by Chris Fuller
Mon May 16, 2011 10:05 am
This is not a genuine childcare opportunity; it is a scam. Both the barrister and the employer are fake.
If you are looking for a nanny or au pair position in the USA, please contact the US Embassy in your own country to check the US entry requirements. You can find the genuine US Embassy website here:
http://www.usembassy.gov/
Do not send money to any agency, embassy, lawyer, or other person introduced to you by a potential host family.
This is a typical online advertisement from the fake barrister:
And this is a typical response to anyone who responds to one of his adverts:
If you are looking for a nanny or au pair position in the USA, please contact the US Embassy in your own country to check the US entry requirements. You can find the genuine US Embassy website here:
http://www.usembassy.gov/
Do not send money to any agency, embassy, lawyer, or other person introduced to you by a potential host family.
This is a typical online advertisement from the fake barrister:
Hi,
I am Barrister Allen Taylor from USA, The Legal adviser to Dr Thomas Adelaide, He is urgently in need of a God fearing Nanny to look after two kids ages 6 and 8 yrs.
Requirement: Honest God fearing Nanny, with at least School leaving certificate or college and above,RESUME and PASSPORT.
LIVE AND WORK IN FLORIDA USA…
SALARY: Four Thousand US Dollars.(4,000).MONTHLY
Interested applicant should first contact me…Please write me in my email because i might not come here ANYTIME SOON.
Write me on [email protected]
Thanks
Bar Allen
And this is a typical response to anyone who responds to one of his adverts:
From: Allen Taylor <[email protected]>
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER ALLEN TAYLOR..
Hello ,
FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER ALLEN TAYLOR..
it's my pleasure to say to you that i have made proper arrangement with the
US Immigration and the US Embassy and i can assure you that with my
influence as a State Lawyer and the Serial code which Dr Thomas have been able to secure for
the lucky person whom will take up this offer which i believe is
you because i sent this proposal to three people and you have been
the first and the only one to reply to this proposal....
I believe that you are the one.....God Willing....
NOTE that this is not a joke or whatsoever.
The Immigration will be assisting you in applying for all your
travel papers and within a month or two you can have your papers
out and fly down here as soon as you have it all..
If you are okay with this and you are still willing to apply for
for this job then you have to send your RESUME and
PASSPORT(photocopies) ASAP to my client your Future Employer Dr Thomas
Adelaide on [email protected]
Hope to read from you soonest.
BAR ALLEN.