Straw Alex - [email protected]

This scammer has used many fake names, including Holly Stonfield, Vanessa Laugher, Max Pyle, Rob Chapman, Harrison Smith, Bolt Guerguy, and Matt Stonfield. You can read about these scams and others from the links here:

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From: [email protected]
Reply to: "Straw Alex" <[email protected]>
Subject: Au pair job Available

Dear Au pair/Nanny,
We are a British family living in California but moving to UK very
soon and we need an aupair/nanny to help us with taking care of ou
children when we get to UK. Kindly let us know if you are interested
in working with our family and also let us know how soon you are
available cause we will be moving to the UK soon. We will send you
more details about your duty and our family as soon as you reply
confirming your interest to work with my family.
Our present home address in California is 24 Cove Ln Redwood, CA
94065, USA. You can reach me via phone or email, my phone number is
+13233454912.
I attached a picture of our children to this email and i will try to
scan more pictures in my free time and send to you.
Hope to hear from you soonest possible.
Cheers

Here is an email from Straw Alex's fake estate caretaker:

From: [email protected]

The rent is 372 pounds Monthly and you are required to pay 1 month
rent deposit in advance with the refundable security deposit of 450
pounds. The security deposit is refundable at the end of your rent
contract. You will send the payment directly to the Landlord of the
apartment
but she's presently in Russia and could only receive the payment via
western union cause she don't have a bank account in Russia as she's a
UK residence and has a bank account only in UK but she will like to
receive the money in cash and that is why she advised a western union
payment so that she can receive the payment in cash.
You should send the payment to the Landlord immediately via western
union money transfer to the details below.
Name: Dxxxxx Ixxxxx, address is xxx xxxxxxx, Moskovskoye,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION, RUSSIA.
Send me the payment receipt immediately you make the payment so that i
can prepare your lease agreement to be signed by you.
Note that failure to company to the condition of the rent (i.e,
sending the payment immediately) might make you loose the apartment
and it is the only cheap apartment available at the moment.
Best Regards
UK Flat Share Company.
Matt Adam

There is not an apartment available for rent. One of this scammer's other false names is Vanessa Lauger, and in that scam he has also pretended to have an estate caretaker and an apartment to rent. You can read about this scam here:

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