Au Pair scam

Is this another scam?.......I am sure I read this letter before

From: Hillary Anderson <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:23 AM
Subject: My Family needs you to Be our Aupair
To:



Hello Aupair,
Good day and how are you doing tday, i am Mr. Alfred Anderson, i got in touch with you from http://www.easyaupair.com <http://www.easyaupair.com/> , i need an aupair to work for my family in the Atlanta, Georgia in the United States, i presently travel alot due to work purposes, am a Football Scout and i do traveling alot both locally and internationally and that has been a little disturbing because my wife Mrs. Hillary on the other hand is very busy with work so we are looking for an AuPair or Nanny that is flexible with our time and we will also be considerate with your own time and schedule also. My wife has been full a full time student and also a mum and she just graduated and has returned to full time work and feel as though my children would be best served by having a nanny or an aupair, i have two Daughters Beauty 5 years and Betty 8 years, they are both intelligent,understanding and cool, we love someone who is honest,trustworthy and understanding and we would like our aupair/nanny to be a comfortable care giving partner/companion/friend who is caring, flexible, and will have fun with our family. We really want someone who can interact, engage with the kids.
We would really enjoy a light-hearted, fun, and enthusiastic person and We have a really good cleaner, so there wouldn't be any heavy housework. There is a bit of light cleaning and laundry which would take about 90 minutes a day in total.There would be plenty of time free in the day to go to language school, and there are a lot of good ones in the area.How does the aupair live:The au pair would have her own room, which is huge, and has a double bed, with sitting area and TV/DVD/Video/Hifi. There is wireless broadband internet in the house. Working hours:07.30 to 09.00 about 60-90 minutes of housework a day to fit in with the au pair's schedule. 25-30 hours a week. We are looking forward to the opportunity of meeting you and having you become a part of our happy family. My Home number in USA is +12063377453 Alfred Anderson.
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From: Dr Mark Dover <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, May 14, 2010 at 2:34 PM
Subject: COME AND EXPERIENCE THE UNITED KINGDOM!!!
To: [email protected]

Hello Au pair,
I saw your profile on the easy au pair site.
We are a British family living in London, UK. I work for Royal Dutch (shell petroleum).A British Based Multinational Oil and Gas Company.
We currently have some kids aged 3 & 5 years old, we looking for a Au Pair or Nanny from Any Country that can speak English and is willing to stay with us for a minimum of 6 or 12 month(s).
About Our Family
We are a professional couple, living here in the UK .Our kids are fairly easy going and relaxed,they would enjoy someone with lots of energy and enthusiasm.. Having English as a first language is not required and in fact, we would entertain the nanny speaking to them in
her own mother-tongue..
We only seek a Au pair for basic child care and light housework. If you accept to take a position with us, you would be paid the sum of £1800(One thousand eight hundred pounds sterling) with a weekly pocket money of £200. Hence we are doing anything that would motivate the intending Nanny to put in her best in taking care of our children.
You shall have a private accommodation with furnished sitting room and bedroom and also a private bathroom. A Fixed land phone and an Internet ready computer.Do well to send us your references or resume & also an update picture of yourself, and we would get in touch with them. Should the outcome be positive, we would send you a Contract Letter. We shall discuss travel arrangements in due course of which I would be of generous assistance to you. You can reach me on my personal mobile to indicate your interest. My Number is +447045754032 or [email protected]
We sincerely look forward to hearing from you.

Best Wishes
Dr Mark Dover.

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From: Mr Mccloy <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 5:49 AM
Subject: Aupair Is Needed ASAP!!!!
To:

Good Day,
My name is Mr Mccloy a Marine Engineer and my wife Leona Mccloy a
Doctor we live in the U.K we need an aupair not only an aupair but a member
of the family i would like you to work with me referring to your request
I believe we will have a good working relationship with integrity. I will
like to hear from you if you are interested,you can reply me via
this address[[email protected]] to make your intention known and we promise that you will be happy working with our family.


With regards from John Mccloy&family.

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From: john MCcloy <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 2:03 PM
Subject: Thanks for the interest in my family
To:


Hell0 C..........
Thanks for the response i really need you in my family because i know you will be the right aupair for my kids you are not a candidate for this job.Right now i am running a running a project and i do not have much time i am always busy but provide me your cell phone number so we can talk on phone and also if you have heard from the travel agency get back to me attached here are my family pictures.Hope to have you in my family soon.

Warm Regards
Mccloys Family
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From: john MCcloy <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 5:44 PM
Subject: YOUR DUTIES AND MY FAMILY
To:


Hello C..........


Good to hear from you i am really happy that you want to work for my
family and i believe that you will be the right Aupair for my kids you
are welcomed to stay as long as you want .We have two kids,Daniel and
Sarah, Sarah is 5 and Daniel is 3 yrs old, we live in Manchester city
U.K i will like you to start as soon as possible because i will be
resuming back to work in some few months time and my wife is always
busy with her work.They get a long with peoples easily and i believe
you will like to be with my kids and be comfortable with my family at
home, my kids love, is going to cinemas,picnics,playing tail games
with other children in the field and i know that they will like to
play with you and also like going
for shopping which you will also shop for your self and every
weekends my family goes for outings and you will love our outing but
since i will not be around with them all times you will be the one
to take them to the them to shopping to get some things for home and
for the kids and yourself too When i am on vacation we do go for a
cruise on the yacht
to different cities you will really enjoy with my family you are free
to choose your vacation period yourself cause you will have a vacation
for yourself.

Your duties will be taking care of the kids while i and my wife are
away , taking them to school and bringing them back from school you
will be working 5days a week and 7hours per day and feel free to
drive any of the cars in the garage at your own conveniences and also
cook that is all what you are to do .And anything that you work over
your time period you will be paid overtime.I will be paying you
2000pounds a month and a pocket money of
200pounds every week for yourself,Your accommodation is not the
problem, you will be having a flat of yours with all these facilities
connected to it, your flat is going to be
inside the duplex,it is really going to be a fun loving job, your
friends are allowed to visit you during visiting hours. I believe You
are the right aupair for my kids. I will like to know if you have a
Valid Visa and working permit to stay in the U.K?If you do not have
all you have to do is to Contact the travel expert here in the u.K
regarding your Visa and Work permit contact them via email below and
ask them how to get the documents and inform them that you are from
Capt John Mccloys family which they will know that you are from me,
as soon as
you hear from them get back to when you hear from them,I Will be
expecting you reply.


NB: too,also note that i and my wife will be paying for the flight ticket
of any Aupair that choose to work for our family i will like to hear
from you ASAP.And also provide me with your direct mobile phone number
for call.


COMPANY NAME:WORLDS TRAVEL AGENCY
EMAIL:[email protected]
CONTACT PERSON:Gary Paker

Regards

Mccloy's family

Well spotted, yes, that is definately another scam.

I took part of the email you posted and did exact searches until I found a phrase that had other exact matches, what I found was that if you take this line;

"We would really enjoy a light-hearted, fun, and enthusiastic person and We have a really good cleaner"

and do an exact search on it, many other scam emails will come up in the results which prove it as a scam.

If we can please go back to the last scammer for a moment, perhaps you may be able to help Michael with this request;

I'm particularly interested in the site worldstravelagency.com
Could you please post (or PM, or Mail) me the emails you received from that email adress, along with a set of headers? We can try to get it closed down that way. Thanks!

We can help you to find the headers if you need help, it is usually quite a simple process once you know how, each email provider is different but if you could tell us which email provider you use (yahoo/hotmail/outlook/ect )we can give you instructions on how to find headers with your email .

As always, if you have any questions, please ask

Hi Ralph

It is a gmail account. You must give me step by step instructions icw the headers.

Hi Michael

I deleted my daughters personal information. World Travel agency is an agency in Manchester U.K. (addresss; Wellington House. 39A Peccadilly, Manchester, Greater Manchester, Ph 0161 228 7914, Ph 0161 242 5001 Look at the email address, [email protected]. The 'contact person' was mr. Gary Paker

Hope this can help


From: WORLD TRAVEL AGENCY <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:52 PM
Subject: VISA AND WORKING PERMIT INFORMATION.



<http://www.worldtraveltoday.com/corporate.html> <http://www.worldtraveltoday.com/vacation.html> <http://www.worldtraveltoday.com/group.html>


Dear C........



This is to inform you that your mail has been received,The Exchange Visitor Program is carried out under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended. The purpose of the Act is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United Kingdom and the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural exchanges. International educational and cultural exchanges are one of the most effective means of developing lasting and meaningful relationships. They provide an extremely valuable opportunity to experience the United Kingdom and our way of life. Foreign nationals come to the United Kingdom to participate in a wide variety of educational and cultural exchange programs.

In carrying out the responsibilities of the Exchange Visitor Program, the Department designates public and private entities such as (WORLD TRAVELS AGENCY) to act as exchange sponsors. Designated sponsoring organizations such as (WORLD TRAVELS AGENCY) facilitate the entry of foreign nationals into the United Kingdom as exchange visitors to complete the objectives of any of the exchange visitor program categories.

WTA management is specialized in obtaining Visa and work permits for individuals who seek to travel to the UK, USA,Canada. and other parts of the Globe. Your visa processing duration is a period of 9 to 23 days

To work in the UK you will need to hold a passport and a current UK Work Visa or Permit. You will need to have this documentation prior to entering the UK for work.

There are a variety of UK work visas, work permits and passports that will enable you to legally work in the UK; each has their own set of eligibility requirements and restrictions.

In order for us to start working on your documents you will need to provide the details below,

For your Visa and work permit processing to commence , you'd be required to submit the following information

Name
Address
Passport No,
Age
Email
Phone Number
Nationality
A scan or photocopy of your scan passport page

Payment & Fees.

The visa and work permit processing cost,obtaining visa and work permit for UK is 550 Pounds and 800 Pounds for your flight ticket to UK, and we will like you to give us a date that you will like to fly to the UK. Payment is to be made via Western union money transfer to the cashier. Processing commences once you have paid fully. Do contact your host family if you need to share payments, if you are paying the whole fee by yourself, Note that All Au pairs Visas and documents are being process by us and many has received their documents for traveling.


Thank You for your trust,
WORLD TRAVEL AGENCY







Copyright 2006 WORLD TRAVELS INTERNATIONAL, INC. All Rights Reserved.
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Thank you,

gmail is especially easy as that is what I use myself, open the emails that Michael wanted the header for, when the email is open take a look towards the top right hand corner of the email.
Next to the reply button you will see a downward facing triangle, click on it
An options box will open, the second option from the bottom is "show original" click on that
You will see a new box open with lots of stuff that will make little sense followed by a copy of the email,

That is what we are after, it contains lots of useful information about where the email was sent from and can in many cases provide the proof we need to get a fake site closed down, if you could copy that header and send it to Michael he will sort it out from there,

You could post it yourself if you like, if you do make sure you remove your own details, if you are unsure, just send it to Micheal and let him fix it for you, he is good at that

MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.231.39.134 with HTTP; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 10:03:55 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 19:03:55 +0200
Delivered-To:
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Subject: Fwd: VISA AND WORKING PERMIT INFORMATION.
From:
To:
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=002215047a434d17a3048a7eb096

--002215047a434d17a3048a7eb096

have a look at this

http://www.ip-detective.info/lookup.py?ip=10.231.39.134

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Hi there,

Thanks for the mail and the headers, but are you sure that is the complete header? It looks so short, and almost all the data I'm looking for isn't included. Can you verify that this is the whole thing? If not, Copy paste it completely and send it to me please

You don't need to worry about the personal email addy when PMing or mailing to me, anything that links back to you will be removed immediately and no-one will ever have to see that Of course you can delete it yourself, but please only the email adress. The rest is evidence which I need to get the site closed down.

Is this another scam

From: Laura GreatAupair Member <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 9:26 AM
Subject: NEED A CAPABLE AU PAIR 1113462
To.........................

Dear ..................
You have received a message from Laura regarding their job, posted on GreatAupair.com. Reply directly to this email to express your interest.
NOTICE: This is a valid email from a GreatAupair.com member, however, for your continued safety, please visit our Security Center to see how you can protect yourself against potential fraud and scams.
Laura's DIRECT MESSAGE TO YOU:
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Hello Au Pair/Nanny,
I hope my mail meets you in good state of health and greeting of the season to you. I am Laura Brown, 40 years of age from United Kingdom. I am the Director of Granan Multimedia Consultant in United Kingdom. My contact address is #200 New Oxford Street, London. LONDON WC1A 1EU, United Kingdom . As part of the information you may require, Me and my Husband have a 3 and 5 years old wonderful and interesting to be with kids namely James and Mary which me and my husband has as our treasure , We work so much due to our role, we hardly have time for our lovely Kids which actually prompted the idea of seeking an Au Pair/Nanny. After scrolling through your profile on Great Au pair, I consider you of the job vacancy in my home as a substitute for my departed Au pair.
We are an easy going fun family with a fairly hectic lifestyle! I work full time and the children have a full set of activities they enjoy. As a family we enjoy barbecue (weather permitting), socializing, generallyhaving fun, reading, computers, TV, the boys love computer games and my daughter arts & crafts.
Food is another great love of ours - given the time I enjoy cooking. We are practicing Catholics but accept and respect others beliefs, The children school bus will come and pick them up to school while you will be bringing them back home, play with them, take them to the Museums, Playground, Cinema Hall,Swimming pool prepare/fix their meals and snacks. You will have your private room which would consist Air-Conditional, Television, 24 hours Internet Access and a Telephone to keep you in touch with your friends, families and probably relatives as often as you may desire, a Bathroom and Toilet. and on weekly and on sundays service you will take the kids to the Church because we are a very good christian and we take it very important.
You will have Saturdays and Sundays as your off days, so to enable you have enough time for yourself otherwise, you will be paid extraly for extra services. As for your salary, I will be willing to pay you 1,100 Pounds every 4 weeks and a pocket fee of 210 Pounds weekly which I suppose should be enough for your primary needs.
Regard to my family pictures, I will forward some upon request.
With all due respect, I will be hoping to hear from you as soon as possible if interested at the said position so that you can resume as soon as possible this month.
Bye for now,and God Bless you and your family Amen.! Here is my private email address:([email protected])
Warmest regards, Mrs Laura Brown & Family.

Yes, it is a scam.

If you google this line (put it in quotes):

As a family we enjoy barbecue (weather permitting),

you will see how popular it is in the latest scams.

The English also contains mistakes that are typical of an African author.

Can you believe it, every single reply my daugther recieved was from a scammer. I've only showed you a few letters

Unfortunately, it is not unusual to see the number of scams outnumber the number of real responses by a huge margin. Scammers are very active in the online au-pair community these days!

Any new names/formats you post will help other victims to avoid being scammed, so feel free to post others that aren't listed.

Scammers try to leave their request for payment by Western Union until later in the exchange of mails in an effort to try and suck you in to the fiction, so watch out for 44 (0)70 phone numbers which are only used by scammers, the request for scans of passports that no government department would accept, and the requests to contact travel agents (who can't arrange visas for people).

All these signs mean you can drop them before they ever get around to asking you for money, but once they do ask for payment by Western Union, then you know for sure it's all been nothing but a scam. Payments by Western Union go to private individuals - not companies or government departments - that's a legal fact.

Hello there,
Well I have recently recived another e-mail from a person that seemed to be a scammer,because of the"undisclosed-recipients" in the mail,but still I answerd,because I was curious how far it will go.
So today I've got another mail from a so called"Mr.Patel Cutler"....
Besides the fact that the letter for me was to sweet,and to full of"sugar",it seemed to well made.
And of course at the end he gave me an e-mail adress from his"travell agent" and I Googled the agency's name and surprize,surprize,I got a link here to this web site.
So I read the posts here,and one of the letters posted here is a perfect match with the one I recived,so without making it longer here it is:

"Hello R****

I think you should know a little about my family
I am really happy that you want to work for my family with the way you sound i believe that you will be the right Au pair for my kids.You are welcomed to stay as long as you want .Matt is 3 and Jeff is 1, we live in Manhattan USA i will like you to start as soon as possible because i will be resuming back to work in 3weeks time and my wife is always busy.You will like to stay with my kids because they get a long with peoples easily and i believe you will like to be with my kids and be comfortable with my family at home, my kids loves going to cinemas,picnics,playing fun games with other children in the field and i know that they will like to play with you and you will be the one to take my kids for shopping which you will also shop for your self and every weekends my family goes for outings and you will love our outing but since i will not be around with them all times you will be the one to take them to the them to shopping to get some things for home and for the kids and yourself too When i am on vacation we do go for a cruise on the yacht to different cities it will be very great having you with my family you are free to choose your vacation period yourself cause you will have a vacation
for yourself.

Your duties will be taking care of the kids while i and my wife are away , taking them to school and bringing them back from school you will be working 5days a week and 7hours per day and feel free to drive any of the cars in the garage at your own conveniences and also cook that is all what you are to do .And anything that you work over time you will be paid overtime.I will be paying you $1500 a month and $300 a week.We are God fearing family and i promise you that if you follow our instructions carefully you will be happy working with our family Your accommodation is not a problem, you will be having a flat of yours with all these facilities connected to it, your flat is going to be inside the duplex,it is really going to be a fun loving job, your friends are allowed to visit you during visiting hours. I believe that my kids and wife will like you.I will like us to proceed further on your traveling documents because we really want you here in a month time i want to know if you have a valid visa and working permit to work and stay in the U.S.A if no i will like you to be in contact with my family's registered travel expert below is their contact details they will help you get your documents as soon as possible without any further delay and let them know that you are from Mr Patel Cutler so that they will know that yo are from me.We are referring you to our family's registered travel expert because they are reliable and through them it will be easy for us to book your flight ticket on the contrary when you are in contact with them do inform them the nearest airport name close to your location.We await your response and do not hesitate to ask any question if there is any and also send us a photo of you so that we can so it to the kids and family friends.Have a wonderful moment filled with joy and happiness


NB:Please provide me with your mobile phone number for easy communication

Email:[email protected] <Domain is being investigated - Michael>
Designated Person:Phillip Morgan

With Regards

Patel Cutler&Family




It is so clear that is a scam but still I hope this will help someone in the future.
Best wishes.

Hello people, when i registrated on Au pair site i started receiving some letters from USA families which are spams as i guess.. one of them i just received and again they gave agency address.. i was surprised coz this letter was a bit different from those two.. please read it and tell me if its spam or no..

Dear Applicant,
ETT Management wishes to thank you for contacting us regarding the Arrangement of your Traveling Documents to the United States of America ( Usa ) and we promise to Offer you the best which you will be Glad you did,We will also like you to know that we are very sorry for the Delay of your Reply,we will like you to know that we will have to open a File for you here in our Office before we can email you,so that was the main reason for the Delay,we promise never to Disappoint you as we have never disappointed anyone either.
We will like you to provide us with the following so that the documentation will start immediately,and also fill the form and send back to us through Email......

----Full Name

----Mailing Address

----Phone Number

----Nationality

----Passport Photo page

----Date You Want To Fly

---- Airline You Want

----American Embassy in your Country, Address In your Location
------All Documents will be arrange here in our Office after which will be forward to the American Embassy in your country along with your Flight Ticket and also some Copies of this Documents will also be send to you also.
We will begin in earnest once we receive all necessary Deta ils...
Here are the documents that will be prepared for you:

Visa
Workpermit
Insurance
Medicals
Flight Ticket

Anticipating your respond

Yours Faithfully
Emerald Travel and Tours


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