"Mexican family" scam

[cfred]

Yep, got it this morning. Told them to bugger off until they could come up with something more creative.

[Jules]

oh my goodness. I received this too. I kept replying with the fact that I would need to meet your family before proceeding. Scary isn't it??

[hunneybear]

so glad i read this , as i was just contacted by mexican family looking for care for one boy wants to send money to hold spot....ughh why do people need to try to scam us so sad

[Vbrumsey@hotmail.com]

I recently got an email from BrownMikel@icloud.co m. Luckily my husband knew it was a scam right from the get go as no one in their right mind would be comfortable enough to leave their child with someone they never met. However I did entertain the fact that he could scam me lol

I received this email :

Greetings,

My name is Mr Mikel and my wife name is Angel Mikel. I just got your contact while searching for a home daycare in your area. We are relocating to your area and we need a daycare to register our little boy. His name is Jepta and he's 3 years old

I will like to know if you have open space for our son now or in September because we want to register our son with you now before our arrival, so we can focus on settling down once we arrive without any waste of time on searching for daycare when we get over there.

We will like to always drop our child at your daycare Monday to Thursday every morning by 10 AM to 3 PM or 4 PM. Also i will like to know how much money do you charges per day?

Please get back to me on time if you have open for our son and let me know your daily fees as well, so we can continue on their registration process with you.

I will be waiting for your quick response.

Thanks



And after a few emails asking his questions he stated that he was more than comfortable leaving his child with me. I also received a money order in the mail for $2750.00 that was clearly fake.

I wanted to make all the other daycare providers aware of this but then found this thread which shows that you are

I wanted to take to the Police but was told that there is not much they can do about this as it would be hard for them to track the IP address, so the next best thing was to warn you ladies

[SevenwatersDaughter]

This happened to me too -- well, they e-mailed me, but I refused to hold the spot until we had a face-to-face interview.

[crazy_lady28]

I just got emailed by these ppl, and damn near fell for it. She claimed to have a 3 yr old son named Brian and needed care for him when she returned from vacation in Mexico. They also told me that unless I gave them my information so that they could send me a deposit, they would have to find another daycare. Kept saying she couldn't call because of long distance charges bla bla bla. I googled her iCloud email address and found this site.
I am new to home daycare and cannot thank everyone enough for posting their experience! I refused to give her any information and I have you guys (and gals) to thank for it! I emailed them that I know it's a scam and if they ever contact me again, I will call the cops. Although I'm sure that wouldn't do anything anyways.
I'm glad that I can still rely on the honesty of strangers posting their experiences and warnings.

[Small Adventures]

I got the same person! I am so glad that I didn't respond either! I posted her email address on here just in case! It was very disappointing, but I still have faith in mankind LOL

[Small Adventures]

This just happened to me. The person posed as a mother of a 3 year old boy and needed daycare but was in Mexico for the next two weeks. I had a few adds up and she sent the same email to all the adds, which was the first red flag. We corresponded a few times and she sent me a picture of her and her son. I kept reminding her that daycare doesn't open until January but she wouldn't commit to a date and kept saying that she would agree to whatever date I gave her...second red flag. Then, she asked for my address twice to mail a deposit , which was way more than I had asked and when I refused to take a deposit by mail (since she was supposed to be returning to Canada next week), she gave me an ultimatum that if I didn't take her deposit, she would go somewhere else...last red flag. So I sent her a kind message asking her to look elsewhere. Her email address was edisdawkins@icloud.c om. Just in case you come across it. I had a bad feeling about it and then found this thread, so I am very happy I followed my gut feeling!

[Shula]

This just surfaced in Airdrie and Calgary...

[tammy hickey]

My name is Tammy and i run a private day care in my home and i have been a part of this scam of this mexican man…His add was a single dad of a three year old boy named Reek,the dads name is Denis Jake Andrew. At first i was excited to hear from something and then when i told one of my moms about this guy she said it was a scam!!! I was so mad and upset that people are now even going after day cares. I have spoken to him threw emails and then i got the email about his son was sick and couldn't meet me in november 15.. i got his fake deposit cheque today which i had decided that i wasn't gonna cash it before i knew it was a scam cause i had this gutt feeling that something wasn't right. The total is $2771.30 which i think is crazy to hold a spot. I am wondering if i should go to the police over this. He emailed me today wanting to know if i got the cheque.i am not sure if i should respond.