Mannfred Wilhelm AKA Manfred Wilhelm

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September 20, 2008

I too received several emails from Manfred Wilhelm, who's currently working for Mercedes-Benz UK ... if we are to believe that! He spun the same story as indicated in previous entries: Wife's dead - cancer; two kids, 10 and 13; $5000/mth + rent-free apartment for 24 hours' teaching per week etc etc.
It sounded like a great deal, but I had a sneaking suspicion it was a fraud. I must admit that I foolishly sent my telephone numbers, some pics and a copy of my degree when I received a sample contract from Mr "Wilhelm". But the contract looked so professional. (I'm looking for work so I took a chance!)
I checked the address at the top of the contract via GoogleEarth. I think it's Mercedes-Benz UK. But it's supposed to be his home address! That didn't add up. I then googled the name and came across this site.

Here's a copy of the "contract" I received:

MANFRED WILHELM FAMILY
#6 Delaware Drive, Tongwell, Milton Keynes MK158BA, United Kingdom.
mannfredwilhelm@yahoo.com, +447045795687.

Date: 20th September, 2008
Attention: Mr. XXXXXXXXXX,

CONTRACT LETTER

Contract obligations:
For the Purposes of this contract, I Mr. Manfred Wilhelm will also be known as the employer, and XXXXXXXXX, will also be known the employee. Both will also be known as parties. The employees contract period shall be one year, beginning in October of 2008 and concluding 365 days later (one calendar year). The contract may be mutually extended.
For the contract period, the salary will be $5000 (US Dollars) per month, tax free and free of any other costs. The salary is to be paid promptly on the 15th day of each month, $5000 in each case. The salary will be in United States dollars, and will be immediately available to the employee for deposit into a private employee bank account. In addition to the stated salary, the employer will pay, for the contract period, all costs pertaining to employees medical and dental insurance and private furnished two bedroom apartment housing. The private housing will be of a reasonable nature for the employee's comfort i.e., air conditioning/heating, local telephone, electricity, Internet, water, gas. The employee will maintain provided housing in the condition received. Any new damage caused by employee negligence will be repaired at the employee's expense, at a reasonable market value for materials and labor.
In the case of employee (medical) emergency, the employer will grant up to 10 days of unpaid leave time to the employee. Airfare back to the city/country of origin will be provided at the discretion of the employer.
The employer will provide any materials (books, photocopies, internet, software, stationary, etc.), and transportation costs related to the execution of employee job responsibilities.
A paid leave time of three weeks shall be provided by the employer, not including National holidays. Leave time may be taken by the employee all at once or in parts, at anytime within the contract period, but shall be mutually agreed upon.
The employee will be responsible for teaching English Language in particular to classes of no more than two students. In general, the employee will teach all core aspects of English as a Second Language as well as Academic Skills, as needed. Computer Assisted Language Learning will be used to augment lesson plans when suitable. Students will be given regular feedback on homework, in-class exercises, and tests.
For the contract period, the employee will make any and all efforts to teach in a manner that is professionally conducive to learning. The adoption of any suggestions by the employer as regards teaching will be at the sole discretion of the employee, who is an acknowledge expert in ESL pedagogy. However, all such suggestions will be given due and professional consideration so as to provide the best possible working relationship between parties. The employee will meet at least monthly with the employer for performance reviews.
Employees style of teaching should be Socratic and inductive, and thus does not involve an authoritarian or military approach. As such, any demand by the employer for a military approach to teaching will be deemed as an instance of contract breach.
The employee is required to work four hours per day, from Monday to Saturday. Any mutually agreed upon additional work shall be compensated at the rate of $65 per hour.
If the employee does not or cannot fulfill contract obligations due to grievance, all sincere efforts will be made by both parties to settle the grievance in a mutually satisfactory way.
In the case that the employer is meeting all contract obligations, an employee breach of contract in excess of 10 days, without resolution, will result in employee repatriation at the employees expense. The employee is entitled to any earned salary that occurred before termination.
In the case that the employee is meeting all contract obligations, employee will be released from this contract if the employer does not or cannot live up to contractual obligations outlined herein. In the case of employer contractual breach exceeding 10 business days, the employer will promptly (i.e., within 3 days) provide airfare back to the employees city of origin and also pay all remaining employees 12 months salaries.
If any other version of this contract exists in any other language, this English version shall take precedence.
A copy of this contract shall remain with a legal representative of the employee in the country of origin.
If the employer is pleased with work done at the end of the contract period, a bonus of 1 month's salary will be granted, and/or a new contract is re-negotiated. The employer will also provide a letter of recommendation for future use of the employee.
Once signed, this employment contract may not be altered by either party unless reciprocally agreed upon by both parties as being mutually beneficial.
By signing this contract, signatories acknowledge that they have read and understand its contents and will abide by its obligations.
Honesty and brotherly care are expected from both parties.

SIGNATURES AND NAMES

Mr. Manfred Wilhelm

EMPLOYER

I reported this scam to The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. If you are contacted by "Mr Wilhelm", please contact your relevant authority.

Re: scam on esl teachers 419 Mannfred Wilhelm and Penny Anderson from Virginia

Dear All Teachers,

I am a Cathay Teacher registered, I responded to an adcertisment from Mannfred Wilhelm want me to teach his two sons in Alabama. The offer is so inviting, who in their right mind would turn down such an offer, even as United States legally Qualified Teacher, which I made mentioned in our correspondence to each other. Mr. Mannered Wilhelm mentioned that he had a friend of his in the USCIS immigration by the name Penny Anderson as a Departmen of Employment with a Homeland Security Identification Card with 8798, Who would prepare the documents required for the visa. Penny Anderson responded to my email as a USCIS employee after I had being instructed by Mannfred Wilhelm instruction of introduction. Penny send me a PDF format Visa application to fill out and return the required documents which are private in nature and confidential. Anyhow, I contacted the Homeland Security Risk team and spoke to a specialist in that team. Here are the results. There is NO USCIS OFFICE BASED OUT OF VIRGINIA. This Penny Anderson does NOT EXIST! And ALL HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF DONT USE YAHOO ADDRESS TO CONDUCT GOVERNMENT BUSINESS. ITS NOTED and REPORTED AS A SCAM!!!!

CATHAY TEACHER needs to protect our details against these scam Artists!! I Have forward all correspondence from Penny Anderson and Mannfred Wilhelm to Homeland Security for CYBER INTERNET CRIMIMAL ACTIVITY. To all those seeking legitimate work, Do you background checks first.
Please Take Care!

MARK TODHUNTER

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I received the same job offer from this man, he wanted me to be his tutor with his sons and that blaxland is an employee of an oil company in Nigeria. Before this,I already received the same kind of job from Mannfred Wilhelm,who pretended to be a German and has 2 sons also .He sent me their family pictures,invitation letter to work with them in Tuscaloosa,Alabama,USA.,where he said he is a new employee of mercedez benz branch in Tuscaloosa.We even chatted but refused to show up in the webcam.He instructed me to contact his visa man,named Chris who can expedite the visa application.With my surprise,Mr. Chris told me to pay around 500 USD for the filling of the so called EAD form for my H1-visa.He said I could send the money through western union.I suspected then that this is a scam.So,I sent email again to Mannfred asking him to shoulder this amount and asked him to talked to me personally through webcam.He didnt have webcam as he said yet he called me through phone just to tell me to pay and follow whatever Chris will say.I wonder for his voice because he sounds like an Indian or Egyptian.I even checked his number but its not found in Tuscaloosa.Heres the job offer from him posted in www.eslemployment.com . I didnt give anything and after days,I saw in this website again another ad with the same patterns,but this time the location is in Germany and his name is Steven Hankel.Therefore,I concluded that Mannfred or Steven or Chris or Blaxland are the same people or group working together.Be careful,we musnt let them fooled us,always ask them to show their identification and talked to you personally.Above all,dont pay anything!

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My name is Mr. Mannfred Wilhelm of # 7 Mercedes Benz Drive Tuscaloosa,Alabama
I'm a new employee of Mercedes benz U.S international inc.
I urgently need an English teacher for my sons (Steven 10 and Hankel 13) for a year period.
You will teach them English for four hours daily excepting Sunday.
I need you to know this; i lost my wife few months ago,she died of breast cancer.
Me and my sons, we are moving on with our lives and we just relocated from Berlin.
My sons are disciplined and brilliant.They will continue their education here in Alabama but and they need to know good English Language to help them ok.
I will pay you Five Thousand United States Dollar ($5000.00) per month.
i will also provide a two bedroom apartment for you and pay your round trip flight ticket.
Please note that we are friendly,good Christian family.
We enjoy watching Gospel music video,playing lawn tennis,and visiting tourism centers in North America.
we promise to make sure you enjoy your stay with us.
If you are interested,do contact me with your cv and let me know your phone number ok.
My Email Address; mannfredwilhelm@yahoo.com
mannfredwilhelm@aol.com
mannfred.wilhelm@mbusi.com
www.mbusi.com
Phone; +12055072243.
Our Address;# 7 Mercedes Benz Drive Tuscaloosa,
Alabama
USA.

Mein Name ist Herr Mannfred Wilhelm von # 7 Mercedes Benz Antriebs Tuscaloosa, Alabama, das ich ein neuer Arbeitnehmer von Mercedes benz U. S internationalem inc bin. Ich brauche dringend einen englischen Lehrer fr meine Shne (Steven 10 und Hankel 13) fr eine Jahr Periode. Sie werden sie Englisch fr vier Stunden tglich ausschlieend Sonntag lehren. Ich brauche Sie, dies zu kennen; ich habe meine Ehefrau vor wenigen Monaten verloren, ist sie von Brustkrebs gestorben. Mich und meine Shne, bewegen wir auf mit unseren Leben und, die wir nur von Berlin repositioniert haben. Meine Shne sind geschult und brillant. Sie werden fortsetzen ihre Erziehung hier in Alabama aber und sie mssen gute englische Sprache kennen, ihnen zu helfen, zuzustimmen. Ich werde Ihnen Fnf Tausend Vereinigten Staaten Dollar ($5000.00) pro Monat bezahlen. Ich werde auch eine zwei Schlafzimmerwohnung fr Sie versorgen und werde Ihre Rundreisenflugkarte bezahlen. Bitte Notiz, dass wir freundliche, gute christliche Familie sind. Wir genieen zuschauenden Gospelmusikvideo, spielend Rasentennis, und Besuchentourismenmitten in Nordamerika. Wir versprechen sich zu vergewissern, dass Sie Ihren Aufenthalt mit uns genieen. Wenn Sie sich interessieren, kontaktiert mich mit Ihrem Lebenslauf und lsst mich Ihre Telefonnummer gut kennt. Meine E-Mail-Adresse; mannfredwilhelm@yahoo.com mannfredwilhelm@aol.com mannfred.wilhelm@mbusi.com www.mbusi.com Telefon; + 12055072243. Unsere Adresse;# 7 Mercedes Benz Antriebs Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35432. Vereinigten Staaten.

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