5 Suspiscious Emails I received about Au Pair Job offers

Hi everyone! Good day to all of you. I want to ask help from you guys. Please help me to identify if the emails i received are scams. I received 5 emails regarding about working as an au pair for them.

Email no. 1

From: Frank Williams([email protected])

I am Frank from UK,i am Divorced and i work with Sachol Aviation and i normally travel around ... i have two kids at home and i need a woman that can work for me as a nanny...i will pay a good salary and i am going to make
her flight fee and i pay 2,500 pounds monthly... if you are interested please do let me know asap... you can also add me up yahoo , [email protected] ...Thank you...
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Email no. 2

From: Dominic E. Turner([email protected])

Hello ,

Thanks for the reply, we want you not as an aupair alone but as part of the the family. I want my kid to be happy not with me alone but with you too and we believe you can give me all they need. You will be living with us. you will have your private room which will have bathroom,toilet,television,air-conditional.You will have access to the internet and the telephone at home to get in touch with your friends and loved ones.You can provide your phone number so that i can give you a call if i have the time.Your job as an aupair is mainly taking good care of the kids,i will be paying you GB£1200 every Month and you can drive the kids if only you want to, since you are part of our family you be provided with full board meal and no work on holidays,I am looking for someone that me and our children can treat as part of our family/friend and not just as a nanny/aupair. my kids are easy to get along with,i want to make you feel comfortable and at home, they are easy going, and down to earth. I would like you as an aupair/nanny to be comfortable care giving partner/companion/sister that is caring, flexible, and will have fun with our family. I prefer someone matured with experience and who is able to communicate with the simple English language. Some duties would include about two hours in the morning (6am – 8am) preparing breakfast, lunch for school and driving or walking them to the school bus stop which is very close to my home.I will also need you to occasionally drive my father to the doctor or senior care while the children are in school. In the afternoon (3:00pm – 8:00pm) to greet my kids at the school bus stop and bring them home and help with homework, Occasionally I will need you to watch my children at night while work extra hours. My work schedule rotates which only provides weekends
free at occasional frequency.my kids, love swimming,dancing, very intelligent and ready to learn anything. You will be having, Saturdays and Sundays as your off days, But if you prefer the Saturday and Sunday to be Extra you could charge me,so you can have enough time for yourself, I will be happy if you can arrive in our house before the end of this Month, i just want you to be sincere and serious about coming to help us in our family, If it is okay with you.Then i would like to know whether you already have the United Kingdom work permit or the Permit to Work in the United Kingdom for 24months, because 2 of my regular patients work with the United Kingdom Home Office where the work permit has to be procured.

Thanks and God bless you
Hope to hear from you soon,
Dominic Turner
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Email no. 3

From: Sandra Austin([email protected])

Hi Au Pair/Nanny,

It is with humility that i come to you with this humble request
about Au pair position. We are a Family of four residing here in
United State,We currently have two kids named Lizzy and Tricia aged 2
& 4 years old respectively,we are looking for an Au Pair or Nanny from
any Country that can speak English and is willing to stay with us for
a minimum of 6 or 12 month(s).We also seek an Au pair for basic child
care and some light house work and someone that will be committed and
trustworthy to serve my kids meritoriously

We are a professional couple, living here in the USA. Our kids are
fairly easy going and relaxed,they would enjoy someone with lots of
energy and enthusiasm. Having English as a first language is not
required and in fact, we would entertain the Au pair/Nanny speaking to
them in her own mother-tongue.If however you accept to take a position
with us, you would be Paid $1500.00 as monthly Salary and a weekly
pocket money of $150 which I suppose should be Okay by you.Do well to
send us your resume & also an update picture of yourself,and we would
get in touch with them.and equally send back to you my family pics. We
shall discuss travel arrangements in due course of which I would be of
generous assistance to you.

email: [email protected]

We sincerely look forward to hearing from you.

Best Wishes
Sandra Austin
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Email no. 4

From: Arnald Christopher([email protected])

Dear Au Pair

We have decided to find an Au pair because we need help looking after our children and with some light housework. We are looking for an au pair to be a big sister to our children and to become another member of our family, your email/profile was reviewed on http://www.easyaupair.com

We are a Norwegian family working and living in the United Kingdom, My name is Arnald Christopher and I am forty years old, I work as an HR Advisor with a virtual Media Company herein London (Grafix Flux Media). My wife Anderline is thirty seven years old and works as a Physics teacher to a range of children in the local high school here.

We live in a 5 bedroom house in London and have two daughters, Helen is three years old and Jenny who is four years old and goes to the local primary school 5 days a week from 8:45am to 2pm and we all love the outdoors. The children like to go swimming once a week and we would like you to take them to their swimming .

We shall make available a vehicle for you to use if you can drive and also share travel expenses with you, We need you to help us in our home for light housework and some ironing. Our Children means so much to us, we can afford to pay you GBP 1,750(One thousand Seven hundred and Fifty pounds sterling) per month so that you can put in your best while taking care of them. We would like to know when you can be available because we would like an Au pair that can start as soon as possible for We had a Nanny but she is getting married hence would be moving with her Husband.

In processing of your entrance clearance certificates, We can help in arrange for your traveling documents if reached on a mutual agreement, should you accept to take up the position with us, you can start as soon as your Flight Ticket/Travel Documents is ready.

Send us a copy of your:

1. Résumé
2. Pictures
3. Valid Contact/Postal Address/Phone Number e.t.c

Job Requirements

* You must be sensitive and stable to understand and like our Children.

Job Responsibility:

* Care for & stimulate the child both mentally & physically, to ensure their Intellectual, physical & social development.
* Look after children physical well being -wash & bath them daily, help them to dress & undress, cut nails weekly, ensure hair is cut regularly, & that shoes get refitted
regularly
* Take the kids to School in the morning and bring them back int he afternoon.


Should the outcome be positive, we would then invite you to come and Nanny for us. I do hope you consider a position with us and you would not regret it.

Warm regards,

Arnald Christopher
For the Family.
[email protected]
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Email no. 5

From Lee Derick([email protected])

Hello,

My name is Lee Derick ................... I live in United
Kingdom,i have a wife and two lovely kids, (ages 4 and 6). My wife
owns a shopping mall and i work as a Pilot... I travel alot due to the
nature of my job.

We are looking for a caring and loving Au pair who will take care of
our kids in our absence. I want an Au pair who is
caring,loving,understanding,trustworthy,truthful and most of all God
fearing. I will like an English spoken Au pair but if the Au pair does
not speak English,i will be paying for an English course for you here
in London.

You will be doing some light house work,plus making food for the kids
and taking them to school. You will be working from Mondays to
Fridays,you will have two days off which will be on Saturdays and
Sundays (care for my son and daughter from 7 am - school at 8:00 a.m,
Walk my kids to school and pick them up again at 3:15. care for my
kids from 3:15- approx 6:30 including feeding them)... I will be
paying you 550 British Pounds and 50 pounds every two weeks,i hope it
is okay by you...

My kids are very fun to be with,you are gonna have lots of fun with
them, but they can be a little naughty at times lol. Have a nice day,
God bless your home. Awaiting a quick response from you...

Regards...
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That's all. I hope someone could help me regarding this matter, thank you and God bless you all!

I see several fakes there, but we need the email headers for the IP numbers. I know that you won't get anything from gmails but with some suitable responses back you might be able to get a phone number. I don't know where you are from but visit UK border agency website and take a look at other so called aupair messages and members comments about them. You will need to look at regulations for the USA too.

While the IP's will certainly help to show the scammer is not where he claims to be, in each of those emails, I see specific lines that tell me that (a) the writer is lying about his location; and (b) he is using standard scam formats. In most cases, it is obvious the writer is African.

Email 5 is the same scammer as here: http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=18394
I can definitely say, though, that all 5 are scammers.

I don't like to be negative, but don't ligitimate families looking to hire an AuPair use a service?
My daughter worked as an AuPair in the U.S. and a firm recruited her at her college.
Emails sent to individuals unsolicited make me think twice.
I hope this helps.

In many countries, families do use a service. In some countries (like the US) it is required by law that all au pairs go through an agency on the government's accepted agency list--families cannot hire an au pair without an agency. For that reason, any letters directly from a family in the US are almost certainly a scam, as are any letters from an agency you weren't working with already.

However, it is important to be careful either way, as scammers will pose as services or agencies just as they will pose as individual families. There are entirely fake "agency" websites on the internet, so having an agency name and a website still does not guarantee legitimacy.