Maureen Morgan - Au-par scammer...? or not?

Well,
i've received a letter from Maureen Morgan from the US ([email protected]). It seemed a little strange that Maureen started her letter like this: "Hello Au pair/Nanny" without calling my name. I answered but then got the same thing: "Hello Our Future Au pair".
Besides i still haven't got any links to their account or website. They haven't answered some of my questions. They already agree to have me as an au-pair (after the 1-st response) without any additional questions. And it feels like they try "to make things go faster". English is not my native language but it seemed to me like there were some mistakes in their letter. They haven't mentioned any "travel agent" yet, but here's their second letter (which i've got after i answered them):

Hello Our Future Au pair,
Thanks for the swift response and also for all information provided. Everything sounds very fine with me .
Concerning the processing of your USA visa and work permit, I can recommend an agency whom am very sure they can handle the fast processing of all necessary documents required for you to live and work as part of our family in the USA . If you are interested in processing all your documents through this agency, I wouldn't mind providing you with the agency contact details.
Let me know what you decide as soon as possible.
We all looking forward to meeting you soon as part of our family .
I wait to read from you soon .
Kind Regards
Maureen

so if it's not hard for you could you please check this person?

Welcome to ScamWarners dag1587. It is very difficult to find absolute information from the little you have posted. There certainly are indicators that this is a scam. The hurry, hurry in the message. The ready offer to find a place to process a visa. The lack of calling you by your name.

You have good instincts on this. As far as I know a visa has to be handled in person and you have to have a passport. The scam will be getting you to send money to get the paperwork processed. The truth is, they do not intend to process the paperwork and will keep asking you for funds.

Your English is good as are your instincts. I will do a little more checking to see what I can find. It has all of the hallmarks of a scam.

Hello dag1587,

Yes, that is a scam; this is not the correct way to become an au pair in the USA. Please take a look at this webpage from the US Dept of State:

http://exchanges.state.gov/jexchanges/p ... upair.html

The scammer's fake agency would pretend to be able to obtain a visa or other documents for you, and require you to pay for this. This money would then be stolen from you.

Would you be willing to also post the first email you received from this scammer? An identical email will have been sent to many many people, and it will be so useful to be able to warn that this is a scam.

Dag1587,

How did you get contacted by this scammer?

It took only 9 minutes for your scammer to write back to me and say that the job is still open and I need to let him know what my decision is regarding the job.

from <[email protected]>
to
date Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:12 PM
subject RE: au pair
mailed-by hotmail.com

hide details 10:12 PM (18 minutes ago)

Yes of course we are still very much interested.

Let me know what you decide asap

Kind Regards

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The IP resolves to Lagos Nigeria

Bubbles, Chris Fuller,

thank you a lot!:) Here's the text of the first e-mail from Maureen Morgan:

Hello Au pair/Nanny,

My name is Maureen Morgan, I am a Fashion Designer by profession. My husband
is Chris Morgan a Business Consultant .
We both live in Brooklyn New York City in the United States Of America
(USA).
We would like to invite you over-here to be our kids Au pair/Nanny. We have
two lovely girls Cynthia and Kelly. Kelly is the smallest who is 3 & half
Years old while Cynthia is 6 and half years old .
Their hobbies are listening to music,swimming,reading,long walk
talk,visiting the museum,visiting Cinema houses,going to the beach,playing
video game etc.
Your duties will be to take them to and back from school,dry clean their
dirty clothes,tutor them,cooking/serving their meal/snacks,play with
them,teach them good things of life and treat them like your own children .
You will be provided with a comfortable accommodation with 24 hours free
internet assess and also with every necessary home gadget.
Your working hour per day will be within 5-6 hours which will be
approximately 25-30 hours per week .
You will also be provided with a private car for your personal use with the
children.
Your working period will be Monday to Friday,Saturday and Sunday will always
be your off day from work ing.
Your salary will be $1700 Monthly and $200 weekly pocket allowance .
HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS :
Can you send me a copy of your CV and a photo?
How many Years of experience do you have as an AU PAIR .
What was your experience with your last Host family ?
Do you have a valid working visa to work in U.S.A?
Can u cook?
Can u speak English fluently?
Can u Drive perfectly?
Can you provide me with your phone number(s)?
Which country are you right now ?
I wait to hear from you soon .
Regards

Thank you for posting this.

These sentences:

Their hobbies are listening to music,swimming,reading,long walk
talk,visiting the museum,visiting Cinema houses,going to the beach,playing
video game etc.
Your duties will be to take them to and back from school,dry clean their
dirty clothes,tutor them,cooking/serving their meal/snacks,play with
them,teach them good things of life and treat them like your own children .

have been used before by scammers; you can read them in these scam mails here:

viewtopic.php?f=34&t=11869&p=37270

viewtopic.php?f=26&t=6333&p=37130

I got the same e-mail 3 hours ago, exact the same from Maureen Morgan but the email was now [email protected]

I guess it's a scam then!

Thank you for the update jolasveinn. This helps us keep the information on ScamWarners current. We are glad you are here.

This scammer is now also calling themself Dr Williams Janet, sending out scam mails from the same [email protected] email address:

viewtopic.php?f=34&t=17101