Sharon - [email protected] - possible scam or not?

Good afternoon! Here I am with another question about a family that by the time I seemed all right, your mail does not come out as a possible scam in any way, but it was time I sent an email with a contact agency to process the visa and plane ticket and I'm not sure that's a real family, because I read that the visa should I do here in my country into a U.S. embassy. Now keep the last two mail sent to me. thank you very much for your help!
E-mail - [email protected]

My name is Sharon .I am a mom of 1 kid and i do have a lovely
daughter and her name is Kate, she will be 4 years old this year and i
work as a managing director of a coffee company, I get back home lately that
is why me and my husband decided to get an Au pair that will take good care
of our little baby.Me and my husband are honest, trust worthy and eligible
about our family and we are looking for the same in the Au pair that is
going to work with us. We live in Anaheim California Usa..About the Au pair
Duties ,He/She must give my child a

special care and good in cooking,helping our house girl in light house work
and we will give the Au pair a car to drive out with my kid, in case you
don't know how to drive am willing to teach you someday and the Au pair can
come along with he is boyfriend/Girl friend .We have make arrangement of a
room and parlour for the Au pair in our house and i don't think you will
have a problem in staying with us and we live together as the same family,
cause i am a caring mother and about my Husband he his a soldier working
together with USA Government and he will like to meet you also and if you
really want to work with us you will have to get back to us with your
Information and we will like to see more pictures of you.Here are more
questions for you to answer:

do you have any working experience?
for how long have you been searching for a family?
what is your real age?
you got kids?
do you have any experience about first aid?
what do you do for now (i mean you job)?
how do you intend to treat our baby?
will you also like to help us with some house work?
Where are you living right now?
Will you like to live with us ?
Do you like pets ?
Do you have a driving license ?
What are your interests ?
How often do you check your email?
How many children would you feel comfortable with ?
Can we have your home address?
We hope to hear from you again

Sharon

How are you doing? hope everything is well with you? We will like to
inform you that We will be happy if you do How are you doing? hope everything is well with you? We will like to
inform you that We will be happy if you do the document with our
agency here in USA cause We have been working with them for the past
4 years now and they are good, perfect and working hard and it will
be better if you can contact them.first of all we want you to know
that you can come here and you can stay and work for us as long as you
like. Also I share your view about getting into the united state
legally. I want you to have all the necessary documents you need to
come with before the end of the month or next month with your visa.
Also we can recommend an agency for you in United State,if you might
have problem in getting a reputable and experience traveling agent in
this field, We can recommend the one that handled our last Au pair's
document and visa and the charges are affordable and they are
affiliated to KLM AIRLINE AND AIRFRANCE and approved by the commonwealth body
and the United State Government. I have to inform you that it will
take the travel agency 3 weeks to make the visa and document to be
ready and it will be sent to your contact address which you give them
...You can contact them personally via information as my schedule at
my office is tight .


NAME: Mr. Ralph
EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]
PHONE NUMBER: 205-339-2944
FAX NUMBER: 08650086
: 415.434.5415


Contact the agency and make enquirers regarding the visa and document
for you to come to the United State and we are going to be the one to
pay your flight ticket and all you need to do is to contact the agency
for your the processing of your visa and document to come to our
family here, when you have contact them they will tell you how much it
will cost you and how you can send the money to them and it will get
to them and they will start working on your document and visa , I
want you to be honest with us and let us know how much you have out of
the processing fee the travel agency will charge you and we will pay
the rest as soon as you receive mail from the agency.please understand
that we cant pay all the money for your traveling initially but as
soon as you arrive in person to the united state, we will be glad to
refund all expenses made to you. Its not we cant bear the expenses but
we are only taking some cautious and precaution as we have lost some
money while trying to help a nanny but she happens to be a fake and
ran away with it.Anyway if this is fine, contact the agency and let me
know if $1600 will be ok per calendar month as your salary and you
will be working for 35-40 hours per week, all other things would be
free. We will appreciate it if you like to take care of our
daughter.We hope to read from you soonest.

Best Regards...

Yep I say scam. Ralph Travelling and Tours Limited turns up with no search results on Google. The English they are speaking is not very good either. Also the money offered is incorrect. Drop all contact with this scammer immediately!

Yes, that is a scam. Both the host family and the travel agent are fake. A travel agent cannot obtain a visa for you and, also, a family from the USA cannot engage you as an au pair in this way.

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/

I'm glad that you were suspicious about this.

And isn't the phone number interesting. viewtopic.php?f=34&t=14580 shows a post from January 2011 using the exact same phone number. Now we see 'Sharon' whose previous name was nicole. If you have a read here viewtopic.php?f=42&t=20593, does it sound familiar? The same phone number then plainly appears on the page again dated January 2011 viewtopic.php?f=42&t=14906
What do we have here? Three people having the same phone number which is difficult to beleive!
The same facsimile number can be seen on viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11630&p=37244 and the email sounds decidedly familiar.
All this being terribly confusing.

many thanks! for all your answers and if I read what an au pair position in the U.S. so my attention and good dej here to confirm and all other persons are not victims! thank you very much for everything ..
greetings!