au-pair/nanny job in UK

Bumps off a satellite probably leading right back to West Africa.

From the format itself I'd say 100% scam.

from [email protected]

Dear Au pair,
I am writing to you in regard to your advert on Great Au pair as a Nanny.i want to know if you are willing and ready to work for us as a nanny in the United State.
Firstly ;let me introduce myself my name are Mark Johnson,I'm 45years old living in Tennessee (United State), happily married with three kids,which they are Bobby,Telma and Katy. My wife and i live separately apart due to the nature of her job.So we agree to hire a nanny that will be working for us and will have a room fully equip with basic things,such like telephone,cable TV network and internet access and you have your weekend as off days.Also we have agreed on paying you a handsome fee of $400 weekly, with $200 as ex-allowance at the end of the month.
If you are interested,we would want you to give us some information regarding your working experience and yourself and your current picture.
This is our conditions:
1). You most be patient
2). must have at least 1 year working experience
3). must have good understanding in english language

With all this you are wellcome to my family.
God Blesses you
Thanks
Mark Johnson

From Mark Johnson Fri Oct 31 10:44:36 2008
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Again - scam.

Dear Au Pair,

HI! We are a fun family consists of an Au Pair to care for our 2 kids,Peter And Paul,eldest is Peter which is 4, And Paul which is just a year and some month. I and my husband are busy working parents. We are looking for an enthusiastic, fun, friendly and kind au pair! We are easy going family living in London!

The safety and happiness of my children is my number one priority and it also needs to be yours. I'm looking for a female or a male au pair, ultra reliable, honest, and flexible and know how to play and have fun with children. You will have your own room - it's only one but there's a TV, video, DVD and CD in there.

You will have your own room and guaranteed your own privacy with food provided and pocket money. There will be plenty of free time for you to enjoy London and also make new friends and learn the English language.

My husband and i as promise to give the best of education to any lucky au pair we will be having.

If you are interested and ready to take this responsibility and to experience life and education in the UK, please contact us. Leaving home is hard for anyone but we will welcome you into our home and look after you. We are ready to pay you 750 pounds every week, which we believe is ok by you including pocket fee of 100 pounds per day.

We would love to hear from you soon!

Regards

Mrs. Ruth Harrison!

[email protected]

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Scam.

We are ready to pay you 750 pounds every week, which we believe is ok by you including pocket fee of 100 pounds per day.

£1450 a week!!! Even the nannys to the Royal Family don't earn that much.

Header IP resolves the the US.

i recieved the same email from "Joe Martin" and i was surprised when i started recieving a lot of emails regarding nanny jobs in the UK.

I have recently recieved this email:

> Dear Au Pair,
>
> We are a Family of four residing here in London(UK), We are British citizens as well.I work as an overseer in a Real estate firm also here in the UK. We currently have two kids aged 5 & 7 years old. We are looking for an Au Pair or Nanny from Any Country that is willing to stay with us for a as long as he or she can.. We also seek an Au pair for basic child care and some light housework
>
> 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. Also my wife is a teacher at the local high school here in London where she teaches Health education to a range of children, she is also involved as a fund-raiser with a couple of N.G.O's with charitable cause. In her spare time she enjoys painting and shopping.
>
> If however you accept to take a position with us, you would be Paid £1,500.00 (One Thousand Five Hundred Pounds Sterling) as monthly Salary and a daily pocket money of £100. So kindly send us your resume & also an update picture of yourself. 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.
>
> We sincerely looking forward to hearing from you.
>
> Best Wishes
>
David Nicolas.
For the family.

i wrote back to see what would happen and this email was sent back to me:
Hello Au Pair,

Thanks allot for your respond, We are more than glad to read from you concerning your Endless Love towards me and my Family. I need an Au pair due to my work and my wife. We are always busy and we believe our kids need someone not as an Au pair alone but part of our Family and also like a Friend. My wife loves been around the kids. She goes to work at 8:15am and comes home 4:00pm. We visit our Parents during the weekend, go to the Amusement park, Cinemas and take the kids to watch soccer sometimes. You will be expected to some light house work such as hovering, dusting, laundry and keeping places clean but only your fare share of it, helping to get the kids ready in the morning and prepare for bedtime, feeding meals to the kids entertaining them and teaching them new and fun things and helping they grow in a lovely home and environment. The kids likes been around friends and going to the Amusement Parks, loves watching Cartoons too. I will be happy if you can take care of them and I believe the kids will love been with you all the time. I promise you will never regret coming into my Family. I don't want you as an Au pair alone but part of my Family, and also like a Friend, I believe my kids will Love been with you at all times. I believe you know all about my Family? I will like you to tell me more about your country, Family, Culture and Weather. More so, I will like you to tell me what you will do to make my kids happy. I will be happier if you can arrive in my family as soon as possible and stay as long as you can which I believe is ok by you? What I want you to do now is to contact the agency that will help you with your trip to London, this is their email below, and they have being helping me whenever I want to travel.

Boulder World Travels
[email protected]

Whatever they say, let me know and I am assuring you that I will take responsibility of 70% of the processing fees that will be needed and also will refund all expenses paid by you as soon as you get here.

Below are my contact details:
3459 Woodpecker Close
Cob ham, Surrey
KT112NT
United-Kingdom.

I will want you to make contact with the Agency so as to help you with your visa; air ticket and work permit in other to be processed as fast as possible.

We would love to hear from you soon..

Regards.

David Nicolas
For the family

i looked up the address and it seems to be a real address as well as the agency that was provided. is this a scam??

Hi Katie,

Welcome to Scamwarners

I haven't looked into it yet but I am quite confident it is, there are a few indicators in there although the emails are well written a few common African mistakes are present, a big indicator is the amount of money they propose to pay, I dont live in the UK but the wages stated look very high, 1,500 pounds per month plus another 100 per day spending money, thats about 4,500 pounds per month which seems an awful lot of money considering his wife is a teacher, i doubt it would be worth her while going to work at a school.

I will have a look for some evidence shortly but for now, just ignore any of the emails.

In the meantime could you please post up the email address or any other details you have which will help us to find evidence as well as warn others of this scam

BTW,
I should point out that scammers often use real information as part of their scams to add legitimacy, the real address is just an address the scammer has added to his scam to look more convincing

Back again, here you go, here are other scam emails with the same line about the kids being relaxed Click Here

I hope this removes any doubts you may have had about it.

Definately a scam and there is proof

3459 Woodpecker Close
Cob ham, Surrey
KT112NT
United-Kingdom.

While Woodpecker Close is correct, it looks very short on the map, and looks to contain no more than 10 houses to me. There can't be many if any UK roads with over 3000 houses.
Note that he's still addressing you as "Au Pair", not by your name.
"Boulder World Travel" does not exist, no website, and two Google hits for au-pair scams.
live.com is a free webmail address, rarely used by legitimate businesses.
it's a scam.

Hi, Is the following email a scam, as I'm very weiry now, because I have gotten a scam letter before...
Cheers!


Hello Dear,

I am Mr. Lopez, i saw your profile at the aupairsa.co.za and i found your profile interesting. I am a Banker by profession and my Wife is a Medical Doctor, we live together with our two lovely boys, Terry is 3yrs and Alex is 5yrs, and as you know it there are a lot of achievement in United kingdom and you will be treated as part of the family from the minute you arrive, we also have a laundry man in our house hold living in our pool house, at the back. My children are fun loving, playful and a little hectic at times, they like playing video games, football. My children are very intelligent but plays a lot that's why i need them to be a bit more busy studying some foreign language, (French, Dutch, either), for at least 2hrs a day 3times a week after their afternoon Nap, To go to the swimming pool, park, etc. And to play with them.I will be paying you 2000 Pounds per month and you will also get 400 Pounds as pocket money every week.You will work around 4 or 5 hours per day, no more. From Monday to Saturday. Our family is a little hectic at times but fun loving, and energetic as well, The Au pair would be required to bath the kids in the mornings only, and also take them to school and bringing them back, Monday to Friday (Au pair/nanny that could drive is okay, we have available a car that can be used) although the school is about 600meters from our home, its a walking distance for me, , The Au pair will have access to the internet and a television and video in his/her room. You will have his/her own double room with suite shower facilities. I would expect the Au pair to work for 25-30hrs per week Mon-Fri with weekends off you can start doing some other things here in UK as you will have your working permit as soon as I'm okay with you u will have to do some housework.

Till i hear from you.

Here is my Contact Address in United Kingdom and as soon as you've arrived in the airport i will come to pick you.

My Home Address:
17, Hunt Road Tonbridge,
Kent,
TN10 4BB,
United-Kingdom.

Have a lovely day and hope to read from you soon.

Regards...

Lopez...

Hi Marnia and welcome to Scamwarners.
That is definitely a scam. The wording looked familiar and I found it here. viewtopic.php?f=34&t=2759&p=10548&hilit=avon#p10548. Identical wording, but the scammer was using a different name.

Great, thanks Arnold. Thought so, but just wanted to make double sure.

Take Care

Driving a child to school 600 meteres from the home.

Maybe they have an eatraordinarily long driveway to their home.

Most schools have no parking zones around them in the UK for safety reasons, and you'd probably have to drive a mile to find anywhere to drop the kids off.

You'd be getting a salary in excess of £150,000 per annum and would be earning at least as much as the Prime Minister.

Scammers are usually very generous, because they never intend to pay a penny.

My Mom receive email like this....


Hello,
Am sorry for offering you this way but am urgently in need of a nanny,I got your profile in this site,My names are Engineer Karl Wood from London, UK. Am a single parent blessed with 1 lovely daughter. Am a widower and I reside in 129 Great George Street in Bristol here in London.Am sorry if this sounds strange or new to you,am urgently seeking a service of a nanny for my daughter, Don't worry I'll tell you lots more about her as soon as we get on. I've had Asian nannies before and they really served us well, my daughter really enjoy their stay here. Thats the more reason why am getting another replacement.
I'll be offering a salary of Seven Hundred and Fifty Pounds Sterlings(750gbp),weekly and will provide monthly shopping allowances as well as accommodation.. Please if you are really willing to come and work for me here ASAP do email me back. Remember you'll have to have a passport ready to get down here. I don't really need an expert or a professional to look after my daughter all I need is a caring, good hearted and God fearing lady.
I'll look out for your email so that we can talk more about me, my family and the job.you can send me an email to my private email at [email protected].

Regards and God Bless,
Engineer Karl Wood..

Dear Applicant,
Our Office has received your mail :
E-Visa Travel Management wishes to thank you for contacting us regarding the arrangement of your Traveling Documents to the U.K. We promise to Offer you the best.
You will be needing a UK NON-SETTLEMENT(WORKING)Visa and work permit to be able to work in the United Kingdom, we assure you of getting one under 12 working days once you comply with our instruction.. To proceed, Do get back to us with the details below in order to hasten your job opportunity here in the UK.
Here are the details needed from you:
*SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT
*SCANNED PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH.
Also Kindly answer the questions below and get back to us ASAP:
1-HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO THE UK BEFORE?
2-IF YES,HAVE YOU EVER BEEN DEPORTED FROM THE UK BY THE UK GOVERNMENT?
3-HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CAUGHT FOR A CRIMINAL OFFENSE/ACT?
4- MARITAL STATUS?
5- OCCUPATION?
6- NATIONALITY?
7-CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER


8-AGE (DATE OF BIRTH)


Also, the only Document we would be needing from you is Your Scanned International Passport,Scanned Passport Photograph.Other pertinent Document such as Bank Statement of Account,Invitation Letter,Reference Letter and Tax Clearance would be provided by your Employer here.
All Documents will be processed and arranged here in our Office after which it would be forwarded to the British High Commission in your country excluding your Flight Ticket. Also,some Copies of this Document(s) will also be sent to you.
We will begin in earnest once we receive all necessary Details.
OUTLINED BELOW ARE THE COST FOR THESE SERVICES:
1. PROCUREMENT OF WORKING PERMIT £400
2. PROCUREMENT OF MEDICAL INSURANCE AND NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER £600
3. PROCUREMENT OF UK NON-SETTLEMENT VISA £600
TOTAL CHARGES £1600
In anticipation of your response,hope you contact employer also.

Yours Faithfully,
Martin Petrov,
E-Visa Office.

Thanks for the updates and please let me know as soon as they get back to you and as soon as you send the money so I can pay the balance because I already contacted them too that all you need to pay is $300.
I will be waiting for more updates.
Karl Wood.

DEAR APPLICANT,
WE DON'T REALLY KNIOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY THE COMPANY PROFILE BUT THE CONTACT PERSON IS MARTIN PETROV AND THE CONTACT PHONE NUMBER IS +447024025594.
WE ALWAYS WISH TO SERVE YOU WELL AT E-VISA.
(i ask them about company profile but they cant answer)