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Received this email:

Hi, How are you doing? I'm Babra Jennings and my husband's name is Mark, I asked my Employee to help me seek a Babysitter and housekeeper. We are relocating from Australia. I am a research analyst and I recently got a contract with a company on a private research job. However, We need a competent person that will help in running some few errands and babysitting.

Which city and suburbs are you?

We need someone to work 3 days per week 4 hours per day and your responsibilities includes to pick up our baby Mason from daycare. Someone that is mature whether young or older, loves children, reliable and punctual is what we need. You will take care of my 2 year old son for three days a week and will have to take him home, give him a bath, brush his hair, clean his lunch kit/bag, and monitor him with the best care possible. We are willing to provide a metro card to pick him up at daycare.My child is my life so I expect you to give him the best care.
I will be offering you $350 weekly, I will be needing your services for 4 hours at any suitable time of yours between Monday, Wednesday and Friday and if this doesn't fit your schedule please let me know, so I can work with yours. 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 secretary to pay for the first week before our arrival so as to secure your service in advance.

Please get back to me asap.

I will be waiting to hear from you.

Then received:

Hi, how are you doing? Thanks for your response. Please send me a copy of your resume. I and my family would be moving to Oxley Ct, Newtown Square, and we'd be coming into town less than two weeks from now. Let me know when its most convenient for you to start and also Brian's financial Clerk will make out a check that I will send to you before our arrival.
You will receive the Cashier's check which you will deduct your wages of $350 for the first week and the remaining funds will be used to buy foodstuffs and other things needed in the house. You will be getting the foodstuffs on or before the day of our arrival which is less than two weeks away.
I will also instruct my estate agent to mail the keys of the apartment to you so as to do all other necessary preparations before we arrive.
You have to get all this shopping before our arrival so that we wont have to start running around when we arrive,
So the financial Clerk would be needing the following Information to make out the check payment.

Full Name:
Full address with zip-code & Apt Number:
Age:
Gender:
Phone number:
Acceptance of offer:

I really look forward to you response

BE CAREFUL if you receive a similar offer. This is a scam!

I signed up for care.com months ago since then I have already found other job positions so I had completely forgotten about my profile. Ever so often I would receive texts saying I saw your profile need a nanny, caregiver, etc. In my mind why not do what I love what with kids and make extra money while doing it. I wasn't so committed to the website which was strange to me when people contacted me from my basic profile at the time I had no photo I just started the profile to not even finish it that was the first flag. The second flag was it seemed odd that every family I spoke with was moving from another state closer to my area at first it seemed ok, but then! I was contacted by a Glenn Smith I sent him my resume and all important details he needed in order to decide if I was suitable for the job we only spoke through email he said he was hard of hearing. He told me his son was in an accident and needed an electric wheelchair. Of course I think nothing of it, but looking back when a person gives you more details then they ask questions be alarmed. So my first task was for the man to send me money so I could get the electric wheelchair in order for it to be here upon their arrival. It came in a fedex package very quickly the address didn't match which was odd. I open it and it was a cashiers check of 3225. The 3000 was for the wheelchair and 225 for my advance as I was analyzing the check I looked to see that it was fake. I took it to my bank to ask if the check was fraudulent and I explained the situation I gave them all the information I had including the envelope I received. Care.com is full of scam artists it reminds me of craigslist and we all know how those ads end up. DO NOT RESPOND TO THESE SCAM ARTISTS AND FRANKLY DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THE SITE. It's so unfortunate that the techs and other people behind the scenes do not monitor their own site care.com