by Chris Fuller
Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:42 pm
This is not a genuine au pair opportunity; it is a scam. The scammer, via the fake immigration agency, will request money for a visa, work permit, flight tickets, or other 'necessary travel/employment documents'. This money will then be stolen from you. The scammer will not obtain any documents for anyone; and does not really have an au pair position to offer.
If you are looking for an au pair position 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 abbreviations 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 guidance with travel arrangements, please contact a travel agency in your own town, which you can visit in person.
Scammers sometimes pretend that a 'previous au pair' will give reference/recommendation for them. The previous au pair is also fake, and the emails from that fake au pair are actually written by the same scammer who is writing the emails from the host family and the fake immigration agency, Border Agency, travel agency, or lawyer. You can see an example of a fake previous au pair email below.
If you are looking for an au pair position 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 abbreviations 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 guidance with travel arrangements, please contact a travel agency in your own town, which you can visit in person.
Scammers sometimes pretend that a 'previous au pair' will give reference/recommendation for them. The previous au pair is also fake, and the emails from that fake au pair are actually written by the same scammer who is writing the emails from the host family and the fake immigration agency, Border Agency, travel agency, or lawyer. You can see an example of a fake previous au pair email below.
From: [email protected]
Hello Dear,
How are you doing, I am very sorry for the late response, I must let
you know i really needs your service here ontime, And i have contacted
the Immigration Service not quite long and they made me understand
they will get your Traveling Documents processed for you in within
1week as they have did for my Last Aupair from Japan that just Left
due to the death of her mother.....I got some Information's from them
which you will be needing to provide to them in other for them to get
your Traveling Documents processed for you....
And as for your salary, I will be paying you the total sum of 3,000
Great Britain pounds and a pocket fee of 600pounds every week for you
to get some stuffs you need for yourself..Hope the salary is okay with
you..
Here are the Information's which you will need to provide to the
Immigration Service...
- Full Name:
-Mailing Address:
-Phone Number:
-Nationality:
-Passport Photo page:
And they also made me understand that the total sum of 800 Great
British Pounds, will be needed for the processing of your Traveling
Documents, so i will want you to get back to me with all these
Information's so i could forward to the Immigration Service and i
will surely get back to you as soon i have done that, Also i will like
you to let me know how much you can afford from the processing fee, As
we knew you won't be able to come up with all the fees being in Great
British pounds..So we will want you to let us know how much you can
afford and we will be glad to help with the remaining as to fasten the
processing of you documents.
The job is already yours and we can;t wait to meet you here...If you
don't mind, i will like it if you can contact my ex Au pair to ask her
more about my family for you to be sure you are going to the right
family and to the right place...Here is her E-mail which you can
contact her through ([email protected])
. .It would be better for you to contact her and ask her more about my
Family and i
would be glad to know if you have done that...
Hope to hear back from you.
Thanks and love from the Kid.
From: [email protected]
Hello,
How are you doing, Well I am Roseline Brenda from Japan, i worked for 2 years as an Aupair for Mrs Angelina Alfred In Manchester, United Kingdom....spending a good, nice and wonderful time with her Family....
Mrs Angelina Alfred is being a very good and kind woman to me, she treats me like part of Her family and her Kids are very friendly and lovable and respectful.....
Mrs Angelina Alfred is a Banker, she is friendly and am not happy about leaving her family, But i have to come back home due to my Mother's Death.....
Mrs Angelina Alfred, is a very simple and easy going woman, she is very friendly and lively, Trustworthy and God Fearing woman....And all i do during my working hours is just to take her kids to school and bring them back home, help them with some little school works and play with them till their mother comes back from work.
My salary with the Angelina Alfred's Family was 3,000Pounds every Month and 600pounds every week as my pocket fee, But she Later make an Increasement to my salary which i felt happy about....I worked 7 Hours everyday and my off days are Saturdays and Sundays, You are to look after just 2 kids. there are both friendly and very playful...
Staying with the Alfred's family is a very good and lovable thing and place i have ever experienced in my life since i have been a nanny....I am so much thankful to the Alfred Family for helping me contact the Immigration Service for the processing of my Traveling documents, And a fee of 800pounds was paid by me for the processing of my Traveling Documents with the Immigration. I sent the funds to Mrs Angelina Alfred and she helps me get everything arranged and sent to me.. And i was very happy they get all my documents processed and sent to me within a week..And i am very sure you will enjoy being part of her family as i did before i left..
And i am very sure you will enjoy being part of her family as i did before i left..
I am very sure you will be glad being part of her Family over there in the United Kingdom.....
I Hope to hear back from you...
Roselin Brenda...