Priscilia Mark - [email protected]

Hi sorry I'm new here and I was just doing a little research because today I received an email:

Hello Potential Au Pair/Nanny,

We are a loving family of three.My name is Priscilia Marc,am a Doctor by profession and 36 years of age.My husband's name is Wilson Marc and He is an Engineer(civil),42 years old and our lovely daughter is Cynthia Marc, she is 8 years old.

We live in Los angeles California in a big mansion which is very spacious and comfortable to live in.We are looking for a dependable Au pair to become part of our family and take care of our 8 years old daughter

Our Expectations From An Au pair/Nanny

We expect them to play with our child, teach our child and make sure she eats healthy things while we are at work. Excercise is very important in our family. We need someone who can help cook, and keep the house tidy. We travel alot, and would expect our future Aupair to come with us if interested. We are looking for someone who we can trust to take good care of our daughter.

We expect a kind, nice, communicative, lovely Au- Pair. She does not need to help a lot in the house, we want her to get used to our family and our enviroment.

Accommodation And Salary

You would be given a very comfortable and private apartment where there would be 24/7 internet service and a personal car for the use of you and your lovely girl.

You will be receiving a monthly salary of $1500 and a weekly allowance of $150. Your working hours will be 5-6 hours daily from mondays to fridays while saturdays-sundays would always be your off days.

Some Questions We Would Like You To Answer

Do u drive?

Can u cook?

Do u have a valid USA working permit and visa?

Have u ever being to USA before?

Do u enjoy being an Au-pair/Nanny?

How many years of experience do you have as an Au-pair/Nanny?

Which country are you presently?

Would you mind forwarding your C.V to me?

We would really be glad if you are part of us.

I awaits your immediate response.

Regards
Priscilia Marc



It sounds kinda too good to be true.. and I was wondering if you could tell me whether it's a scam or not? Thanks for the help

I checked the IP address and it's from Columbus in the USA so I dunno..

Welcome Batzi,

I got as far as the second paragraph before it was clear that it was a scam. The writer is clearly African, not American. The Columbus IP is likely a proxy.

Even if it weren't obvious it is written by an African, it would still be a scam. The US has strict requirements for au pair visas. One of those requirements is that the au pair has to be sponsored through an agency on the government's approved organization list. http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/how-to-apply/sponsor-search/?program=Au%20Pair&state=any In other words, if you have not worked with one of the approved organizations, there is no way you can get a job as an au pair in the United States.

Sometimes scammers will pretend to be an agency. That's why it is extremely important that you go to the US government's website and review the information there. If the contact information (phone number, address, website) do not match what is posted on the government's website, then it is a scammer posing as a legitimate agency.

Here are the email addresses used by this scammer:

From: Priscilia Marc <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: Dear Au pair/Nanny

This scammer uses the [email protected] address when pretending to be many different host families. You can see this here:

Anderson McCollin
Kate Morris
Elena Paulsen
Dr Williams Janet
Betty Scholes

As Dotti says, this scammer does use proxy IP addresses, including a Ukrainian proxy, but has also sent emails without using a proxy, and then the IP addresses show that those emails are sent from Nigeria, eg 82.128.3.102 - Lagos, Nigeria.