Scams offering fake Au Pair positions
by Chris Fuller Sat Aug 07, 2010 4:34 pm
This is not a genuine au pair opportunity; it is a scam.

If you are looking for an au pair job in the UK, please contact the British Embassy in your own country to check UK entry requirements. You can find the genuine British Embassy website by Google searching 'British Embassy' and the name of your country. Note that a genuine British Embassy email address will always end with @fco.gov.uk (and with no words or abbrieviations after that).

Do not send money to any agency, embassy, lawyer, or other person introduced to you by a potential employer. If you wish to consult the UK Border Agency, do not use an email address or website address given to you by your potential employer, but go to the genuine website here:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/

If you require any help with travel arrangements, please contact a travel agency in your own town, which you can visit in person.

From: Hellen Standford <[email protected]>
Subject: Au pair/Nanny Needed

Good day, i am Hellen Standford from 57 cromwell avenue N6 5HL
HIGHGATE United Kingdom. I am a Surgeon and i am highly consumed by my
profession, for this reason i require an aupair to take care of my
lovely daugther (Betty). I have a 4 bedroom apartment in Highgate
where i live with my child (Betty). Betty is 6 years old and she is
too young to be left alone at home. SO, i need an Au pair for her
because she is the only one left at home after her Father died and i
have been the one taking care of her since then. My last aupair
contract end on the 15th of last month and she's prepared to go back
to her home country (Thailand) cause she want to resume back to
school.
A well furnished accommodation has been arranged for you in which
there is a television, video and computer (internet), a double room
with en suite shower facilities. Your duty is to take good care of
Betty at all cost, cook when necessary, take her on shopping and drive
her to school every morning which is just 2 km away from the house. I
am offering to pay you 1700 Pounds monthly which is negotiable, i will
also give you a pocket money of 200 Pounds every weekend in case you
need some money for your self cause the 1700Pounds will be paid into
your bank account every Month End but the 200Pounds pocket money will
be paid to you cash at hand. I will provide all your needs including
food and shelter and i will also help you with part of your
application process for all your working and travel papers as long as
you promise to be honest with my family. I will also sponsor your
tuition in case you want to attend language tuition or other course
here as there
are many colleges in my area. I would expect you to work for 8hrs
daily, 40 hours weekly (Mon-Fri) with weekends off. Henceforth, get
back to me immediately if you are interested in the Job so that i can
proceed on your application without delay.
Till i hear from you. Here is my Contact Home address 57 cromwell
avenue N6 5HL HIGHGATE United Kingdom. Email: [email protected] I
look forward to hear from you soonest possible.
Cheers.
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by Chris Fuller Sun Aug 08, 2010 7:35 pm
Thanks for the response, I am glad to hear from you and i want you to start working in my family as soon as possible and you can work in my family as long as you like. So, i want you to contact our family Lawyer for the necessary legal procedure and also for Aupair CBR Check-up. Here is the Lawyer contact information: Barrister Philip Gillyon
Email for [email protected]
phone #: +447724413700
Barrister Philip Gillyon have been helping my aupairs to process there documents for the past 4 years and it has been easy and fast. So, i want you to contact the Lawyer immediately for the necessary legal procedure and also for Aupair CBR Check-up and get back to me as soon as you hear from him. I will be waiting for your mail and i want you to know that i can't deduct your salary, i can help you financially with your travel expenses in case you are not able to shoulder all the expenses alone, just tell me what you can afford and i will help you pay the rest. I want you to know that i can't just pay all the expenses for your travel due to my previous experience, you will have to pay part of the expenses so that i will be sure that you are serious and that you are not here to waste my precious time and as soon as you are here in uk i will give you back the money you spent for your travel. Hence, if this is okay by you
contact Barrister Philip Gillyon but if it is not okay by you and you don't have any money to pay out for your travel expenses to UK don't contact the Lawyer. I want you to know that i have once been disappointed and conned this way and i am not ready to go through that again so that is why you will have to pay part of the expenses for me to have trust in you and also to be sure you are serious about the job.
Nevertheless, i am offering you a disposable salary of 1700Pounds Monthly and 200Pounds pocket money at the end of every week and i will like to know if this is okay for you as the salary is negotiable.
I have not scanned pictures of me and my Daughter but i will do that as soon as possible and send them to you and i will also like to see a picture of you and also to speak with you over the phone, hence your phone number is required.
I look forward to hear from you as soon as you contact and hear from Barrister Philip Gillyon.
Best Regards..............

Here, the scammer is using the name and website of a genuine person to increase belief in his scam. This not the scammer's name, and he is not the gentleman featured on the website.
From: [email protected]
Subject: Barrister Philip Gillyon Chamber

Thank you for contacting Barrister Philip Gillyon Chamber. Your enquiry has been reviwed and Mrs Hellen Standford has informed us about your intention to join her family as Au pair and that you have both reached an agreement on that. However, you will have to sign a contract form and also undergo some legal check-up like Au pair CBR check-up but before we can take any necessary legal start up you are required to pay a legal consultation fee of 315GBP to the Chamber. Send us the Consultation fee immediately so that we can send you all necessary form to be filled and start up all necessary legal step.
You can view our Chamber weblink for more details: phillip-chambers.webs.com
From the desk of the Secretary
Barrister Philip Gillyon Chamber
33 Chancery Lane | London | WC2A 1EN

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