Au Pair Scammer - Micheal Fedson - [email protected]

This scammer is pretending to live in both the USA and in Canada. Some of the emails he sends begin:

From: Micheal Fedson <[email protected]>

Hello,
I am Mr Fedson from Portland, Maine in the United State of America. I saw your profile on Au pair Options.

And other emails are written like this:

From: Micheal Fedson <[email protected]>

Hello,
My name is Fedson, I live in Toronto Canada. I saw your profile on Au pair Options. We are looking for someone who will take good care of our 2 Daughter (Melissa and Ricky), someone that we get them prepare ready in the morning, clear up the their breakfast, Make the beds and take my daughter to school. The Au Pair would then need to pick her up in the afternoon and look after the Children, until we get back home from work. We have a very hardworking cleaner, so there will not be any heavy house work for you to do. There is a bit of light cleaning and laundry so there would be more free time in the day to go to language school if applicable.


How does the Au Pair live:

The Au Pair would have his or her own room, which is huge, and has a double bed, with sitting area and TV/DVD/Hi Fi. There is wireless broadband internet in the house. The Au Pair will have access to a personal car to run around if he/she knows how to drive. Working hours:07.30 to 09.30 and 15:00 to 19:30 Plus about 60-90 minutes of housework a day to fit in with the Au Pair's schedule. 25-30 hours a week.


Abilities of Au pair:

Have you ever traveled outside your home country before?
Do you have much experience working with kid’s ?
Do you have a qualification ?
Which country are you from?
Can you get the children ready for school ?
Driving my Children to school, appointments and extracurricular activities ?
Supervising homework ?
Preparing the Children meals ?
Bathing, dressing and putting them to bed ?
Supervising and playing with them ?
Helping to keep their rooms tidy?
Doing the laundry ?
Assisting with light household duties ?
Do you smoke ?
Do you drink ?
Can you help with housework ?
Do you have brothers and sisters ?


Benefit:

The Au Pair will be paid a Monthly Salary of 1,800 Euro and a pocket money of 100 Euro per week. I will also be responsible for some of the funds for your traveling documents if necessary.


Thanks,
Fedson.

Here is a continuation of the 'Canadian version' of this scam.

From: "Micheal Fedson" <[email protected]>

Dear Au pair,
thanks for your response to my mail. I saw your profile on Au pair Options. I own a house in Toronto, where i live together with my lovely Family. I work with on of the biggest construction Company in Toronto and we are devoted Christian. You can resume work as as possible, but you have to facilitate your Traveling document and working permit as soon as you can.

I want you to know that your monthly salary is 1,800 Euro and a pocket money of 100 Euro weekly. You will be living together with our family as long as you like, we will also enroll you in a Language school, to get improve on your English. What can you do to make my Children Happy? What interest do you have for our family? and what can we do to make you happy? And as i said earlier in my first mail, i can render some assistance in area of coming over here and i will like to have your full details such as:

FIRST NAME.
LAST NAME..
FULL ADDRESS..
STATE..
COUNTRY..
CITY..
NEXT OF KIN..
SCAN OF PASSPORT...OPTIONAL
PHONE NUMBER..
FAX NUMBER..

Hope to hear from you soon and i want you to get back to me with the full details above...

Regards
Mr Fedson...

From: "Micheal Fedson" <[email protected]>

Hello,
how was your day and hope everything is fine? I work in a big construction company here in Canada. My full name is Micheal Fedson, we are happy family and we have so many things to accommodate you in our family. You will be entitle to a living standard room, cellphone, Car, Internet facilities and many others.

You will be earning a monthly salary of 1800 euro and i will also be giving a 100 euro every week as allowance. You can also resume work as soon as your traveling document is ready. More so, i am under an agency here in the United State called (Bellviewlon Travels). They are very good in processing traveling document for Au pair and Nannies, tourist visa, holiday package, working permit and so on. I will advice you to mail them, they will provide you with more reference on how to process your working permit as soon as possible. They can also book your Flight ticket if needed and some other necessary document. I have contacted them by mail on your behalf and i want you to send your full details to the Agency to start the processing of your working permit document as soon as possible and also get back to me with their response.

Name: Bellviewlon Travels Agency

Email Address: [email protected]

Best Regard,
Mr Fedson..

From: "Bellviewlon Travels" <[email protected]>

We are in receipt of your inquiry based on working as an Au pair for a particular family. We have received a phone call and Email from Mr Fedson Micheal From Toronto Canada regarding your working permit, flight ticket and all necessary travel documents. It is important to let you know that it will take us up to 2 weeks to finish up all due processes because you are from EU (European Union) Applicant . To this effect you are advised to comply with terms and agreement. You are advised to scan the back page of your passport and send it to us right now, in order to have your application kit, documents and Working Permit papers processed.

Below are information we need for processing:

(1) FULL NAME:
(2) CONTACT ADDRESS :
(3) CITY:
(4) STATE:
(5) ZIP CODE:
(6) COUNTRY/NATIONALITY:
(7) DATE OF BIRTH:
(8) MARTIAL STATUS:
(9) OCCUPATION:
(10) PHONE NUMBER:


As soon as the above information are received, we will send it to the Consulate after our conclusion, then we will let you know how much it costs to start the processing of your working permit, flight ticket, Health Insurance and other travel document. Do you know how to drive? If so, you would need to scan us 2 passport photograph for your driver's license to be converted to Canadian drivers license. we shall send it along with your documents once your Document are ready, and your host family will come to us for all the necessary forms to fill out for employing you to their home. We shall get this done for you within 2 weeks without any delay and send it to you Via United Postal Service, (UPS).

Hope to read from you soon and thanks for your understanding and co-operation.
Nicholas Tincan.

Bellviewlon Travels Agency
(C/O European Union Agency)
20, Rue Marc Seguin
75018 Paris, France.
Phone Number: +33667759784

From: "Bellviewlon Travels" <[email protected]>

Thanks for your prompt response to our mail. Once you comply with our terms and Agreement. We are going to process all the necessary document you needed to obtain your working permit, Medical Insurance and Drivers license at the Canadian embassy and you do not need a Visa to enter Canada, because your country is under the Visa waiver program to Canada.

Below is a break down of the Payment:

WORKING PERMIT : 300 euro
TRAVEL INSURANCE : 100 euro
MEDICAL INSURANCE: 200 euro
LAWYER ATTESTATION FEE: 200 euro
UPS CHARGES : 100 euro
DRIVERS LICENSE APPLICATION CHARGE : 100 euro
AGENCY FEE : 230 euro

That is the Comprehensive break down of what you need to process your working permit, medical Insurance and Drivers License to Canada (1,230 Euro). Mr Fedson Micheal also confirmed that payment will be done by both parties (You and Mr Fedson). You will make an half payment of (615 Euro) and Mr Fedson will balance it up. Which means you are to pay (615 Euro) because that is the Law and Procedure in our Agency and you should get to your employer and resolve into a conclusion, as we have placed priories and you should get back to us the earlier the better, to let you know the payment method and also scan the data page of your International Passport to us as soon as possible.


Bellviewlon Travels Agency
(C/O European Union Agency)
20, Rue Marc Seguin
75018 Paris, France.
Phone Number: +33667759784