Capt Pat Ferreira; Mr Tom Reger

Hello,
I believe I came across an au pair scam - got two almost identical emails from two different people; haven´t found them on this pages, so I thought I will let you know. They both say they saw my profile on www.mydearaupair.com, which is in my experience a great source of contacts for those scams
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Hello Au pair/Nanny,

I am Captain Pat Ferreira... I saw your profile at the www.mydearaupair.com website we are interested in you having you as Rebbecca and Mary's Aupair/Nanny Rebeca 5 years and Mary 3 years old,they are both intelligent,understanding and cool we are very busy with work so i am looking for an Au Pair or Nanny that is flexible with our time and we will also be considerate with your own time and schedule.we love someone who is honest,trustworthy and understanding and we would like our Aupair/nanny to be a comfortable care giving partner/companion/friend who is caring, flexible, and will have fun with our family.

We really want someone who can interact,engage with the kids.We would really enjoy a light-hearted, fun, and enthusiastic person and we have a really good cleaner, so there wouldn't be any heavy housework. There is a bit of light cleaning and laundry which would take about 90 minutes a day in total.There would be plenty of time free in the day to go to language school, and there are a lot of good ones in the area.

How does the aupair live:The au pair would have her own room, which is huge, and has a double bed, with sitting area and TV/DVD/Video/Hifi. There is wireless broadband internet in the house. Working hours:07.30 to 09.00 about 60-90 minutes of housework a day to fit in with the au pair's schedule. 20-30 hours a week.I will be paying you 1000 Pounds for every four weeks and a pocket money of 80 Pounds per week for the buying of some things for your self.

We are looking forward to the opportunity of meeting you and having you become a part of my happy family.So Let me know if you are ready to take up this position and how soon you can make it here.

Regards
Capt Pat


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Hello,I'm Mr Tom Reger from Kansas city missouri, USA. I saw
your profile on mydearaupair.We are looking for someone to get our
Daughter(Cindy who will be 6 years old next 3 weeks ready in the
morning,prepare and clear up the family's breakfast, make the beds,
and take my daughter to school.The AuPair would then need to pick her
up in the afternoon and look after the kid until we get back home from
work. We have a very hardworking cleaner, so there will not be any
heavy housework.There is a bit of light cleaning and laundry so there
would be more free time in the day to go to language school if
applicable.

How does the Au Pair live:
The Au Pair would have her own room, which is huge, and has a double bed,
with sitting area and TV/DVD/Video/Hi Fi. There is wireless broadband
internet in the house. The Au Pair will have access to a personal car to run
around if he/she knows how to drive. Working hours:07.30 to 09.00 and 1520
to 1930Plus about 60-90 minutes of housework a day to fit in with the Au
Pair's schedule. 25-30 hours a week.

Abilities of Aupair:

Have you ever traveled outside your home country before?
Have you much experience working with kid’s ?
Do you have a qualification ?
Which country are you from?
Can you get ready my Daughter for school and packing is lunches ?
Driving my Daughter to school, appointments and extracurricular activities ?
Supervising homework ?
Preparing my Daughter's meals ?

Benefit:


The Au Pair will be paid a Monthly Salary of $2000 plus pocket money
of $80 week. I will also be responsible for some of the funds for your
traveling documents.

Mr Tom Reger

Thanks for posting these scammers Geck (and they are definitely scammers as you suspected). Could you post the email addresses they used?

The emails were [email protected] and [email protected] respectively.

Hello,
I've recieved a similar letter :

Hello There,

I am Mr. Capt Taylor Bashorun 38 Years Old,From United Kingdom.I work in a Sun-Born Yacht Hotel company in United Kingdom and i don't usually stay home unless during weekends.My contact address is:Great Russell Street,London WC1B 3DG England,UK whenever I'm in UK. I will like you to know that i have just three kids which name is Jenny,Maxwell and Rebbecca Bashorun they are boy and Girl and are just 2,4 and 6 years old.I want an Au pair for them because they are the only one left at home after their mother divorced me and went with another man.And i have an apartment room for he/she that would be taking care of the boy and girl in my house.So i will like you to know that i will be paying you 1000 Pounds for every four weeks and a pocket money of 80 Pounds per week for buying some things for your self and i will also be responsible for some of the money for your traveling documents but you will the one to pay for your Flight Ticket to the traveling ticket agent.And the working hour is just 8 hours per day and your responsibility in my house is just to take care of my children, cooking ,taking them on shopping ,taking them to where the school bus will pick them up,which is just 2 km ahead from home.And also you have a private room,bathroom,toilet and also if you wish to have a free period from 5 pm to 6 pm it's acceptable.So i will like you to get back to me if you are interested in being my Au pair for my boy and girls..Hope to hear from you soon.

Best Regards
Capt Taylor


Does it real, or someone already got the same?

Welcome here runaway.

This is a scam, there is no au pair position. This is the typical au pair scam email, and as most scammers do, the amount of money they are offering is far too high.
Could you please post the email address this scammer uses?

I assume that it is scam, but since I did not find information about it, I decided to ask ...
[email protected]