Scams offering fake Au Pair positions
by Chris Fuller Mon May 30, 2011 6:13 am
This is not a genuine au pair opportunity; it is a scam. You can see a very similar scam mail here:

Mr Dempsey Lawson

And if you are seeking a childcare position in Canada, please visit this website to understand the genuine requirements and procedure:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/caregiver/index.asp

From: Vanessa Marshal <[email protected]>
Subject: Canadian Family in Need of Aupairs/Nanniess

Hello,I'm Mrs Vanessa Marshal from Vancouver,BC,Canada. I saw your profile on Au pair -Options.We are looking for someone to get our Daughter(Lizzy) who will be 4 years old next 3 weeks ready in the morning,prepare and clear up the family's breakfast, make the beds, and take my daughter to school.The Au Pair would then need to pick her up in the afternoon and look after the kid until we get back home from work. We have a very hardworking cleaner, so there will not be any heavy housework.There is a bit of light cleaning and laundry so there would be more free time in the day to go to language school if applicable.
Abilities of Au pair:



Have you ever traveled outside your home country before?
Have you much experience working with kid’s ?
Do you have a qualification ?
Which country are you from?
Can you get ready my Daughter for school and packing is lunches ?
Driving my Daughter to school, appointments and extracurricular activities ?
Supervising homework ?
Preparing my Daughter's meals ?
Bathing, dressing and putting my daughter to bed ?
Supervising and playing with my Daughter ?
Helping to keep my Daughter's rooms tidy?
Doing Daughter's laundry ?
Assisting with light household duties ?
As we live in the countryside it can be quiet ?
Do you smoke ?
Do you drink ?
Can you help with housework ?
Do you have brothers and sisters ?


Benefit:

The Au Pair will be paid a weekly Salary of $1,250 for every 3 weeks and a pocket money of $200 per week. I will also be responsible for some of the funds for your traveling documents.


Thanks

Vanessa Marshall
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by Chris Fuller Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:16 am
Here is another email from this scammer:

From: Vanessa Marshal <[email protected]>

Hello ,
How are you doing? I hope you are doing great and cool. I'm a
contractor, and like i told u,i live in Vancouver,BC and my full name is
Vanessa Marshal and there are so many things for you as soon as you get
here, such as accommodation, cellphone communication and am under an agency
called James S North agency for Au pairs and Nannies, so they will provide
you with more reference and how to get to me and they will be the one that
will get you ticket and working permit and house residency permit and some
other necessary document. I want you to send your full details to Au pair
care agency to start the processing of your document first thing tomorrow
morning and and the total amount of flight ticket from your country to
Vancouver,BC and i will like you to get back to me with there
response.

Name: James S North
Email Address: [email protected]


So do get back to me with there response
Regards

Vanessa

The scammer also pretends to live in the USA.

If you are looking for an au pair position in the USA, please read these US Government webpages about the US Au Pair Program:

http://exchanges.state.gov/jexchanges/p ... upair.html

http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/how-to-apply/

Do not send money to any agency, embassy, lawyer, or other person introduced to you by a potential host family.

From: Vanessa Marshal <[email protected]>

Hello
Thanks for the mail and i am also sorry for the late
response.I'm from Brooklyn,New York,USA.I want you to know that i will
be paying you $1,250 for every three weeks and i want you to know
that you can stay as long as you want with our family.What can you
do to make my Daughter Happy? What interest do you have for our
family? and what can we do to make you
happy?And i will like your full details such as

FIRST NAME..
LAST NAME..
FULL ADDRESS..
STATE..
COUNTRY..
CITY..
NEXT OF KIN..
SCAN OF PASSPORT...OPTIONAL
PHONE NUMBER..
FAX NUMBER..


So hope to hear from you soon and i want you to get back to me with
the full details asked from you above...

Regards
+17026050109

Mrs Vanessa

Here are two stolen photographs sent by this scammer. The photograph of 'our house' is actually a photograph of Cedar Hill, the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, a mansion open to the public, in Washington DC.

Image Image

The travel agency and the website are also fake, and part of the scam.

From: James s North ([email protected])
Subject: First step for your Visa and working permit?

Dear Aupair
We are in receipt of your inquiry based on working as an Au pair for a particular family. We have received a phone call from your Host family regarding your visa working and all necessary travel documents. it is important to let you know that it will take 2 weeks to finish up all due processes. To this effect you are advised to comply with terms in good time.You are advised to scan the back page of your passport and send it to us anytime you get the chance, but make sure you send us the information below as soon as possible when you get this message, in order to have your visa application kit, documents and Working Permit papers processed.
Below are information we need for processing:


1. FULL NAME:
2. CONTACT ADDRESS :
3. CITY:
4. STATE:
5. ZIP CODE:
6. COUNTRY/NATIONALITY:
7. DATE OF BIRTH:
8. MARTIAL STATUS:
9. OCCUPATION:
10.PHONE NUMBER:


As soon as the above information are received, we will send it to the Consulate immediately, then we will let you know how much it costs to start processing your Visa.Our website is under construction by our Engineer to make our work and agency advance visit (http://jamessnorthtravelingagencyusa.webs.com/).

Do you drive? If so, you would be required two passports photograph from you for your driver's license.
we shall send it along with your documents once your Visa is ready, and your host family will come to our office for the necessary forms to fill out for employing you to their home We shall get this done for you between 1 to 2 weeks without any delay and send it to you Via United Postal Service, (UPS).Kindly get back to us real soon.

James S North Traveling Tour

From: James s North ([email protected])
Subject: Cost fees and Requirement for Your Visa and working permit??

DEAR AU PAIR
WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR LETTER, YOU SHOULD BE INFORMED THAT YOU NEED A VISA IN TO THEIR COUNTRY. YOUR COUNTRY IS NOT UNDER THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM (VWP). YOU ARE ENTRY INTO THE USA AS A WORKER.YOUR FULL INFORMATION IS NEEDED BELOW FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR VISA AND WORKING PERMIT BELOW.

BELOW IS A BREAK DOWN OF THE PAYMENT.

VISA FEE :
WORKING PERMIT :
TRAVEL INSURANCE :
CONSULAR CHARGES :
RE VALIDATING TO BIOMETRIC PASSPORT
LAWYER ATTESTATION FEE
LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT FEE :
PRINCIPAL MISCELLANEOUS :
CONSULTANCY FEE :
AGENCY FEE :

THAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE BREAK OF WHAT YOU NEED TO COME OVER TO USA AND IT WILL COST YOU $1,600 VANESSA MARSHAL ALSO CONFIRMED THAT PAYMENTS WILL BE DONE BY BOTH PARTIES(YOU AND VANESSA MARSHAL).YOU WILL PAY THE HALF OF PAYMENT OF $800 AND VANESSA MARSHAL WILL BALANCE IT UP WITH SUM OF $800, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR LAW AND PROCEDURE IN JAMES S NORTH AGENCY YOU SHOULD GET TO YOUR EMPLOYER AND RESOLVE INTO A CONCLUSION AS WE HAVE PLACED PRIORIES AND YOU SHOULD GET BACK TO US TO LET YOU KNOW THE PAYMENT METHOD.

JAMES S NORTH TRAVELING TOUR
by Chris Fuller Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:13 am
Here is another example of an email from this scammer. You can see the same list of questions in this scam mail sent by the scammer calling himself Larry Shawn here:

viewtopic.php?f=42&t=20922&p=60010#p60010

From: [email protected]
Subject: FAMILY FROM AUPAIR-CONNECT SEEKING FOR NANNY/AUPAIR

Hello,I'm Mrs Vanessa Marshal from Brooklyn,New York,USA. I saw your profile
on Au pair-connect.com.We are looking for someone to get our Daughter(Lizzy)
who will be 4 years old next 3 weeks ready in the morning,prepare and clear
up the family's breakfast, make the beds, and take my daughter to school.The
Au Pair would then need to pick her up in the afternoon and look after the
kid until we get back home from work. We have a very hardworking cleaner, so
there will not be any heavy housework.There is a bit of light cleaning and
laundry so there would be more free time in the day to go to language school
if applicable.
Abilities of Au pair:

Have you ever traveled outside your home country before?
Have you much experience working with kid’s ?
Do you have a qualification ?
Which country are you from?
Can you get ready my Daughter for school and packing is lunches ?
Driving my Daughter to school, appointments and extracurricular activities ?
Supervising homework ?
Preparing my Daughter's meals ?
Bathing, dressing and putting my daughter to bed ?
Supervising and playing with my Daughter ?
Helping to keep my Daughter's rooms tidy?
Doing Daughter's laundry ?
Assisting with light household duties ?
As we live in the countryside it can be quiet ?
Do you smoke ?
Do you drink ?
Can you help with housework ?
Do you have brothers and sisters ?

Benefit:

The Au Pair will be paid a weekly Salary of $1,250 for every 3 weeks and a
pocket money of $200 per week. I will also be responsible for some of the
funds for your traveling documents.

Thanks

Vanessa Marshall

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