greataupair.com - it explains the whole deal.

"scam", not "scan"! sorry

Its not nannyjob that are doing it but some person who has got the email of those registered on the babysitter bit of their website, and is using their email adresses.

Yes its a scam!

Lots on there have got it!

Oh FFS. Who would possibly think this was real? There must be some very stupid people out there, if this e-mail is worth sending out. I wonder if anyone has replied to it?

Mind you, apparantly the people who send out e-mails pretending to be African princes who have an inexplicable whim to place 6 million pounds in your bank account do very good business!

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I THINK they want you bank details.... by talking to you.... offering you the job on unbelievably good money, and then needing your bank details to pay you...

Obviously they are abroad so cant meet you first!

(Who is gonna work for someone theyve NEVER even met after an email like that any way? NOT me!) lol

In the version of the scam which I have read about previously the "employer" sends you a large sum of money for this supposed job (more than they have offered to pay you). You bank this cheque/money order and they then ask you to return the extra amount. It later turns out that there are no funds to cover the cheque which they have sent you and if you are really unlucky, you have ended up sending them some of your own money, which you then can't recover. It seems unlikely that anyone should fall for something like this, but apparently people have!

This does look like it's a scam.

As far as I can tell, e-mail addresses have not been harvested via the NJ Babysitting System, at least I can't find someone's e-mail using that system.

I'm a NJ user, and I've not had this e-mail sent to me. Therefore I do wonder if perhaps the sender of the e-mail has harvested addresses from another source.

It was a message sent via the NJ website, so I don't think they actually had access to my email address. If you reply to the original email they would get your address, but I replied via a yahoo email account I started to see what they said. Just because I'm nosy to see what they try and do next!

Thought it had to be something like the Nigerian phone scams on E-Bay.

I bet there are people who would believe it though. Sadly

Its money laundering and one not to reply to.

I was sent this e-mail and although i deleted it , i did wonder where they got my e-mail add from . I was on the babbysitting site , but have now taking my details off.