Au Pair Scammer - Gary & Carol Davis - [email protected]

This is a scam. The au pair position does not exist, and the travel agency is fake and will not obtain any documents for you. The IP addresses of these emails, beginning with 82.128, show that they were actually sent from Nigeria, not from the USA.

The emails are almost identical to the ones sent by the scammer pretending to be the host family Chris and Pam Hooper. You can see those emails here:

http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewto ... 34&p=44933

From "Gary and Carol" <[email protected]>
Subject Au pair Job Available in California, USA

Dear Au pair

We just finished viewing your profile on easyaupair.com and we were very impressed. We have been looking for someone to look after our kids since our last au pair left and we feel you are the right choice. We live in the Sub-Urbs of San Diego, California. Its a beautiful city you are sure to love it here. The job pays $700 weekly and you will work for 35 hours a week. There is so much more to discuss so if you are interested get back to us and we will gladly work things out.

Have a nice day
Gary and Carol Davis

From "Gary and Carol" <[email protected]>
Subject About Us

Hello

How are you doing, thanks for getting back to us we're really happy you are interested in this job. I wanted you to know more about the boys and our family so I wrote you a little something. We have three sons, John is the eldest he's 6 years old, Andrew is our second boy he's 5 years old and Tyler is the last he's 3 years old. They are all pretty similar in behaviour, John and Drew (Andrew) always protect Tyler and at such tender ages little brother also want to copy their bigger brothers, so they have basically the same interests.

They both love riding on their bikes, video games and playing outdoors with the other kids. As for sports we all play baseball on Saturdays when I am off work, I take them by their school and we hook up with the other kids and parents and have some fun. The boys do like playing in the pool every now and then but they are not too into it.

When it comes to food I must say we are quite indifferent, We could anything if it is cooked right and the boys are quite the same. When it come to preference we do like Italian food and French wine. We have never had a barbecue but our friends always do and we are always invited.

We live in a very good neighborhood in San Diego, California, lots of families, kids, malls, schools. It really peaceful and a very good place to raise your kids. Some of the other families do have au pairs here I am just not familiar with them but I guess when you come over you can get to know them.

Gary is a pilot for a private airliner and Carol is a nurse at the local hospital.

I hope you enjoy my little write up about my family. Please tell us more about you and confirm you are ready for this job
Cheers!
Gary, Carol and Kids

From "Gary and Carol" <[email protected]>
Subject Job Description

Dear xxxx

It was really nice to hear from you again and we are so happy to have you as our next au pair. We had so much fun with our last au pair and wish everything will work out just as well with you. You seem very interesting and we will sure make your stay with us the best time you can have.

Here your job description on a daily basis, how soon do you think you can start and the contract is for at least 6 months to a maximum of one year.

From Monday to Friday

You are expected to begin work by 8:00 am in the morning, get the kids breakfast ready and get them dressed and packed for school. We leave for work about 8:45 and so will you when you go drop the kids off. If you can drive there will be a car for you to use if not there is a bus which passes through and the school is only 10 minutes away.

From this time on you will be required to do some housework (Kids laundry, light cleaning). You will also run any errands for us during this time like grocery shopping etc. The kids laundry will be done by machine wash 3 times a week

Afternoon meals for the kids will be prepared by you. When you get here we will work out a meal schedule for the kids diet.

By 12:00 you should be at the kids school to pick them up and take them back home, they eat lunch by 1:00 am. We expect you will help them with their school work where you can and also engage them in any activities to keep them occupied. They have some friends in the neighborhood and whenever they go to visit you will be with them.

We get off by 5:00 pm so we expect to be home before 6:00 pm when you will close for the day. You will have the weekends off however if we need you we will let you know in time and work out the payment.

Your room is a single room with a private bathroom, it comes equipped with a TV, laptop and we will give you a cell phone when you get here so we can call you at any time we need to.

These is just a day in your life while here with us there is still alot more but we will put that into the contract. I need to know you understand the job well so we look forward to hearing from you soon and we can speak over the phone too.

Best Wishes,
Gary, Carol and Kids

From "Gary and Carol" <[email protected]>
Subject Travel Arrangements

Good day!

Good to know we have sorted some things out regarding your duties, I'd like to confirm again how long you intend on staying with us and how soon you can be here. We need to sort out things concerning your trip here.

when our last au pair was coming over, we contracted travel consultants who handled and arranged his flight here within a short period of time. Here is their website http://www.aupairlink.webs.com/ and their email is [email protected], send them an email and find out what you will need to get here. They were very efficient and we were all very happy with them. I trust they will do well for you too. We will cover the cost of the actual flight (Plane Tickets), while you will cover the cost of procuring your visa.

I hope your passport is ready because you will need it. I also need you to provide me with your full name, residential address and contact number.

We'd really love to hear back from you so have a wonderful day and don't forget to smile.
Best Wishes,
Gary, Carol and Kids

Website will be reported soon - Michael

Nice job of blurring out the kids' faces in Family.jpg, but I'm sure the adults don't want their faces associated with a scam either!

No Robert, I'm sure they don't, and that is why it is important for everyone to take care when uploading personal photographs - scammers do download photographs that they can use and then send them out, pretending that they are their own. Au pair scammers frequently change their fake names and their email addresses, but often continue to use the same photographs. Therefore it can be useful to display the photos that scammers are using - if an identical photograph has also been sent from a different family name, this can help potential scam victims realise that the host family is not genuine.

This is an email sent from Gary and Carol's travel consultants 'Au Pair Link'. It was sent from IP address 82.128.58.239, which shows that it too was sent from Nigeria.

From "Au Pair Link" <[email protected]>
Subject GETTING TO THE UNITED STATES

Dear Applicant

Thank you for contacting AuPairLink. We have been notified by your employer about your new job in California, U.S.A. Our job is to ensure you get here safely and legally within all the confines of the law.


We are among several agencies whom are allowed to act as third parties between an au pair and the Immigration Services. We have been working with them for the past 15 years with great success so please be rest assured you are in the best hands possible.

Your entire trip will be grouped into three stages

1. Securing your visa, health insurance and work papers
2. Scheduling a flight to bring you to the United States
3. Taking you from the airport to the residence of work

Securing Your Visa and Work Papers:

The nature of your job requires that you have a J1 visa (Au Pair Visa), with us this can be done within 2 weeks. We will need you to send us the following documents:

1- SCANNED PASSPORT
2- PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH
3- FULL MAILING ADDRESS
4- EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT

(Note: We have informed your employer to send Bank Statement of Account, Invitation Letter, Reference Letter and Tax Clearance to us)

Here is a total cost breakdown of the different fillings we will be making for your visa

1. I-129 Petition for a Non-immigrant Trainee Worker $150.00
2. I-765 Application for Immigrant Authorization. $200.00
3. I-131 Application for Travel Document. $200.00
4. Immigration Attorney fees (For legal fillings at Ministry of Justice) $150.00
5. NOTE: Filing J1-or L-1 petitions must submit supplemental fraud prevention fee of $150.00.

Total cost is $850.00


Please ask for mode of payment before payments are made.

You will also be registered under a health insurance scheme

2. Scheduling a flight to bring you to the United States:

Depending on the date your visa is issued we will work out a date when we can book your flight. Please inform us of estimated weight of your luggage, any phobias or preferences in airlines and which International airport you will be leaving from.

3. Taking you from the airport to the residence of work:

You will be landing at the LAX and there will be a representative from this agency who will be waiting to pick you up and take you to your employers home. For convenience of him locating you, we will give him one of your passport pictures for facial recognition and we expect you to let us know what you will be wearing so he can identify you. He will also have a sign post with your name on it for you to identify him just in case he misses you.

We wish you the best of luck and require a phone number to contact you on.


Respectfully,
Robert Ray Thornbrogh
AuPairLink!