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[Emancipation 2]

it sounds a bit fishy to me.. why on earth would you want to hire someone you have never met to take care of your children and pay them upfront...

And advertise on Craigslist??

It does sound too good to be true Marilyn.... do be safe if you pursue this further... I think it would be suspicious enough for me to pass..

[Marilyn. 340]

it sounds a bit fishy to me.. why on earth would you want to hire someone you have never met to take care of your children and pay them upfront...

And advertise on Craigslist??

It does sound too good to be true Marilyn.... do be safe if you pursue this further... I think it would be suspicious enough for me to pass..

yeah it was an ad someone posted on Craigslist... I tried looking for the ad this morning but it was gone... i vaguely remember that the ad wasn't very specific..

oh I have no intentions of pursuing this further ...

[Krikit 1,163]

That weather page is coool.

It is, isn't it? Did you put in your zipcode and locate your area.... and play with all the buttons?

it sounds a bit fishy to me.. why on earth would you want to hire someone you have never met to take care of your children and pay them upfront...

Ya think?

[Marilyn. 340]

I needs your opinion on an email I got.. I responded to an ad I saw on Craigslist about a week ago and this is the email I got back yesterday...

Hello,

thanks for your reply , the Job is already yours, and now me and my family will start to plan out our trip to come down to USA asap, right now we are still in UK with the kids on vacation, and we are coming down to USA, to our new home, so we need you to work 3-4 times a week,weekly pay of $1000. we are ready to pay you well, and make you happy with our kids, so i need to know a bit about you, were you live and stay at the moment, and my husband is planning on paying you for the Job upfront, so that you can start the work ASAP when we get down to Usa, we are ready to take care of all your needs to work with us, so please get back to me, because you are the first to have emailed me about the interest in the nanny job position, so please don't disappoint me . so i will look forward to your email. so please get back to us, so we can know what to do next, thank you very much here is my phone number: **********, but i dont think i will have time for personal interview, the job is already yours.

it sounds a bit fishy to me.. why on earth would you want to hire someone you have never met to take care of your children and pay them upfront...

that part sounds really fishy to me because I know for a fact that most of those ads get a tonne of responses..

[Mephys 2]

I needs your opinion on an email I got.. I responded to an ad I saw on Craigslist about a week ago and this is the email I got back yesterday...

Hello,

thanks for your reply , the Job is already yours, and now me and my family will start to plan out our trip to come down to USA asap, right now we are still in UK with the kids on vacation, and we are coming down to USA, to our new home, so we need you to work 3-4 times a week,weekly pay of $1000. we are ready to pay you well, and make you happy with our kids, so i need to know a bit about you, were you live and stay at the moment, and my husband is planning on paying you for the Job upfront, so that you can start the work ASAP when we get down to Usa, we are ready to take care of all your needs to work with us, so please get back to me, because you are the first to have emailed me about the interest in the nanny job position, so please don't disappoint me . so i will look forward to your email. so please get back to us, so we can know what to do next, thank you very much here is my phone number: **********, but i dont think i will have time for personal interview, the job is already yours.

it sounds a bit fishy to me.. why on earth would you want to hire someone you have never met to take care of your children and pay them upfront...

that part sounds really fishy to me because I know for a fact that most of those ads get a tonne of responses..

OMG

Don't give them any other informations. Don't risk anything. That's way too weird IMO.

[Marilyn. 340]

I needs your opinion on an email I got.. I responded to an ad I saw on Craigslist about a week ago and this is the email I got back yesterday...

Hello,

thanks for your reply , the Job is already yours, and now me and my family will start to plan out our trip to come down to USA asap, right now we are still in UK with the kids on vacation, and we are coming down to USA, to our new home, so we need you to work 3-4 times a week,weekly pay of $1000. we are ready to pay you well, and make you happy with our kids, so i need to know a bit about you, were you live and stay at the moment, and my husband is planning on paying you for the Job upfront, so that you can start the work ASAP when we get down to Usa, we are ready to take care of all your needs to work with us, so please get back to me, because you are the first to have emailed me about the interest in the nanny job position, so please don't disappoint me . so i will look forward to your email. so please get back to us, so we can know what to do next, thank you very much here is my phone number: **********, but i dont think i will have time for personal interview, the job is already yours.

it sounds a bit fishy to me.. why on earth would you want to hire someone you have never met to take care of your children and pay them upfront...

that part sounds really fishy to me because I know for a fact that most of those ads get a tonne of responses..

OMG

Don't give them any other informations. Don't risk anything. That's way too weird IMO.

yeah but stupid idiot me attached my resume to the first email I sent.. so they have my phone number and address...

[trailmix 77]

That weather page is coool.

It is, isn't it? Did you put in your zipcode and locate your area.... and play with all the buttons?

Yes...I did

[Carlawarla 1]

it sounds a bit fishy to me.. why on earth would you want to hire someone you have never met to take care of your children and pay them upfront...

And advertise on Craigslist??

It does sound too good to be true Marilyn.... do be safe if you pursue this further... I think it would be suspicious enough for me to pass..

yeah it was an ad someone posted on Craigslist... I tried looking for the ad this morning but it was gone... i vaguely remember that the ad wasn't very specific..

oh I have no intentions of pursuing this further ...

I wouldn't worry too much about this Marilyn. People seem to think it's incredulous that people would post something like this on craiglist. While you need to be discerning, a lot of people use craiglist because of one MAJOR thing...it's FREE! I know lots of people that use it, for the most bizaare things. I'm not making any slight of anyone be they people from the UK, or Asia...or anywhere, but I'm thinking about some of the posts here on VJ. Can you really and truly not think that someone could be honestly posting something like this and be genuine? I do. I'm not saying that these particular people are, but sometimes people aren't internet savvy, and maybe someone told them to use craigslist for something like this. Anyway, they might get back to you, they might not. I wouldn't worry about them having your address either.

[Marilyn. 340]

it sounds a bit fishy to me.. why on earth would you want to hire someone you have never met to take care of your children and pay them upfront...

And advertise on Craigslist??

It does sound too good to be true Marilyn.... do be safe if you pursue this further... I think it would be suspicious enough for me to pass..

yeah it was an ad someone posted on Craigslist... I tried looking for the ad this morning but it was gone... i vaguely remember that the ad wasn't very specific..

oh I have no intentions of pursuing this further ...

I wouldn't worry too much about this Marilyn. People seem to think it's incredulous that people would post something like this on craiglist. While you need to be discerning, a lot of people use craiglist because of one MAJOR thing...it's FREE! I know lots of people that use it, for the most bizaare things. I'm not making any slight of anyone be they people from the UK, or Asia...or anywhere, but I'm thinking about some of the posts here on VJ. Can you really and truly not think that someone could be honestly posting something like this and be genuine? I do. I'm not saying that these particular people are, but sometimes people aren't internet savvy, and maybe someone told them to use craigslist for something like this. Anyway, they might get back to you, they might not. I wouldn't worry about them having your address either.

I have had a couple of legit job interviews from ads I found on Craigslist already..

this particular job just sounds too fishy for my liking.. personally I wouldn't want to hire someone and pay them upfront before even meeting them...

and to clarify if some people misunderstood.. this was an email I got after sending an email in response to an ad I saw on Craigslist...

Edited August 20, 2008 by *Marilyn*

[Carlawarla 1]

Good Morning! Have a ton of stuff to do today as we're off tomorrow for the wedding weekend for my BIL. It's going to be a ton of driving which I'm not looking forward to in the least. I don't know if we'll be back Sunday or Monday, but I'm sure there won't be a lack of coffee for the mornings. I hope I have SOME fun this weekend. This is a marriage that I don't think should be happening with a bride I don't like. They're not going to call off the wedding of course. I'll just have to get used to this new exteneded family member gritting my teeth! Enjoy your day, and weekend!

[Krikit 1,163]

Oh, Carla! The opportunities for fun and frolic abound! A family wedding to someone you can't stand? There must be others who share these affections who you could make friends with. I would be thrilled to participate in such an occasion. Think of the material you could pick up to fuel your dislike for this person! Her dress. Her shoes. Her hair. Her manners. The things she says. Why, the list is endless! Please take notes so you can regale us with your observations!

Stay safe and have fun!

[Carlawarla 1]

Oh, Carla! The opportunities for fun and frolic abound! A family wedding to someone you can't stand? There must be others who share these affections who you could make friends with. I would be thrilled to participate in such an occasion. Think of the material you could pick up to fuel your dislike for this person! Her dress. Her shoes. Her hair. Her manners. The things she says. Why, the list is endless! Please take notes so you can regale us with your observations!

Stay safe and have fun!

You brat! I will have a bloody tongue for most of the weekend, I'm sure.

Edited August 21, 2008 by Carlawarla

[Ban Hammer 13,111]

good morning everyone. i see carla has the coffee ready

i'm on overtime until friday night now

[trailmix 77]

Oh, Carla! The opportunities for fun and frolic abound! A family wedding to someone you can't stand? There must be others who share these affections who you could make friends with. I would be thrilled to participate in such an occasion. Think of the material you could pick up to fuel your dislike for this person! Her dress. Her shoes. Her hair. Her manners. The things she says. Why, the list is endless! Please take notes so you can regale us with your observations!

Stay safe and have fun!

You brat! I will have a bloody tongue for most of the weekend, I'm sure.

Don't you wish you could pick Krikit up on the way to the nuptuals?? These extended family members are funny. My Husband has an Aunt and they don't see eye to eye (read - he can barely stand to be in the same room with her).

Anyway, I think on one occasion we received one of those 'this is our news' emails from her - didn't hear from her again - then miraculously, just as we are about to move to Florida we get a 'so what are you two up to' email (which we didn't respond to).

Sometimes I am not so amazed at how stupid people can be as amazed at how stupid some people think you are

Edited August 21, 2008 by trailmix

[Krikit 1,163]

Sometimes I am not so amazed at how stupid people can be as amazed at how stupid some people think you are

That is SOOOOOO true!!!!!!