Paul Lewis - scam?

Hi,
my 16y old sister got this letter yesterday, is it a scam? I am not familiar with au pair scams at all and she has not told anyone about it until today. What do you think? Sorry if its obvious

Welcome here ghost333.

Yes, it is a scam! This scammer is offering a salary wich is far too much for an au pair position. Au pairs will be given pocket money, not a salary.

In addition to what David said, the scammers are using a fake "Home Office" domain.

uk-baonline.com is a fake domain, opened less than 6 months ago for the sole purpose of scamming money from people who hope to work in UK. It is already in the process of being reported for fraud.

The real UK home office is here: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/

Thank you very much for quick answers, my sister will be very disappointed though. May I ask for your attention once again please? As I already wrote, I am not famialiar with this type of scams at all so I want to double check this situation. Is it somehow possible that the host family is being scammed too? I mean it sounds very unlikely but my sister sent me emails from alleged host family and they seem vety trustworthy (but thats what the scammers do, right? ). Emails with 3 photos of little Kelvin are here if you wouldnt mind having a look (I promise it is no virus or anything like that, its only archived in Winrar). Thank you very much for you help

http://depositfiles.com/files/t5f69wxn9

No, the host family can not be a victim of a scam too as there is no host family, only a name that the scammer is using. The name could be of a real person, but in most cases the names that these scammers use are made up. The photos however are in most cases stolen from the internet from families who do not know that their photos are being used by scammers. The photos of little Kelvin are also stolen by this scammer. Could you please post some of the emails with the email address that this scammer has send your sister?

I dont understand now All the emails are attached to the file I uploaded in the previous post ( http://depositfiles.com/files/t5f69wxn9 ). The email address is mentioned there, its [email protected].

David asked you to post the emails (copy and paste the writing into a post) so that the information will be searchable for other victims. Although we can see the picture you posted, it can't be indexed by google, so another victim searching for the email address or information in the letter wouldn't find it.

Here are examples of emails from this scammer.

From: Paul Lewis <[email protected]>

We are delighted about your interest to nanny our son.

To tell you a little about our family, my name is Paul Lewis, I am a businessman that deal on cars. My wife Nora is a teacher here in London, we are easy going and fun loving couple. During working hours we are normally very busy, so we want someone who will take good care of Kelvin and you can start as soon as possible.

Our boy is four years old and quite adorable. Kelvin has no allergy or health issues and he hardly falls ill. He attends a kindergarten school that is near to our residence. We live in a four bedroom house at No 7 Lowndes Close, Belgravia, London. You will have your own bedroom and bathroom if you choose a live-in accommodation.
My wife and I want to give you this opportunity to become our son's au pair. Your salary, duty and all details about our offer will be sent to you. Attached are some family pictures and we hope to hear from you soon.

Warm regards.
Mr Lewis.

From: Paul Lewis <[email protected]>
Subject: OFFER LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT

Hope you are having a real pleasant time, after discussing with my wife we have agreed to employ you.

I have attached to this email the contract letter I received from the UK home office and you are to read through for the terms and conditions of our offer to you.

The UK home office will prepare your Work/travel documents, hence, if you agree to the terms on the contract letter, sign it then send a scan copy to the UK home office via email [email protected] as to begin your application. In your written application to the home office, indicate your take off location and intending travel travel date for accurate booking of flight.
Contact the UK home office as soon as possible and keep us posted with the situation of your application.

Warm regards.
Lewis Family.

And a small addition folks. The residential address being used by the scammer is the exact same being used in the post on viewtopic.php?f=42&t=56865

Here is another one of the scammer's scripts:

Hello and thanks for reading our email! We are interested in your profile on aupair4you.eu and we have the need for a nanny to help look after our boy. Primarily it is for after school pickup and care. Our boy Kelvin is aged 4 and he is in the Kindergarten school.

You will be a fun, active person with the ability to entertain our boy for a few hours each week day. We live in London, UK and want an energetic au pair to care for our boy. Your weekends would be free of duty. You will have your own bedroom and bathroom if you choose a live-in accommodation.

Get back to us with your introduction, CV/picture and how soon you can start up duty in our home. You can reach us through email on [email protected] for further discussion.

Warm Regards.
Mr Paul Lewis for the family