I just wanted to give everyone a heads up. I got the email below and the scammers got my name from here or 1 other site which I will also be posting on.


From: Crystal Crystal
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 11:01 AM
Subject: Childcare/Nanny needed!!!!

Hello,
How are you doing? I'm Crystal and my husband is Dustin Eclestone from Manchester, United Kingdom,we will be coming for a 3 weeks vacation to your area on a Missionary trip from December 1st- December 23rd 2011.We will be coming with our 3 year old baby boy (Peter) and your service will be needed to babysit him on a daily basis from Dec. 1st-Dec. 23rd, between 9am-4pm from Monday through Friday of every week. We have read through your profile and we see you are the perfect match for the kind of baby sitter we want to take care of our baby for us .

Peter is our only child and we will need you to take proper care of him for us because he is all we have got,he is a baby you would always want to be with even after your service as the sitter expires ,because he is friendly and always happy whenever he is among his peer groups.

We will like to know if you will be able to offer this service, If yes kindly get back with your quote for the service ,duration as specified.
Thanks and God bless
Crystal & Dustin Eclestone

I was pretty excited, I thought it would be a cool opportunity! Well I sent an email back asking for particulars about the child. By the time the third email came with this:
As regards payment, our Christian sponsor will be instructing payment to you in advance via certified Money order/Certified check as stated in my previous email , which is meant to confirm your service charges and also our air ticketing fees,as soon as you receive payment you will deduct your service charge and help us in forwarding the remaining balance to our travel agent via western union money transfer.
I knew it was a scam. They want you to cash the cheque, which would be secured with your own funds at your bank, and send them money via untraceable Western Union.
I sent them an email telling them I was on to them, then I reported them to the RCMP fraud unit.
Beware my fellow providers