Au Pair Scam - Playing Dumb - Funny Results.

Hello recently a friend of mine from overseas was caught up in a Au Pair scam. She got worried after they asked her for Western Union Check for visa travels.

Anyways, here are the results:

1) The IP address in the yahoo email came from Nigeria.

2) They used a blackberry phone to also send emails, the phone IP address is from the UK.

3) They provided a phone number but it was disconnected.

4) After finding out above results, started to play dumb with said person, and asked for updated phone number to reach them at. The new number was located in NY, where the fake family is suppose to be.

5) Decided to call that number, and the person picked up was male ages 19-24 with a new yorker voice, sounds like some punk kid posing as a 36-45 year old white male Doctor. Still played dumb with him anyways, and told them I am the Boyfriend of the Au Pair girl contact overseas, and will be in new york soon and was hoping to meet up with them to make sure everything is legit.

is it dangerous to toy with them like this?

http://forum.419eater.com is the place to check out you're doing it safely and to get tips, ideas and share experiences.

What you're doing is called baiting and isn't handled here, but it can be hilarious as long as you are taking a few simple steps to make sure you aren't doing anything foolish.

Welcome to ScamWarners jaytxvo. If you are messing with this scammer using an email account that is tied to your (or anyone's) real life, stop communicating with them now.

Gomer has given you some excellent advice if you wish to continue messing with them.

Please post the email address used by this scammer so others can be warned of their activities. That is the way we deal with scammers here, we expose their trickery to help victims who have been trapped by scammers and provide information to prevent victims from falling into the trap.

Thank you for your participation here!