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Mr. Beebs?
Anyone else get an email from a certain Johnson Beebs looking for care because he is relocating? Sounds like a scam to me...
Hi everyone, I've been in the daycare business for approx. 20 years and have just made friends with technology, lol. I just want to warn everyone about another scam email that I received this morning from a Mr. Beebs who wants to place their 3 yr. old son in my daycare and wants to register him now before they return to Canada. DO NOT reply to this email, it is a money laundering operation, you tell them how much you charge and they send you a cheque for too much money, you cash the cheque and return to them the overpayment, the return of the overpayment is where the money laundering comes in and you are now involved in it. This is the second one I've been sent in the last 6 months. Be aware of any parent who does not meet you first before they register their children with you.
I hope this will stop anyone for falling for this old scam.
Have a great day.
Deb
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Yup, got one this morning.
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I thought this post was going to be about Justin Bieber, lol
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I wonder why some get these and others don't. It has been a really long time since I have gotten a scam email, Im talking years. I have a website, I am listed on google places, all the popular daycare websites and I don't get anything. I'm feeling a little unloved and left out LMAO :laugh::p
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hi I'm new at this and I had received the same email from Mr. Beebs and then found all these posts regarding this person. My question is, How do you know this is a scam?
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Many of us have been contacted by this person, or from the 'mexican family'. do a search on the forums for the Mexican family scam. You will see many threads about it. Basically these people claim that they are moving to town (or back from Mexico, as in some versions of this scam) and need daycare for their child (or children) and want to know info about your daycare, to make them seem more genuine. They wont meet you, but instead would rather just send you money to 'secure their daycare spot for when they come back to town'. They will over pay you by a crazy sum and when you contact them about it, they will ask for the difference back. When you send them the check for the difference, you will be out your money because the check is no good.
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OMG! I just received another email from Mr. Beebs still requiring about my home daycare. I had deleted him the first time after I came on here and saw all these messages. Are you all sure this is a scam? Help!!!
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I also just got two emails from "Mr. Beebs". I'm located in Whitby, ON. Where are you since I'm sure he mentioned he would be relocating to 'your area' as well. I believe it's a total scam. I got a strange feeling from his first email but still replied. In his second email he said he was returning to Canada from Mexico. After reading some threads on this forum I know he is not legit.
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Yes, I got the same email a few days ago. After refusing to send any personal information to him, he is now saying that if I say no to giving my address he will be forced to find a new location.
I'm in Dundas, Ontario - so if he was looking in Whitby that confirms a scam to me.
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I had almost reached the point of discussing the deposit before I heard from a friend about this scam, I luckily had no plans to send/receive money from someone I had never met, but I was trying to give someone who seemed to have a difficult choice to make the benefit of the doubt but I will be trusting my instincts and reading these forums much more in the future, this would have been my first client so I'm quite bummed, couldn't help but reply with a little aggressive finger wagging in his direction (and I think you know which finger I wagged) before blocking him, not that their type would care I guess...
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Isnt this funny. He wants to start on july 7th lol. I figured there was something weird about it. Didnt expect it to turn into anything. I am through a licensed agency so they deal with the money portion. So his scam would never work with me. Thanks for the giggle.
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Thanks so much for the warning! I'm just starting up my home daycare and 'Mr.Beebs' was first to contact me. I almost fell for it until he said he is comfortable sending his son to me without even meeting me and asking for a mailing address to send money by cheque. He even sent me a family photo ! Really creeped out. He also wanted to start July 7th. I am located in Willow Beach Ontario. Hope no one else falls for this!
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We also got the email in June. Looked suspicious right off the bat but just for fun we played it through. Got a cheque for $2,820 from Virginia, USA drawn on a supposed RBC account at a branch in "Saskatoo". Called the branch which does exist and they confirmed it was probably a scam. Replied to Mr Beebs who then said his associate made a mistake. Could we go to the nearest Money Mart and return the balance immediately. Took everything to Peel Region Police but they weren't interested as to this point no crime had been committed. Until we loose some money they can't do much. Haven't heard from Mr Beebs since I told him that we had to wait for his fake cheque to clear and to speed things up maybe he could transfer $5,000 to us!