Hey All,

Yep. This is definitely the same guy. He's working under countless pseudonyms - the one I received was "Juan Lee." It's always a slightly different story but the exact same scam. Here's the email I received:

Hello Rebecca,
How are you doing today and i hope your day has been going on wonderfully great.
Sorry for the late response. I had a problem with my internet connection.
Concerning what you have inquired about, i want you to know that i currently have someone who takes them English but he his not dedicating much time that i want my family to be giving,he has another job which doesn't make him have enough time for teaching.My family are thereby not progressing in English which is the much more reason i prefer to hire someone who will relocate and will be able to teach and at the same time access there learning.
The Start off date that i want the offer to begin is the 1st of April and it will be for a period of 12months.Let me know if this OK with you.
Talking about my family,starting with myself,I am a Radiation Oncologist by profession,we relocated here to England not long ago due the nature of my job.Before we relocated,i have been visiting England mostly on Work Basis but my family do not like the idea of me being far away from home and moreover,i found this environment suitable enough for me,so i made the decision of relocating with my family.
Talking about my wife,she was working as an Accountant in China before but she don't have a job yet over here due to her low level of English language.
And as for my children,they are currently enrolled in a school over here in England but due to there inability to speak write and understand English very well,they do not like going to school,which is what i am fighting against.If I'm to grade there English skills,i will say my wife is 40% fair while my children are like 30%.Chun and Mai are 9 and 7years respectively.Chun is a boy and Mai is a girl.
Talking about your working hours,lets be looking at 6hours per day.
Concerning the hours,the working hours i have in mind is 6hours per day including breaking time and excluding weekends.I was thinking when you get here,you can go ahead and conduct a test for them to check there skills and you will then know what exactly they will be needing and how you will be preparing your time table as well as your curriculum.Then i can as well drive you down to a bookstore nearby to get all the things that they will be needing.I hope this idea of mine is OK or let me know if you have anything other suggestion as well.
Talking about the Salary,i will be paying you 2,800GBP per month as well as 300GBP which will be for your HEALTH INSURANCE.
Also,there will be 2 weeks paid vacation twice a year.Everything will be explained in the CONTRACT LETTER that i will be sending to you later on,once everything has been finalized between us.
The apartment you will be staying is located at the back of my main building but in the same compound as mine.Its a private building and you will be having all the privacy you will be needing,I will go ahead and send you the pictures later on as well as my family pictures as well.
Concerning your WORKING PERMIT and VISA,my immigration lawyer will be the one to take care of that,i will be referring you to her when the processing of your papers begins,after we have finalized everything between me and you.
Let me know when it best to talk to you on phone,so i can give you a call and talk to you for some few minutes on phone.You can call me on +447024075295 or +447024046748 ,so we can discuss better on phone,its best to call me on weekdays anytime,so far im not busy with patients,i will be able to talk to you.I will find time to give you a call as well.
I will like to also know if you are still going to be able to take up the offer.
Have a great day ahead of you and bye for now..

Regards

I thought I should try to put all the information I found in one place in an attempt to protect others...

Long story short - if you are an inexperienced English teacher, be forewarned - NEVER EVER EVER send money via WESTERN UNION to somebody promising a job!

There appears to be a scam going around for a Doctor/Chef/Dentist with many different nationalities (Italian, Japanese, Chinese etc.) living in England requiring a nanny/English teacher.

It appears that the scammer gets your information from Dave's ESL Cafe, and promises a job offer of 3000+ British Pounds per month, with airfare, visas, housing, the works....the only catch is that you must send a deposit (via Western Union) of 900 pounds for the "Tier 2 Visa maintenance" ...the tricky thing here is that if you look up on the UK government page, there IS a Tier 2 visa maintenance of 900 pounds....but the way that you ensure you have this money is by providing BANK STATEMENTS......NOT sending money via western union.

This guy is pretty sneaky....he makes it seem like he has a legit lawyer or attorney, he sends pictures of his "family" and "housing," and even sends what appears to be a real contract and everything.

Under his most recent guise (the one that he tried to use on me) he is "Gian Bartolomeo," Italian Chef with the phone number 44(0)7507638551 and using the email address "english2gian@gmail.com" Needing an English teacher to teach his wife and two young children. He has been emailing me for about 3 weeks now, with emails as recently as today (January 28th 2013) from both him and his supposed lawyer "Mike Falvey."

However, he has used many names including GIAN BARTOLOMEO , CAPPI D'ANGELO , DR. JUNJIE MU , DR. KENNY LINN , DR. YOUNG KING LIU , DR. OGURI DAIKI KATSUYA , DR. DAISUKE KAITOBA , MR. OLEG GAZENKOAND , his so-called-lawyer has gone by a number of aliases as well including KEVIN WHITE , and MIKE FALVEY

Potential email addresses used:
english2cappi@gmail.com
english2gian@gmail.com
baibukun30@yahoo.com
oleggazenko@gmail.com

Other people who have been scammed (a simple search of the phone number will get your all of these results and more)
http://www.ripoffreport.com/language/dr-kenny-linn/dr-kenny-linn-offering-fraud-0d1e7.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/language/dr-kenny-lin/dr-kenny-lin-esl-contract-to-fd043.htm
http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/scamalerts/index.pl?read=2446
http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/scamalerts/index.pl?read=2421

Just look at the picture! Seriously? Come on! You can afford to pay a teacher WHAT? but you can't afford a webcam! Get real!