I received this email today. It looks like a scam.

[natgioan@gmail.com]

Greetings,




My name is Mr Dadson, I'm 39 years old and a single father. I just got your contact on internet, while searching for a daycare for my son. I'll like to know if you have a space to register my 3 years hold son now or in September. My son's name is Andy, he was born on: August 15th 2012.




I will like to always drop him at your homedaycare 9 AM to 4PM from Monday to Friday or Monday to Thursday. But if you are not available from Monday to Friday or Monday to Thursday, let me know your availability for part time, so we may consider that as well.




Please get back to me on time if you have open for my son, let me know your fees per day/week and please tell me about your home daycare daily activities and meals as well, so i can get back to you as soon as possible.




1)Do you have open for my son?

2)Tell me Daily/Weekly fees?

3)Daily routine and meals?




I will be waiting for your quick response.




Thanks

[daycaremom9]

I also got the same email. I asked the sender to give me his phone number so we could discuss the details. I imagine I won't be hearing from him anytime soon.lol
It sounded very similar to the emails that previous provider's here on DBhad posted was a scam.

[Lee-Bee]

I got the same email. word for word. Deleted it right away. It doesn't mention anything specific to my daycare at all...which usually tells me it's a mass email.

[Dawn2Dusk]

I got the exact same email today word for word! I did reply and said I don't give anything out over email and if he wants he can come see the day home to get more information. Was it wrong to reply?

[suzydominguez]

Wow... I got the same one. I had suspicions as a few years ago, I fell for a similar one. Came here to see if my gut feeling was correct. Thank you ladies !!

[fivelittleones]

Me too! SCAM - who does this kind of thing!! wacko :mad:

[Van]

I got it too over here in BC
I just deleted it when I saw his name Mr Dad-son too funny LOL

[babydom]

I got the same. If u look at the "to: line" it's not your name or email it's his. Scam

[Crayola kiddies]

Scam....... Don't respond

[Van]

I got the exact same email today word for word! I did reply and said I don't give anything out over email and if he wants he can come see the day home to get more information. Was it wrong to reply?

Just don't send him money!!!

[Lulu]

Afternoon, this is all new to me.. I have nvr received an email like this before. I see that many others have had the same email sent to them. My concern and question is.. Has anyone reported this email and has anyone felt safe about what information this person now has about your service and location?

[babydom]

He doesn't have any info. It's scam. They randomly send off to random emails. They don't know where ur daycare is or where u are or ur daycare name for that matter. If u look at the sent to address on the email it's not even ur email it's his which means it's scam. If u proceed and give out ur info then he'll have it. It has been reported but nothing done about it.

[daycaremom9]

I got a pic of him and his son and said he couldn't send a phone number as he is in Mexico , blah, blah, blah. Same scam that I've read about here. I didn't reply, was tempted to inform him that I knew it was a scam but thought better of it.

[AnitaW]

Received same scam email twice now. The email traces to a source in Dallas USA from a company called Mudhook Marketing.
Ignore and don't even bother to reply as they are trying to appeal to your good nature with their sob story and to scam you into refunding what they claim to be a money order sent to you.

[Beanie]

I got it as well. After doing this for many years now I have received many of these. I played with him and told him we all know about this scam...poked fun at how ridiculous it sounds to just put your child in the hands of a provider without even meeting them first after telling us its very important that he is well cared for and thought of as "one of our own" ...I tell them that here in canada...we are all very informed of such scams and that it is regularly on the news....have not received a reply lol :laugh: