Scams offering fake Au Pair positions
by bernau Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:46 am
There were some people writing on this forum about scammers who wrote them after registering on easyaupair.com, they wrote me too and wanted me to come to San Francisco look after their kids and now they were called Brian and Colllen Baker and the e- mail is [email protected] :bondage:
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by Chris Fuller Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:54 am
Hello bernau and welcome to ScamWarners.

Thank you for posting this information. Could you also post the email which Brian and Collen Baker sent to you? Scammers send identical emails to many many people, so others will have received the same mail as you did.
by bernau Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:38 am
here it is, these mails have already been posted on this site so I just put one of them to know which "gang" this is from

Good day!

We are all so excited about the way things are progressing and the
kids are ecstatic we really can’t wait to meet you. Glad to know we
have sorted things out regarding your duties now we can focus on
getting your contract ready as well as sorting out your travel plans.
We need you to start as soon as possible and stay between 6-12 months.
We also need your

FULL NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBERS

You will need a visa and some other papers to travel to the USA and we
have experience with sorting them out from when our last au pair came
here. We used and agent who did everything for here in a very short
time. They also booked her flight and sorted every little detail about
her trip here. They are great and very reliable, here is their website
http://auconnect.webs.com/ and email [email protected], send them
an email immediately and find out what you will need to get here. They
were very efficient and we were all very happy with them,I'm sure they
will do well for you too. We will cover the cost of the actual flight
(Plane Tickets), while you will cover the cost of your visa.
We'd really love to hear back from you so have a wonderful day and
don't forget to smile.

Best Wishes,
Brian and Collen and Kids
by bernau Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:44 am
I now also correspond with another one who carries all sings of being a scammer. The name is Donna Hall and e- mail adress is [email protected], here´s her facebook http://www.facebook.com/update_security ... 25&sk=wall and here´s the letter

Hello Good Day to you Adam,.
My Name is Donna Hall . Am a Nurse by occupation and My Husband is a Banker this makes us always busy at work, I will need the service of an aupair. My kids are lovely kids and they are in the ages of 3yr and4 yrs and their names are Dennis and Austin.They are nice and respectful kids.Facilities are made available to take them to school in the morning and back from school, also a cook is present in the house to make the meals at all time and a guest room is prepared for your arrival in which you have a computer and internet connection in your room,a private bath room and toilet.the cook will prepare the food for the whole house so you dont need to stress your self.there is a car for you if you would be able to drive. I will be paying you 1,200 Dollars per month and pocket money of 100 dollars every week,also i will use this opportunity to inform you that both love going to beach.you can take them for shopping every friday okay,and you are to work from Monday to Friday.your working hours will be 7-10 and 2 -6 which will be 7 hours per day.and you are free to go to school,as i will be assisting you if you so wish to school.
here is the address of where i live here in new york :
34 avenue road
queen village
new york
11429
USA.


If You are willing to take up the job pls kindly reply as soon as possible to this mail. Thank you for your understanding and time, it is really appreciated.
by Katharina Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:32 am
Thank you for this warning, bernau! It will help others who are targeted by this criminal.

The language is quite obviously African English.
by Chris Fuller Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:30 am
Thank you again, bernau - that is a very helpful email from the fake Brian and Collen Baker which you posted, because it showed the email address and website of their fake agency. This agency is also part of the scam.

Here are some emails from the fake Au Pair Connection agency.

From: AuPair Connection <[email protected]>

Dear Applicant

Thank you for contacting AuPair Connection and congratulations on your new job. We have been notified by your employer to expect your email and handle it with urgency. Our job is to ensure you get here safely and legally within all the confines of the law.

We are among several agencies whom are allowed to act as third parties between an au pair and the Immigration Services. We have been working with them for the past 15 years with great success so please be rest assured you are in the best hands possible.

Your entire trip will be grouped into three stages

1. Securing your visas, health insurance and work papers
2. Scheduling a flight to bring you and your son to the United States
3. Taking you both from the airport to the residence of work

Securing Your Visa and Work Papers:

The nature of your job requires that you have a J1 visa (Au Pair Visa), with us this can be done within 2 weeks. We will need you to send us the following documents:

1- SCANNED PASSPORT
2- PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH
3- FULL MAILING ADDRESS
4- EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT
5- FILLED OUT ATTACHED FORM


Here is a total cost breakdown of the different fillings we will be making for your visa

1. I-129 Petition for a Non-immigrant Trainee Worker $200.00
2. I-765 Application for Immigrant Authorization. $200.00

3. I-131 Application for Travel Document. $150.00
4. Immigration Attorney fees (For legal fillings at Ministry of Justice) $190.00
5. NOTE: Filing J1-or L-1 petitions must submit supplemental fraud prevention fee of $180.00.

Total cost is $920.00


Please ask for mode of payment before payments are made.

You will be registered under a health insurance scheme

2. Scheduling a flight to bring you to the United States:

Depending on the date your visa is issued we will work out a date when we can book your flight. Please inform us of estimated weight of your luggage, any phobias or preferences in airlines and which International airport you will be leaving from.

3. Taking you from the airport to the residence of work:

You will be landing at the LAX and there will be a representative from this agency who will be waiting to pick you both up and take you to your employer’s home. For convenience of him locating you, we will give him one of your passport pictures for facial recognition and we expect you to let us know what you will be wearing so he can identify you. He will also have a sign post with your names on it for you to identify him just in case he misses you.

We wish you the best of luck and require a phone number to contact you on.


Respectfully,
Gloria Weidner

From: AuPair Connection <[email protected]>

Here is the information you need to make the payment, the payment method accepted from your country is through MoneyGram to our finance officer whose information can be viewed below. MoneyGram Payment can be made online with a credit card, check their website for instructions on how to make an online transfer or to find the nearest agent near you. You must make full payment.

Receiver Name - Gloria Weidner
Receiver Address - 842 Mahone Ave, Bismarck, North Dakota, 58503

When the transfer is done please send the following

Sender Name
Return address
amount sent
Reference Number (8 digits)

respectfully,
Gloria Weidner
by Chris Fuller Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:38 am
The fake contract sent by this scammer is actually a UK Contract of Employment for Nannies, copied from the second example on this webpage:

http://www.nannyjob.co.uk/information/e ... tract.aspx

CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT

EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR AU PAIR

Date of Issue: xx/xx/2011

BETWEEN

(1) MR. BRIAN BAKER("The Employer")

(2) xxxxx xxxxx ("The Au pair")

Our agreement with you:

IT IS AGREED that the Employer will employ the Au pair on the following terms and conditions:

1. Terms of Employment

1.1 The Au pair is employed to work at the Employer's home at 151 Commonwealth Avenue, San
Francisco CA 94118, or such other place(s) as the Employer may reasonably require from time to time
and employment will be for a period of ONE YEAR with the possibility of extension.

The employment commenced one week after arrival and shall not be continuous with any previous
period of employment.

1.2 The Au pair's duties shall be:

(a) Caring for two children whose names and ages are Alice and Betty who are five and three years old
respectively.

(b) Baby sitting at times agreed upon arrival

1.3 The Au pair shall normally work the on week days and have the weekends off

1.4 Work will start by 8:30 am every weekday to 5:30 pm and will only be changed upon agreement
between the employer and au pair.

1.5 The Au pair shall be entitled to a rest period of not less than 11 consecutive hours between the end of
her normal working hours on one day and the commencement of her normal working hours on the
following day. It shall be the responsibility of the Au pair to ensure that she takes such a rest period.

1.6 Unless prevented by illness or injury the Au pair

(a) Shall devote the whole of her time, attention and ability, both during normal working hours and
during such other reasonable additional hours as may be agreed between the Employer and Au pair, for
the performance of her duties for the Employer, and

(b) Follow all lawful instructions of the Employer,

(c) Not perform any paid or unpaid work for any third party without the prior written consent of the
Employer.

1.7 Language Courses

The Au pair shall be allowed to register and attend languages courses if need to improve communication
skills.

2. Remuneration

2.1 The Au pair's gross salary will be $700 per week. The salary shall be reviewed twice a year on but
any increase in salary shall be at the total discretion of the Employer.

2.2 The salary shall be payable in arrears on the last working day in each week by a check or a direct
debit payment direct to the Au pair's bank, as agreed by the parties. The Employer shall ensure that the
Au pair is given a payslip on the date of payment detailing gross payment, deductions and net payment.

2.3 The Au pair shall receive the following benefits:

Accommodation

(a) The Employer provides the following accommodation: Self Contained room with private bathroom

(b) The Employer provides the following meals: Breakfast and Lunch and Dinner

(c) The Employer does provide use of a car.

(d) The Employer does provide pension contributions.

2.4 The Au pair shall be reimbursed by the Employer for all reasonable expenses incurred by her in the
performance of her duties under this contract, provided that the expenses are incurred with the approval
of the Employer and provided the Au pair produces such evidence of expenditure as the Employer may
reasonably require. Petrol costs will be reimbursed at the rate recommended by the Automobile
association if the Au pair uses her own car during performance of her duties.

2.5 The Au pair agrees that the Employer shall be entitled to deduct from any amount payable to the Au
Pair under this contract:-

(a) Any deductions required by law (including PAYE income tax),

2.6 The Employer shall be responsible for accounting to the Inland Revenue for Income Tax and the
employer's and the Au pair's National Insurance Contributions.

3. Holidays

3.1 In each holiday year the Au pair's holiday entitlement is 3 weeks [in addition to/including the usual
public and bank holidays/The Nanny shall not be entitled to paid time off for public and bank holidays
except with the express agreement of the Employer.

3.2 The Au pair shall give the Employer not less than one month notice of an intention to take holiday. If
the holiday period requested is not convenient to the Employer, the Employer shall agree an alternative
period which is convenient to both parties.

3.3 If the Au pair is required to work on a bank or other public holiday, the Au pair will be given a day
off in lieu on a date to be agreed with the Employer.

4. Sickness & Sick Pay

4.1 If the Au pair is unable to attend work due to sickness or injury she shall (insofar as she is able)
promptly notify the Employer either in person or by telephone (as appropriate) on the first day of
absence and provide the Employer with such evidence of her sickness or injury and the cause of it as the
Employer may from time to time reasonably require.

4.2 The Au pair shall be entitled to receive statutory sick pay in accordance with the Governments SSP
scheme during periods of sickness absence or payment (inclusive of any Statutory Sick Pay) during her
absence on sick leave

4.3 [The Employer shall be entitled to require the Au pair to undergo examinations by a medical
practitioner appointed by the Employer, and the Au pair shall sign the necessary consent form to
authorize the medical practitioner to disclose to the Employer the results of the examination and discuss
with the Employer any matters arising from the examination which might impair the Au pair's ability to
properly discharge her duties].

5. The Au pair shall not during her employment with the Employer, or at any time thereafter (otherwise
than in the proper course of her duties or as is required by law) without the prior written approval of the
Employer divulge or disclose any information which, by reason of its character or the circumstances or
manner of its disclosure, is evidently confidential to the Employer.

6. If either party wishes to terminate this contract, the notice to be given shall be as follows:

(a) during the first four weeks of employment ("the Probationary Period"), not less than one week's
notice in writing, and

(b) Thereafter, not less than 4 week's notice in writing.

6.2 The Au pair's employment under this contract may be terminated by the employer at any time
immediately and without any notice or payment in lieu of notice if the Au pair:

(a) is guilty of gross misconduct or serious and persistent breaches of the terms of this contract, or

(b) is convicted of any criminal offence involving dishonesty, violence, causing death or personal injury,
or damaging property.

6.3 Misconduct which may be deemed gross misconduct includes but is not limited to theft,
drunkenness, illegal drug taking, child abuse and violent or threatening behavior (be it verbal or
physical).

7. Reasons which might give rise to the need for measures under the Disciplinary & Capability
Procedure includes the following:

(a) causing a disruptive influence in the household

(b) Job incompetence

(c) Unsatisfactory standard of dress or appearance

(d) Conduct inside or outside Normal Working Hours prejudicial to the interests or reputation of the
Employer

(e) Unreliability in time keeping or attendance

(f) Failure to comply with instructions and procedures

7.2 In the event of the Employer needing to take disciplinary action the procedure shall, save in cases
involving gross misconduct, be:

Firstly Verbal Warning

Secondly Written Warning

Thirdly Dismissal

8. If the Au pair has any reasonable grievance relating to her employment the matter should be raised
with the Employer either in person or in writing as the Au pair deems appropriate. The Employer and the
Au pair agree to take all such reasonable steps as are necessary to resolve such grievances.

9. This contract shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of United
States of America

SIGNED by the Employer


...............................................................................................................
DATED xx/xx/2011

SIGNED by the Au pair


...............................................................................................................
DATED xx/xx/2011
by Anna's Dad Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:16 pm
Hello All,

My daughter Anna has applied for a position as au pair and was also offered to come to San Francisco to stay with Brian and Collen Baker. I am very happy that we found your site and the information on it so we do not loose money or worse. Hope you have the means to stop this somehow.

best regards,

Bouwe Speerstra
by Chris Fuller Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:47 am
I'm glad to hear that you and your daughter researched this au pair offer and discovered that it is fake. Thank you for letting us know that we - and especially bernau who informed us about this scam - were able to help you avoid these criminals.

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