VERY fishy inquiry into my daycare... Thoughts?

[sunnydays]

With a scam like this, the goal is usually to send you a cheque, but it's for more than is required. So then they ask you to deposit it and withdraw the difference to send back to them. By the time you discover that the cheque has bounced, they have already got your money and they are gone. Unfortunately, there is not a whole lot police can do about these types of scams because it is so hard to trace to the criminals. They are usually overseas in places like Nigeria and use cyber cafes to send out their scams. If anyone wants to read a really great book about this whole thing, read "419". It is fiction, but is based on the reality of internet scammers in Nigeria. It is fascinating and gripping from start to finish. I doubt anybody needs to panic about giving your address at this point, but if you do receive a cheque, take it to the police and under no circumstances should you cash it!!!

[Monicakanda]

Even I got a picture of a family of four..

[akira82]

Hi BridgetAnn,
That is the exact email I got! Ugh…thanks for sharing. Now I am pretty sure it is a scam.

[akira82]

Hey Bridget Anne,
How did you respond to that email? Or did you ignore it?

[share]

I got the same email and I am located in Ottawa... so it is a scam

Just received this email inquiry:

> Greetings,
>
> My name is Cantin Moore. I just searched for your contact on internet, when searching for a daycare in your area for our two little boys. We are relocating to your area and we need a daycare to register our little boys as soon as possible ahead of our arrival in your area. Their names and age are Konbri 2 years and Harry 3 years 10 months old.
>
> I will like to know if you have open space to registers our boys because we want to register our boys with you now before our arrival, so we can focus on setting up our business without any waste of time on searching for daycare once we get over there.
>
> We will like to always drop our children at your daycare Monday to Friday every morning by 10 AM to 3 PM or 4 PM. Also i will like to know how much money do you charges per week, day or hourly, please explain?
>
> Please get back to me on time if you have open for our 2 boys and let me know your fees as well, so we can continue on their registration process with you.
>
> I will be waiting for your quick response.
>
> Thanks

Odd huh? Or is it just me.

[FunnyFarm]

I got it too- yeah, I don't think so! when alarm bells go off in your head, move on to the next!

[Van]

I got the same email and I am In VANCOUVER SO WATCH OUT GIRLS !!!!

[JennJubie]

I got the same one, and I'm in Niagara. It felt fishy and I never replied. Now I can mark it as spam.

[jupadia]

Hi i just wanted to thank all of you for your posts. I have received the same e-mail and responses. I also have received a fishy inquiry from an Ashley Wayne that is based along the same lines as the one from Cantin Moore. Is there somewhere where we can report them for these messages that are a scam? As a daycare provider I find this kind of behavior very discouraging and hope that there is something we can do to prevent anyone from being taken in by it.

[Nik]

Ugh!! I also received the same email, I thought it was suspicious but to be honest I was a little excited because I am just starting out so adding more to my group is my goal. The correspondence always seemed a bit off. I am so happy I decided to join the forum today to see what everyone's thoughts were. The scammers asked if they could have my address and send two week deposit. This finally confirmed my initial spidey sense that this wasn't legit. I didn't ask for a deposit and my address is on my correspondence. I will mark the email as spam. I wonder if police should be notified or the news?? So happy I found this forum! Thank you for all the response!