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[suzanne]

I received this in the email:
Dear applicant,

I am Dr. Yul Lee a native of Zibo district in Shandong Province of P.
R. of China. I worked with Wanjie Medical College before I relocated
to Luton, Bedfordshire, England a months ago and right now, I am in
search of a professional International English Language teacher who
can take my Wife, Yan and my 2 kids, Sying and An in English classes.

My wife and Kids are my treasure so I offer to pay you 3,000.00GBP if
you will take up this position. I will provide you an Accommodation,
furnished with a Television Set, and Internet Ready computer. A
vehicle will be available also for Mobility if you can Drive.

I need your updated resume for me to discuss more about you with my
family and also talk to your references. Applicant Must be willing to
relocate to England.
Hoping to hear from you soonest, Cheers and God's blessings

Regards,
Dr. Yul Lee,
58 Spencer Rd
Luton, Bedfordshire,
LU3 1JU,United Kingdom

He wants met to send copies of my diploma. It seems to me this is a scam. But I am wondering, since many places ask for copies of diplomas, how could this information be used? What are the risks of sending copies of diplomas to potential employers?

[madoka]

If you're in a generous mood, go for it. There is undoubtedly a Nigerian waiting to benefit from your largess.

[darkjedidave]

How to these scams work and the Nigerians get money from you? Is their thrill in seeing you buy a ticket to London for nothing? Or using you personal documents for fraud?

[CrikeyKorea]

this scam has been going around for more than 2-3 years... after u send things and it seems legit he asks u to put a deposit down for the ticket or some stuff like that and puff..... he gone to the next engrishee teecher

[tomato]

They never explain why native English teachers need to be imported to England.
That's like shipping coal to Newcastle.

[SMOE NSET]

I received that email a few times as well.

I put the address into Google maps and there is no such address. There was an address that was similar but a different city and the house that came up was a bit sketch.

It seems he changed the address on yours. He gave me a different one.

[dmccuaig]

I got the same email. Sounds fishy...

[vDroop]

seems like a scam? fishy? wow..

Email from a stranger = phising/scam

End.

[harshlands101]

http://www.419.org.uk/

http://www.419eater.com/index.php

http://www.scambuster419.co.uk/

These sites will give you all the information you need about scammers

[Yahowho]

String him along for a while first. I got one of these and ended up sending my guy about 10 emails, bogus CV's, pictures...etc. It's gets really funny towards the end!!

[young_clinton]

of course its a scam! Without having any contact at all with you before, why would he just happen to chose you as the lucky individual to recieve all of this benevolence?

[sheriffadam]

OMG OP were you born yesterday?

I mean really, furnished with a televsion set? who the frig calls them that anymore? Its a TV... Don't go moving to some crummy old house with only a television set and an internet ready computer to while away the hours on...

And for the scammer: Choose a better address, no one is ever going to want to move to Luton no matter how good the pay is!

[mishlert]

Here where he claims to be living:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=&=&q=google+maps&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

Here is the front door:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=58+Spencer+Rd+Luton,+Bedfordshire,+LU3+1JU,United+Kingdom&sll=51.890419,-0.431904&sspn=0.001227,0.002411&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=58+Spencer+Rd,+Luton,+Bedfordshire+LU3+1JU,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.890779,-0.430857&spn=0.000276,0.001206&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=51.890779,-0.430857&panoid=OgcatSc3_4LBD5cHYOSl8g&cbp=11,114.14,,0,13.74