John Ford - [email protected]

Same scam type (I'm using the same topic to stay organized; if this is considered spam, I apologize and ask a mod to let me know and I will stop )

Initial Message

+15592542806
Hi Tutor,
My name is John fod, I'm 45. I just gained custody of my Son from Russia and he just moved here and we're moving to CA in 2 weeks. He is 9 years old. I currently need you to tutor him in some subjects. What is your area of specialization? I got your contact details from care.com Please e-mail me back to [email protected]

Regards,
John

Reply from E-Mail (using a safe account of course)

Hi -xxxxxxx-,

Thanks for your response, I'm glad to read from you. I am a single Father and my son's name is Mark, He's 9 and I attended Texas School for the Deaf where I achieved my highest qualification, I attend Catholic church. We are in the process of relocating to your area. I'm 45 and I have a hard time hearing which is why I work based on the development and counselling of the deaf people in the community, I'm moving to you area in few weeks and really need a honest and responsible tutor for my son.

More importantly, Mark is currently placed on a wheelchair due to an accident he had some months ago. He can walk a few distance though but the specialist advised he uses the chair for a while and I'm planning on getting him a powered wheelchair and have contacted a seller. You will tutor Mark in 17th of August. I will appreciate if you can tell me a few things about yourself and maybe attach one or two
pictures of you, below are your duties:
Tutor him in Writing & Reading, I guess you'll be just the perfect tutor for him.

This could be a temporary/permanent job. It depends on what your schedule looks like but I do like to be sure if you are available the first month. I made some research on the wages for your service and I have decided to start with $400 per week and as time goes we can negotiate on a new pay as my kids get along with you. I want to inform you that I have a seminar I'll be attending to as soon as I arrive and will be having an interview section with you immediately arrive with my kid. Also I'll like to include your pay to our payroll for the period just to have you booked down and secure you for my son. I will be needing the following information below to issue out the check to you and I need your direct mobile number so I can text you in case I need to pass an urgent information:

Name:
Address:
Apartment #:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Phone Number: Home And Cell

I have made some arrangements with the wheelchair seller, so as soon as you get the payment, you will deduct $400 for your first week and have the rest sent to the wheelchair seller for delivery as soon as the check clears, I hope my son will have the best of time while tutor him and I hope you will treat him right just like yours. Get back to me as I have a lot of issue to put in place prior to my arrival. I look forward to hearing back from you.

Thank you,
John Ford

Hopefully these are helpful for anyone getting these messages

This is indeed a scam; the scammer is African, not Russian. Thanks for posting!