Scams offering fake Au Pair positions
by safy Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:33 pm
is there anyway to save my email address..i keep getting loads of scam emails everyday, i dont know what to do
i have registered with many au pair sites..and i dont know how they got my email address ( it seems that au pair sites is giving away email address of registered people to scamers or maybe the whole site is a scam...i have no idea
i think they have my email now since i am getting scam emails everyday
is there anyway i can save my email?

does anyone know a safe & REAL Au pair site i can register with?

thanks you alot
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by Chris Fuller Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:56 am
Hello safy,

Most au pair websites allow your email address to be available to host families who have paid for full membership to the site. Unfortunately, many scammers pay for full membership, so that they can collect au pairs' email addresses. Once the scammers have your email address, they may continue to send you more scams, even if you delete your profile. The amount of them which you receive will reduce in time, however.

It can be a good idea to use a new and different email address for signing up to websites, and then you can keep scams and spams away from your main/personal email address.

Scammers will find a way to register on all au pair sites which list the profiles of au pairs. Therefore, the safest way to seek an au pair position is through an agency which is a member of the International Au Pair Association. You can find a list of member agencies in your country, or in the country you hope to travel to, here:

http://www.iapa.org/?page_id=33

You can read about the International Au Pair Association here:

http://www.iapa.org/about/

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