Victim Location 97201
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
I was contacted by someone on nannylane.com under the username The Allen Family, this is the message I received: Hello My name is Naomi Allen .I am looking a babysitter/personal assistant for my daughter.I need someone that has prior experience with children this age 5-10years old and who can help run my business Errands.If you are interested please email me at [email protected] if you are available. Thanks.
I responded and said I was very interested in the position and she wrote me back saying:
Hello ,
My apologies for the late response to your email.Thank you for your response .My name is Naomi Allen I am looking for a Dependable and dedicated Babysitter Flexible and adaptable with extensive knowledge of child psychology and development Devoted to helping children think creatively, solve problems independently, and respect themselves and others for my 6 years old daughter.And we’re looking now! Some light housekeeping is required. Please be comfortable with pets. We require that you have your own car. After school duties include homework help when needed. Part of your responsibilities will include running errands. An interest in music and drama is a plus. Arts and crafts lovers are strongly encouraged to apply. My Husband have 2 cars so we can allow you to use one of it for the running around if you don’t have a car.and if you don’t have a license to drive then you can do the Errands with taxi, UBER
I am looking for someone who have history of helping school-age children with Homework while utilizing games, reading, and other activities to engaged younger children. In addition a cheerful, energetic ,and approachable and who can handle my personal and business errands at his/her spare time. We are relocating to your neighborhood from Paris France because my husband is in the Military and he was deployed here for peace keeping. I’m a Fashion designer and I travel a lot. However.We need someone that will help in running some few errands and babysitting Samantha when she comes back from school.Let me know where you are located so i can check and see how far you will be living from us. If you have kids I don’t have any issue with you bringing them along to babysit my daughter.
More about me , I’m deaf and i won’t be able to talk on phone or do a video call,feel free to ask me anything via email or you can text i will reply back immediately.I’m a very nice ,Honest , sincere , Humble and wonderful woman.We will be arriving on the 15th of Febuary and we expect you to start babysitting after our arrival. But you will be running Errands for me on before the date of my arrival. have been married for 15 years now after knowing my husband since school days and i am from New Hampshire.We are good Christians.We have a 6 years old daughter named Samantha and we expect you to work for us for as long as you want.
About Samantha :My daughter is very friendly and likes to play. She loves watching cartoons,playing with toys,loves singing and sport . She is very intelligent and fun to be with(always laughing).My daughter loves all things “craft”. As a 7 year old, she is able to become much more independent in her crafting projects. She can read instructions. I don’t have to worry about her spilling every little thing! And, she is rewarded with the pride of completing a project all by herself.My daughter LOVES to read. And she has really enjoyed finding a collection of books with the same characters, and reading through the entire collection. As her mom, it’s fun to hear about her and her little friends trading books and passing around their favorites when they finish reading them.
We need someone to work 3-4 days a week 4 hours per day and job includes to pick up of our daughter from school.I am looking for Someone that is mature whether young or older, who loves children, reliable and punctual. You will be taking care Samantha for 3-4 to days a week. And if possible i would like to offer a long time babysitting if you are interested.My kid is my life so i entrust you to give her the best care.I will be offering you $500 weekly. I will be needing your services for 4 hours at any suitable time of yours between Monday, Wednesday and Friday and Saturday(weekend is also better) and this position is a part time/Full time job. If you believe you are fit for this position in as much you will prove yourself to be a reliable and good person. I will instruct my financial to pay for the first week before our arrival so as to secure your service in advance. please let me know If you are interested and accept this position. I hope to hear back from you God Bless you .
Then she responded with this message again:
Hello Katelyn,
I am sorry for my Late response , My Internet was down .I hope your day is going fine. You sound like a very interesting person and i will like to offer you this position.We will be arriving on 14th so we definitely going to meet on the 15th .This could be a temporary/permanent job. It depends on what your schedule looks like but i do like to be sure if you are available the first two weeks. I made some research on the wages for your service and i have decided to start with $500 per week and as time goes we can negotiate on a new pay as my kids get along with you.You will be watching Samantha Either at your place or my place.Please let me know when its most convenient for you to start and also my financial Clerk will make out a check to you for you first week payment before our arrival. I will be living at Park Plaza ,1969 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97201
I’m looking for a great babysitter for 1 child. Animal lovers please apply (we have pets)! We ask that you handle pickups/drop-offs as needed. Seeking someone to handle meal preparation. It is important to us that you have your own car. You should be willing to help with homework. We’ll need you to handle groceries or errands every so often. An interest in music and drama is a plus. Arts and crafts lovers are strongly encouraged to apply! My family loves playing sports, so we hope you do too. Preference given to those who love reading to children. We’d like someone who enjoys playing games with our daughter. We’re looking for a caregiver who likes being active outdoors.
I am looking for someone who can work from 8AM-12:30pm or 12:30pm -530PM and 5PM-9PM and it’s flexible if this is not a convenient time for you please you can let me know what time is best for you and we can discuss about it and if you won’t be available on Sundays.Let me know if my working time is convenient for you and if not get back to me with your working time and i will let you know if it’s okay by me.
If you are accepting this Position. You will receive a Personal check which you will deduct your wages of $500 for the first week and the remaining funds will be used to run Errands for me and other things needed in the house. You are going to Run this Errands on or before the day of our arrival. Actually our flights from France will arrive at night so what ever we need you to do please should be done before we arrive. I will be Enrolling Samantha into a new school when we arrive so please help me check for a good Christian private school around. And if you know you are not available for babysitting then i will be glad to have you as my personal assistant to run Errand for me before we arrive.
Please note that i have a few applicants for this position but i make you my first choice so i wouldn’t appreciate any waste of time. If you are not Comfortable or interested please feel free to tell me now and not later after you have Accepted this Position. This is very Important as i don’t want to start all over again searching for a new sitter.I will really Appreciate your honest decision.
Your Duties would be , Perform light housekeeping and errands running tasks,Helping her with homework , You must Maintain a clean and healthy environment inside my house, you must make her take part in leisure activities such as games, crafts, comics, outings and exercise,Carry out grocery shopping and run errands, you must keep her bathrooms and restrooms orderly throughout work hours ,Change and wash her sheets and towels,Iron her clothes,Prepare and pack her lunches,Supervise her activities in her own rooms and play areas ,Walk her dog at evening .
I also would like to meet you in a public place when we arrive . You can come with any of your family members if you like .I am Disable because i am unable to speak so i will ask my husband to call you for interview. My Husband have 2 cars so we can allow you to use one of it for the running around if you don’t have a car.I hope this is okay by you .Please tell me more about yourself and how much experience do you have in babysitting and Running Errands .I will also instruct my estate agent to mail the keys of the House to you so as to do all other necessary preparations before we arrive. You have to get everything done before our arrival so that we won’t have to start running around when we arrive. So my financial Clerk would be needing the following Information to make out the check payment and have it mailed out to you.
Full Name: Full contact address/Zip code(No p.o box):
City:
State:
Age:
Gender:
Phone number:
3 REFERENCE FROM PREVIOUS WORK:
Acceptance of offer:
All I need from you is total honesty and sincerity. I know you will be committed to the work. You will also have a nice period of time working with me and my husband.You don’t have to worry about transportation because it will be taking care of by me and if you don’t have a car. I will be waiting to hear from you.
She then wrote me again saying:
Hello Katelyn
How are you doing today ?. Thanks for getting back to me with the details. I am writing to confirm to you that you have been approved for the job. I really appreciate you sending me the list of the private schools and their contact . I will have my husband call them for inquiry .
You will resume work with helping me on errands, sorting out my delivers and shopping since I am not available and make payments on my behalf. You will be properly briefed in order to carry out every task appropriately. I believe we started the purchase with TRUST, HONESTY AND SOUND MIND….! Please assure me of your trust, honesty and commitment.
I will pass your contact information to my Financial Clerk so he can review it before making payment out to you and i will keep you posted as soon as payment is made out to you.Please note that the check that you will be receiving will be issue out by my financier and it is going to cover the amount for your first week and the money for which you need to run Errands which we need you to do.Please know that this Errands are Important because you will be making Shipping Payment for the Furniture we bought and some groceries shopping.I would write and let you know what you are to do next. Also let me know if you received this message so that i can be assured that you are still interested in the job and understand that you will be running Errands for me before we arrive . We can meet any a public place , Maybe a restaurant or an Eatery anywhere that is convenient for you is fine by me.
Please note that i have a few applicants for this position but i make you my first choice so i wouldn’t appreciate any waste of time. If you are not interested please feel free to tell me now. Because i won’t like the situation whereby when you receive payment or after my Financier have issued payment and mail it out to you then you tell me you not interested in this position please have a rethink about this Position go through my emails again and read every details and Confirm to me that you are ready for this position so i can forward your information to my Financier Clerk as i really won’t like a waste of time because i do have other applicants on this position. This is very Important.I will have my husband call you for interview.Please do send me a picture of you so i can see what you look like. I attached pictures of us to this email. If you are interested and accept this position and can do these Errands i am going to take off my account on care.com so i can secure you for this position. God Bless you and please write back soon.Thanks
She then wrote AGAIN:
Hello
How are you doing today ? Thanks for accepting this position. We are very glad we found you it is a big relief for me when i arrive .Just checking in seeing how you are doing today. I hope you are good and your week is going great.This is to let you know that my husband talk to his financier Clerk and he is going to issue out the payment to you on Today and you should be receiving on Wednesday or Friday Unfailingly. So once the payment is issued and sent out to you i will provide you with the tracking number and instructions on what you need to do for Errands. The Payment will be sent Via USPS MAIL and if there is any Update i will surely let you know on before our arrival. And i also want to let you know that i got my Phone Number Roamed so you should be expecting a text from me any time today or tomorrow so we can communicate better through text.I hope you are having a lovely day .We look forward meeting you soon .God bless you and hope to hear back from you .Thanks
After she got my mailing address she sent this:
Hello Katelyn ,
How are you doing today and how are your family members ?. Hope every one is fine and finding the weather interesting.This is to update you that the payment for your first week’s pay has been mailed out to you which I will need for you to complete promptly and at your earliest convenience would be greatly appreciated . Included in this assignment is your first week pay like I assured you that you would receive. I am looking forward meeting you Next Week in person and your work ethics and getting things done in a timely manner are greatly appreciated ..You will be receiving the Check Today or Tomorrow via the USPS Courier Service { Post Office }. Below is the tracking number and the amount on the Check.
Tracking Number : 9470101699320035431397
website: www.usps.com
Amount :$2,469
INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW Below :
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Once you receive the Check, Here is how to go about the transaction :- The financial officer has given strict instructions that as soon as you get this payment, take the payment to your BANK, Deposit it using your PHONE, or ATM MACHINE, or DEBIT CARD, with those method it wont take more than 30 mins to clear into your account, but if you cant use those method or you don’t have access to do that then have the payment deposited into your BANK ACCOUNT. Some money will be available after it is deposited and the rest will only take 24hrs to clear into your bank account and once the payment has cleared, deduct your first week pay which is $450 .The rest of the money you will have left with you . I will provide you with a bank account you are going to go into the bank and make a cash deposit with the rest of the money you will left with you . We Order some furniture’s house hold stuff with an Artifact for my daughter 7 years birthday so we are paying for the shipping cost for the Furniture’s and the Artifact that is the money you are going to be paying into the account i am going to provide you the bank Details when you receive the payment. Please handle this once you received the payment as if it were your own! .I will pick the materials up from you when I return back to the states
Total deduction: $500
That’s basically all needed to do to complete your first assignment.Very simple instructions.
I will be waiting to read back from you Asap and i also have one more assignment for you to be done Next week. I want you to be rest assured that I’ll never stress you at all in any assignment given to you and i promise to pay your fee weekly as we both agreed. God Bless you and please write back soon.
Honesty, loyalty and punctuality is my watchword.
May the almighty God bless you.
She had my phone number also and has repeatedly sent me text messages which are the following:
Hi Katelyn.This is Naomi Mother. I just got my number roamed today. I decided to text you to confirm your as it will be quicker to communicate better.Please reply to let know you get my text. God bless you.
Then I got:
Hello Lily, This Naomi please let me know if you get this text message .
She then corrected herself to say Hello Katelyn
She continued to contact me numerous times:
Hello. This is to inform you that you will be getting the payment tomorrow. I emailed you the tracking number and instructions so please kindly go through the email. God Bless you.
hello i got confirmation from usps that payment has been delivered to your mailbox
are you there
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