Captain Wave - [email protected]

This is not a genuine au pair opportunity; it is a scam. This email was really sent from Nigeria, as proven by the IP address: 41.86.147.30 - Lagos, Nigeria.

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/

From: simth louis <[email protected]>
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
Subject: needed aupair...

This is a Young family of (ages 40) with two cute boy and girl (4and 2). We live in new york city,USA. We are active members in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Husband is wave, wife is Real Estate agent.We Need help with some one how will help us watch the kid during day while we are at work.. Nice neighborhood, nice new home. Fun family, enjoys meeting new people, having fun activities together, traveling, etc. We Wants an Au Pair who will teach the family a foreign language,Looking forward to becoming good friends with an outgoing individual.I have an apartment room for he/she that would be taking care of my kids in my house and i will be paying you US$2500 for every four weeks and a pocket money of US$500 per week for the buying of some things for your self and i will also be responsible for some of the money for your flight ticket .And the working hour is just 8 hours per day and your responsibility in my house is just to take care of my kids, cooking ,taking them on shopping ,taking them to where the school bus will pick them up from which is just 2 km ahead from home.also if you wish to be having free period from 5 pm to 6 pm is acceptable.So i will like you to get back to me if you are interested in being my aupair nanny for my kids.So i hope to hear from you soon.
Thanks

IP address: 41.86.147.30
Details from the AfriNIC Whois server.
ISP: Cobranet Limited
IP Location: near Kaduna
Country: Nigeria

Yes, different IP locator tools can give slightly different results regarding the town/city location. Some are very accurate, and some will give the general area. It is more important to note the country which the email was sent from - in this case, Nigeria, and not the USA as claimed.

This scammer is now using many different email addresses:

From: simth louis <[email protected]>
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
Subject: needed aupair...

From: james louis <[email protected]>
Reply-To: james louis <[email protected]>
Subject: needed aupair...

From: larry smith <[email protected]>
Subject: needed aupair...

He is also using the [email protected] address for a 'Yacht Hotel' employment scam. You can see this here:

Capt James Louis

In the Yacht Hotel scam, he pretends that his location is London. His IP address shows that his true location remains the same: in Nigeria.

Unclear whether it being the same captian wave but if so, has been banned from sythe.org
Apparently joined 11 January 2011 but was given the flick in relation to a paypal type scam.
The last activity on said site being 22 March 2011 04:49 AM
No other info available