Benald Johnson - [email protected]

This is not a genuine au pair opportunity; it is a scam. You can see near-identical emails from the scammer calling himself James Morrison here:

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From: benald johnson <[email protected]>
Subject: About my Family

Good to hear from you,Am Mr Benald Johnson, 43 Years Old,from United State with my wife and kids,I work in a fabric company in United State and i don't usually stays home unless during weekends.I do believe in God so much,what about you?I take things the way the 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.My contact address is 195 CEDARIDGE DR SAN DIEGO,CA 92114.I have just 2kids for now who are well trained and you will love to be with them,their names are David Johnson 3yrs and Anita Johnson 4yrs I want a honesty caring and clean Aupair nanny for them because they are the only one left at home after me and their mum leave for work in the morning,I have an apartment room for you and you will be taking care of my kids in my house and i will be paying you $ 1500 every month and a pocket money of $ 200 per week for buying of some things for your self .You will be working 7 hours per day and your responsibility in my house is just to take care of my kids,cooking for them, i hope you know how to cook? also you will be taking them on shopping once in a while and also taking them to where the school bus will pick them up from which is just 1 km ahead from home.You will have a private room bathroom toilet and also if you wish to be having free period from 5 pm to 7pm is acceptable. So i will like you to get back to me and tell me more about your self if you are interested in being a nanny for my Kids and i do hope to hear from you soon.Here are what you will gain from me if you wish to work as
a nanny for my kids.

1:paying you $ 1500 every 4 weeks and $200 per week for pocket money
and if there is any thing you want my family to do for you,you can ask
me.
2:Having a private room and bathroom.
3:Having free period

Mr Johnson

Thanks for your response,Am so happy with what you just told me about your self and family and am so sure my kids will learn alot from you and you will also learn from them as well,Do you smoke or Drink?Can you drive?Do you have a valid visa and all the necessary documents to come down here and take up the job?What are my kids going to learn from you?I hope to hear from you as soon as possible.

Thanks for your response,Am so happy to hear all this from you,Concerning your valid visa and all the necessary documents to come down here,i will introduce you to the immigration who helped my last Aupair to get her visa and all the necessary documents to come down here and work.here is there contact ([email protected]) contact them now and tell them you want to work with a family here in America and you need a visa and all the necessary documents including working permit to come down here and take up the Job,I will also write the here now and tell them about you and make sure you write them in a very proper way so that they can get back to you as soon as possible,I need to trust you because am so tired of looking around for an aupair and most of them does not fit to the job and that is why i want you here,You have the experience so i wont have any problem with you.I will be sending you some money to pay the immigration for your visa but i want to know what they will require for and the amount..Once you have done this,Please let me know as soon as possible..

I've got the same mail, just the name is Morris Carter. He's still trying to convince me that his letter was abused!

Welcome here Pinkygirl.

Could you post the email address that this Morris Carter is using?

The scammer calling himself Benald Johnson, instead of requesting payment from the au pair, may instead offer to send the au pair money for the visa fee.

If this should be offered to you, please understand this:

The money that he wants you to receive will either be a fake cheque or money order; or money that he has stolen from other victims - this could be sent by Western Union or MoneyGram, or paid directly into your bank account

The scammer will then either:

- Allow you to pay the real Embassy's Visa Application with some of the money, but ask that the extra/surplus money that has been sent is returned to him, or sent to an accomplice of his. The accomplice of his may pretend to be a travel agent, or a lawyer - but this will be a lie; it will actually be his criminal partner;

or:

- The 'Immigration' agent he tells you to send the money to will be fake, and you will be really sending the money directly to the scammer, or to his accomplice in this crime.

Remember: if you receive this money, it will either be a fake cheque/money order; or it will be money scammed and stolen from other victims.

Either way, you will be handling money obtained by fraud. This is a criminal offence, and when it is discovered, you could be investigated by the police or even arrested. This scammer has been using a false name, and he lives in Nigeria, and he will not be found. Only you will be able to be found.

Do NOT receive money from this scammer. If he has already sent you a cheque, it will be fake, and it is against the law for you to attempt to pay it into your bank account. If you receive a cheque from him, please take it immediately to the bank or to the police, and explain what has happened. Take some of the scammer's emails, printed out, with you, and tell the bank or the police that you believe this to be a fake cheque. Do not pay it into your bank account, nor keep it at home.

You can read more about cheque scams here:

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If you have already received money directly into your bank account, or by Western Union or MoneyGram, please, again, print out some of the scammer's emails to you, and go and ask for advice from a lawyer or citizen's information centre, or somewhere else that you can receive advice about legal matters in your country.

And please stop all contact with this scammer.