Scams offering fake Au Pair positions
by Chris Fuller Mon May 30, 2011 5:25 am
This is not a genuine au pair opportunity; it is a scam. This scammer also uses the same 'from' name and email address when he is pretending to be Sarah Lewis. You can see that scam here:

Sarah Lewis

From: Sarah Lewis <[email protected]>
subject AUPAIR NEEDED ASAP

Hello Active Aupair,
I am Thomas Simon, i travel all around the united state and europe due to the type of work am engage in as a construction engineer. I am about to start my trip any moment from now and i cant leave my kid all alone.I am a a British based in United Kingdom. Therefore i am mailing you due to the fact that i saw your ad that you are an aupair and willing to relocate and would love to know if you can join us here in my home. I would like to know where you are at the Moment, Your Age, Your Location and also i want to know if you can be able to resume in my house asap because that will really be appreciated by us. I want you to know that the travelling procedure is nothing worry about as you will be directed to our travelling agency that will help you process all the necessary document inother for you to be able to arrive in our house as soon as possible if you are not in United Kingdom at the moment. My kid is very intelligent, friendly, playful and loves ice cream, he is named Michael and he is just 6years old. I want you to be with him as soon as possible and take good care of him for about 6-12months or above. All that is needed from you is trust, honesty and also a promise to take good care of him while i am away. I look forward to get some fast response from you..
Thomas Simon family

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by Chris Fuller Tue May 31, 2011 3:04 am
Here is another email from this scammer. The agency is also fake. Emails sent by this fake agency are written by the same scammer who is also pretending to be Thomas Simon and Sarah Lewis.

From: Sarah Lewis <[email protected]>

Hello our dear Aupair to be,
I am so full of happiness to get a response from you,as my kid care matters allot to me in-other for me to get someone to take care of him and i am very happy that you are willing to be the one to take care of him for me.
Some self introduction I am a Marketer and my husband Daniel Alan is a Construction Manager and we speak English in our house and you do not need to be shy or panic as we are very friendly, honest,faithful and also loving.
I will also like you to send you pictures so that i can show my Kid
I want you to know that i will be paying you the sum of 660pounds monthly and your working hours will be 5hours per day and that is 25hours per week because you will only work Monday to Friday and have the weekends free for yourself, there will also be a daily pocket money of 2pounds everyday in-case you do not want to eat the food we cook or you feel like eating something else entirely and also a daily 2pounds will be given to you to get my kid ice cream whenever he wants(Ice cream shop is very close to our house). There are lots of fast food joint, eateries and also super market where you can find or get something to eat at any point in time so food issue is not a problem.
Little description about me and my family, I am lovely and Caring, you do not need to be shy. My house is a very big one, I have 5bathroom and 5bedroom in our house and also a swimming pool if you know how to swim, a beautiful garden for relaxation whenever we are less busy we go there and relax, i would also like to tell you that you will be living with us in our house and you will have access to all things in our house like an extra key of the house, a personal computer that is connected to the internet, my cars if you know how to drive, a personal room and personal toilet and many more.
All your work schedule is just my kids affairs and well-being, take him to kindergarten if you want to go to English Courses or want to do some other courses here in United Kingdom, go and pick him from kindergarten, play with him to make him happy and not to feel that is parent are not around (Dont forget ice-cream makes him not to cry...So funny), cook noodles for him whenever his hungry and also he likes little biscuit..
Our Home is located in Birmingham and Below is our home address in London..
75 New Cavendish St, London,
W1G 9TB
United Kingdom.
All i want you to do now is to contact the agency that will help you with your trip to United Kingdom, Below is their contact details and they will surely get back to you with all the necessary steps needed to arrive in United Kingdom and they have being helping me and my family whenever we want to travel abroad.
Name-Lam-lad Travels
Email- [email protected]
Make sure you contact the agency so as to help you with your Visa, Air ticket and work permit for it to be available as fast as possible and get me notified as soon as possible.
Cheers
Thomas Simon Family
by Chris Fuller Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:33 am
This scammer is now using the email address:

[email protected]

From: [email protected]

Hello Active Aupair,
I am Thomas Simon,Single dad, Am a construction Engineer,(dos-sim.org)born Dec 23 1970, i travel all around the united state and europe due to the type of work am engage in as a construction engineer. I am about to start my trip any moment from now and i cant leave my kid all alone.I am a a British based in United Kingdom. Therefore i am mailing you due to the fact that i saw your ad that you are an aupair and willing to relocate and would love to know if you can join us here in my home. I would like to know where you are at the Moment, Your Age, Your Location and also i want to know if you can be able to resume in my house asap because that will really be appreciated by us. I want you to know that the travelling procedure is nothing worry about as you will be directed to our travelling agency that will help you process all the necessary document inother for you to be able to arrive in our house as soon as possible if you are not in United Kingdom at the moment. My kid is very intelligent, friendly, playful and loves ice cream, he is named Michael and he is just 6years old. I want you to be with him as soon as possible and take good care of him for about 6-12months or above. All that is needed from you is trust, honesty and also a promise to take good care of him while i am away. I look forward to get some fast response from you..
Thomas Simon family

The scammer continues to direct au pairs to the fake Lamlad Travels agency. The description of an au pair in the following email has been copied from a genuine agency's website.

From: Lamlad Travels <[email protected]>

Dear Customer
We are pleased to tell you that we got your mail and your visa application will begin in earnest if you provide with us the following information since you were directed to us by one of our client and you could get your visa within a weeks and 2 days. We will like you to provide us with the following so that the Preparation of the document can start immediately.
1 Your full Name as it is written on your international passport
2 Your mailing Address
3 Nationality (Including a valid international passport) Scanned and send to our email box and also a passport photograph
4 Your International passport number
5 Address of BHC (British High Commission also known as Uk embassy) in your location
6 A Total sum of 625 British Pound(s) which is (1,350$) to enable process the neccessary documents for the Visa for you to travel down here to Uk and as well as a work permit for you. So as soon as you have gotten all this neccessary things including the money just get back to us in other to start your documents in earnest so that we will send it to the (BHC)in your location in other for you to be given a UK visa and also send your work permit as soon as possible.


What to expect as an Au Pair
As an Au Pair you have to be a single person between the age of 17 and 27, without dependents who wish to travel to the United Kingdom to live with a family so that you can learn the English Language and gain experience and understanding on our culture and ways of British life.
Some host families look for short term or summer Au Pairs, but the majority of families are looking for long term Au Pairs. Some Au Pairs stay with their host families from 6 months to 2 years. In this time you will make great new friends from fellow students you will meet attending English Classes, as well as being a friend to your host family and their children.

It's not ALL easy!

Make no mistake - being an Au Pair is not easy! You need to be prepared to take on certain everyday household tasks, involving on average 1-2 hours each day 5 days a week. Example housework duties may be vacuuming, dusting, ironing, preparing light meals, tidying and other such work. This will have been advised and agreed in the host family’s registration form.

You will also need to take responsibility for the family's children when required, a job which can be challenging at the beginning as the children learn to adapt to someone new & you learn their weekly routine. You will need to show them that you are committed to their well-being so that they feel safe and happy in your care. Make sure that you have quality time with the children everyday by allocating a time when you can give them your full attention. During this time do a fun activity with them that they really enjoy (bake a cake, draw, paint, make something, play outdoors, cycling, go to the park etc). As you do something fun together everyday they will quickly begin to enjoy your company and you will naturally develop a close and lasting friendship with them. Never make personal phone calls or email your friends when you are alone with the children: this sends out the message to the children that you are not interested in them and they are likely to behave badly as a result!

You will be treated as one of the family, within a family, assisting in caring for the children in the home.If you have agreed to be a driving Au Pair then you may be required to drop off and pick up the children to and from school or their meeting area (host families will have advised and agreed this with you in their registration form and in conversations you have had prior to arrival).

Life in the UK is lively and fun

In exchange for helping the host family with their housework and children you can expect to have a rewarding and life-changing experience. Life in the UK is lively and fun, so get out as much as possible in your free time and visit people and places. On arrival in the UK you will receive a Welcome Pack from our agency with telephone numbers for other Au Pairs in your area. Your host family will also direct you to the nearest language school where you can enrol to study English as a Foreign Language for around 4-6 hours per week with homework assignments in between. You will meet lots of other Au Pairs and young people at the language school so it is well worth attending. The cost of classes varies a good deal, so it is worth comparing schools. State funded schools offer free classes to nationals of the European Union.
There are also many Learn Direct Courses on offer and other self study opportunities.

As an Au Pair coming to the UK you will be responsible for paying for your transport to come over to England. The host family will meet you at your destination whether it is at an airport, bus station, train station or port. Your new host family will help you look for suitable colleges/schools to help you enrol on courses to study English. Some colleges can charge you a fee, which could be around £200 a term. All college fees are your responsibility in paying for and not the responsibility of the host family, however, the host family may lend you the money which you can pay back on a weekly basis from your pocket money. In some cases it has be known that the host family will help pay towards the costs of college (normally for Au Pairs who stay 12 months +). If you are an Au Pair coming form an EU Country and there are Adult Education Centres near to your host families' home then you may be entitled to free classes/lessons and only have to pay for the exam fees.

Regards
The Management
Lamlad Travels®.
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by Chris Fuller Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:17 am
This scammer is also running a Romance Scam, using the same email address:

[email protected]

You can read about this scam here:

Sarah Lewis

If a scammer is asked about this type of inconsistency, they will often say that 'somebody else' is using (or spoofing) their email address. This is not true. Scammers usually have multiple fake identities, and it is not uncommon for them to use the same email address for more than one type of scam.
by Chris Fuller Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:39 pm
This scammer has now returned to using the [email protected] email address, and sends the following introductory mail:

From: [email protected]
Subject: ARE YOU AVAILABLE (FAM348564)

Hello Active Aupair,
I am Thomas Simon L. I am a Construction Manager and i speak English in my house and you do not need to be shy or panic as we are very friendly, honest,faithful and also loving,born Dec 23 1970, i travel alot and am about to start my trip any moment from now and i cant leave my kid all alone.I am a a British based in United Kingdom. Therefore i am mailing you due to the fact that i saw your ad that you are an aupair and willing to relocate and would love to know if you can join us here in my home. I would like to know where you are at the Moment, Your Age, Your Location and also i want to know if you can be able to resume in my house as soon as possible,Would really appreciate that. I want you to know that the travelling procedure is nothing to worry about as you will be directed to my travelling agency that will help you process all the necessary document inorder for you to be able to arrive in my home as soon as possible if you are not in United Kingdom at the moment. My kid is very intelligent, friendly, playful and he loves ice cream, he is named Mark and he is just 3years old. I want you to be with him as soon as possible and take good care of him for about 6-12months or above. All that is needed from you is trust, honesty and also a promise to take good care of him while i am away. I look forward to get some fast response from you..
Simons L family

The scammer then directs the au pair to this fake agency:

All i want you to do now is to contact the agency that will help you with your trip to United Kingdom, Below is their contact details and they will surely get back to you with all the necessary steps needed to arrive in United Kingdom and they have being helping me and my family whenever we want to travel abroad.
Name-The Travels
Email- [email protected]
Make sure you contact the agency so as to help you with your Visa, Air ticket and work permit for it to be available as fast as possible and get me notified as soon as possible.
Cheers
Simons L family

In reality, no travel agency can obtain a visa for you; if you need a visa to be an au pair in the UK, you will need to directly apply for this yourself, at the British Embassy, Consulate, or Visa Application Centre in your own country. Please note that citizens of very few countries are eligible for a visa to be an au pair in the UK; you can read about this here:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas ... ityscheme/

If you also click on 'Conditions of your stay' on the left hand side of that webpage, you will be able to confirm that this is the correct visa for au pairs.
by Chris Fuller Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:14 am
This scammer also uses the email address: [email protected]

From: Thomas Simon <[email protected]>
Subject: Aupair Needed

Hello Active Aupair,
I am Thomas,Single dad, Am a Banker,born Dec 23 1970, i travel alot and. I am about to start my trip any moment from now and i cant leave my kid all alone.I am a a British based in United Kingdom. Therefore i am mailing you due to the fact that i saw your ad that you are an aupair and willing to relocate and would love to know if you can join us here in my home. I would like to know where you are at the Moment, Your Age, Your Location and also i want to know if you can be able to resume in my house asap because that will really be appreciated by us. I want you to know that the travelling procedure is nothing worry about as you will be directed to our travelling agency that will help you process all the necessary document inorder for you to be able to arrive in our house as soon as possible if you are not in United Kingdom at the moment. My kid is very intelligent, friendly, playful and loves ice cream, he is named Michael and he is just 6years old. I want you to be with him as soon as possible and take good care of him for about 6-12months or above. All that is needed from you is trust, honesty and also a promise to take good care of him while i am away. I look forward to get some fast response from you..
Simon family

This is another version of his scam:

From: Thomas Simon <[email protected]>

Dear Nanny
Am Thomas,a single dad and i needs a decent nanny for my son.Kindly get back to me if you are available.

Bye
Thomas

From: Thomas Simon <[email protected]>

Thanks for the mail and am really happy you determined to come take care of my son for me,i travel alot and i need you to be a good nanny to my son because his mom died 2 years ago and he is still young,he is a loving and friendly boy.I need to know how much you want me to be paying you weekly or monthly because you need to take good care of my boy.His name is Mark.Am willing to pay you in advance so that you can know how urgent i needed a nanny for him.kindly get back to me now so that i can know your schedule and i would be able to reschedule my own time.
Bye
Thomas

From: Thomas Simon <[email protected]>

Thanks for the reply,
I want you to try and send me your cvs/resume and also your pictures and if you have any refree,and make sure you send me your full name and address with phone numbers so that i can instruct my personal assistant to issue your payment asap because i dont want any delay.

Furthermore i would be the one to let you know when to resume to my home,due to my kind of job,i travel alot.So to answer your questions

Am looking for help during week and weekends,my job takes me every where around the globe,sometimes i travel for months,weeks.and my son is just 3years old,he likes to dance,and he likes to play football and play within the house,Some self introduction I am a Construction Manager and we speak English in our house and you do not need to be shy or panic as we are very friendly, honest,faithful and also loving,Little description about me and my family, I am lovely and Caring, you do not need to be shy. My house is a very big one, I have 5bathroom and 5bedroom in our house and also a swimming pool if you know how to swim, a beautiful garden for relaxation whenever we are less busy we go there and relax, i would also like to tell you that you will be living with us in our house and you will have access to all things in our house like an extra key of the house, a personal computer that is connected to the internet, my cars if you know how to drive, a personal room and personal toilet and many more

Kindly get back to me now so we can proceed from there.
Bye
Thomas

The scammer is also running Romance Scams. You can read about this here:

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