SCAM (this is a warning for other sitters) Rover fix this pls?
I originally received a request from a woman named Courtney. She said she needed a sitter for her sister Sheryl and her two dogs when they move to the area soon. She says text the sister's number for more info. Then, the sister responds to my text saying I need to email her. Her emailed response is an actual essay and overall just sketchy. The payment is way too high and the details are weird. The dogs names don't match the original request and the weights of the dogs were too low also. In the email she requested my zip code and phone number. Overall, it's some sort of phishing scam for personal info or possibly check fraud.
Here's some excerpts from the email to compare to.
"Alpha (1 years, 2 months), a German shepherd, Dave got him in London and he is considered our first child while Scott is a Labrador Retriever, 1 years 8 months, he's friendly and loves to play with our second child. They are both friendly, not aggressive with strangers and they're not temperamental around other dogs but Alpha can be naughty sometimes..."
"We'll be needing a carer for them because I'm 6 months pregnant and I won't be able to do some things with them till after I put to bed, this is going to be our first child and we want everything to move smoothly till I give birth."
"However, the babies will be arriving a day before us because they'll be coming by air while we'll be driving down so they'll arrive at our new house an evening before we get there the next morning. And my husband wouldn't mind paying you in advance so we can secure your service before our arrival as well as for you to get some dog food, brush and other things needed for them before their arrival. "
"So when we arrive and settle in, you'll be working for 2 days a week for at least 2 hours each day making 4 hours a week, we'd prefer to have fixed days but we can be flexible if your weekly schedule is not stable, just let us know ahead of time. You'll be coming to our house to look after the dogs.. We are willing to pay $35 per hour for both dogs. We'd need to know the time and days of the week that you'd be coming around."
"More-so we'd like to know your zip code so we can see how close you are to our new home and also to enable us to calculate your transportation cost if needed?"
"Can you tell me a little bit more about you and also what's your cell phone number in case my husband would like to interview you further?"
That has got to be the most confusing email.. and $35 an hour, and why would they be asking you what days and the time you'd be coming over that's their job to pick dates and times all and all glad to hear the accounts been reported and hope they didn't scam anyone.