James Benson - [email protected]

This is not a genuine au pair opportunity; it is a scam. The scammer, probably via another fake person, company, or government department (lawyer, travel agency, embassy), 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.

From: james benson <[email protected]>
Subject: Au pair/ Nanny needed urgently

ABOUT US
I urgently need an Au pair/nanny,I'm a Social researcher here in LONG
BEACH CA while my wife works as a consultant.I am down to earth, blunt
and take things the way they come.I am a very friendly person and easy
to get along with.You will have no problem in adapting to our
lifestyle here. We will be needing your services due to the time
commitment that is demanding by our job. We want you to know that
you'll never have any cause to regret taking up this job. feel free to
get to know more about my family

Here is another version of the scammer's introductory email. You can see an identical email sent by the scammer calling himself Henry Johnson here:

viewtopic.php?f=34&t=16460

My name is James benson, I reside in LONG BEACH
CA 90847. I will like you to be the
aupair/nanny to my two lovely kids.i ma yet to reactivate my aupair account but feel free to ask me anything.
ABOUT US
I'm a Social researcher here in LONG BEACH CA
while my
husband works as a consultant.I am down to
earth, blunt and take things the way they come.I am
a very friendly
person and easy to get along with.You will have no
problem in adapting
to our lifestyle here. We will be needing your
services due to the
time commitment that is demanding by our job. We
want you to know that
you'll never have any cause to regret taking up this
job.
THE KIDS
Joey is Three years, we just enrolled her at a
kindergarten school for
this summer..She is welcoming and though she is
young,she has a warm and
friendly attitude.she like s playing a lot and i do not
think you will
not have any problem with her so far he eats and
plays well.Sarah is
six years old,she's in her first year in elementary
school.She likes
candy,chocolate and she likes watching cartoon
movies.She also likes
playing a mother role cos she's always with me in
the kitchen.She pays
rapt attention to all i do and tries to mimic those
acts she sees me
perform in the kitchen,laundry and other
activities.She is very
intelligent and loves to take after people,this is the
more reason i
will appreciate someone with good qualities to be
her aupair so that
she doesn't take to bad influence.Their father,like
me plays a very
active role in their life.Funny enough,Joey is mostly
with his dad
except during meals or
while Sarah is mostly with me in the kitchen.
SCHEDULE
Your job is not a hard one,I do not believe in
supervising or
monitoring people to do their job.I believe people
should be giving a
free role in whatever they do.So,I believe you should
be able to
perform well without being told.All entails preparing
the kids for
school in the morning,taking Sarah and Joe to the
point where the
school bus picks them up to school.You will have a
free period then
whereby you can do any vocation or practice
whatever is at your
disposal.Then you help monitor them after they are
brought home by the
school bus,just to make sure they are alright till my
arrival from
work.
SALARY
You will be entitled to a pay of $2500 every month
while you
will also be given an entitlement of $100 every week
for petty
expenses which you might need for yourself..This
salary is subject to
negotiations for an upward review upon your
arrival..
ROOM
A well furnished Master bed room will be made
available for your
personal use soon as you get here.there will be your
personal laptop
connected to the internet, TV and other necessary
gadgets at your
disposal.There will be enough privacy for you,i guess
you'll really
like it.
WHEN TO START
You are free to start as soon as possible,I will
appreciate you coming
immediately but any date of your choice will also be
welcome.
OFF DAYS
You have every weekend as your off day as i will not
be going to work
during weekends except special overtime.
STUDY
You will be free to study in any school of your choice
soon as you get
here.I will be helping you as regards tuition
fees.There are so many
colleges and Universities here that offer good and
qualitative courses
here. do you have a valid visa to travel down here?