Scams offering fake Au Pair positions
by picara93 Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:16 pm
Hello, I have received a list of emails of a family interested in me being their au pair, they have a profile in an au pair page and have sent me photos, but I think it may be a scam. Can you help me, please?
The first email was this one:
De: Siroticantoinette Family ([email protected])
Enviado: sábado, 03 de marzo de 2012 11:02:48
Para: (my email)
Dear Au pair,

We the family of Antoinette Sirotic's Family will like to inform you that we are
Australien family working and living here in United Kingdom, we have a
lovely son called Edmond. we have been taking care of him alone.
we are simply in search of a honest aupair to help us with the upkeep
of our lovely child each time we are away from home.

We are looking for an aupair who is willing to stay with us for a
minimum of 3 Months and maximum 1year or more.
if you so wish to to extend your stay with our family.

We saw your profile on http://www.web-Aupair.com and we thought it wise to
contact you, to discuss the possibilities of having you as our family Au pair
and as well as our family member in the spirit of cultural exchange.
If you would mind to go through our profile you can feel free to view our profile with our profile ID Profile ID: 30797.

We’re a laid-back and happy family.

This effectively means that we mainly hang out in the garden at home
or sometimes go out on day trips to just about anywhere; beaches,
country parks, adventure parks, activity farms, seaside towns, forest
walks… you name it. Our lovely son Edmond is a very easy going and as such you can get
along with him easily.

We had an aupair before called Ann, Ann was so effect, reliable and hard working. Ann left traveled home due to her mother’s ill health but because she was able to offer us her little best, we were able to hold onto her contact in which we still talk till today. All we need is someone who could take place of her and make us feel loved just like ann did. An aupair who is down to earth and easy going .

So we would like to knowwhen you can be available because we would like an Au pair that can
start as soon as possible. Please e mail us if you would like to
discuss the position with us.

If you are really interested in becoming our family Au pair kindly
Communicate back to us to enable us know the possibilités of having you in our family.

Looking forward hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely ,

Sirotic’s Family.

I have more emails, should I post them here?
Last edited by Chris Fuller on Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:18 am, edited 2 times in total. Reason: Moved to appropriate topic area.
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by Helen Halper Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:23 pm
Welcome to Scamwarners, picara93!

Yes, it's a scam. Written quite well, but using some unmistakable "African English". She claims to be living in the UK. Please post the headers of the email that she sent you and we can probably find out where it was really sent from. Instructions, if needed, are below. :D

by picara93 Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:30 pm
The first one was "Your profile was [email protected]?"
This is the second email:

"Greetings from our lovely family!?"

Dear Lovely (my name),

Thanks for your kind respones to our mail, The content is well noted by our family.

Well, it is of a good note to know that our family fix perfectly into you, as it is exactly of your kind type we are honestly looking for. We are glad to read your kind note on a good day like this.

Therefore it is our humble wish to inform you that your CV and some of your pictures will be highly needed by our family as it will help us go through it and validate it as to know how capable you could be in carrying out your duties in our family if you are been accpeted by our entire family.
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we wish to work with you as our family aupair and part of our family member here we are seriously in need of someone lovely who can stand in
and take care of our lovely son Edmond whenever we are away cos we are medical professionals.

However, your CV is of utmost importance to us, as we shall stand on top of your CV to decide with our entire family about having you in our family. We would like to have a full data of you in your CV such as, your full name, phone number, address and the date you wish to start up with us and more other details necessary if you have any that could be able to back your CV up properly.

Our entire family will be so excited to have you in our family and we promise you
that you will have a nice adventure while working with us.

Our family is a lovely family that you will enjoy on your arrival, we
are God fearing people, down to earth, and full and lots of fun.

We are professionals in our fields. My name is Dr Sirotic Antoinette, I
am 45 years old, a medical doctor by profession. My spouse Merian
Antoinette she is 33 years old and works as a Nurse. Our lovely
Son called Edmond is 3years old. We gave him the name cos his our only adorable and precious kid which is so much close to our heart that we can't play with.
We currently reside at 28 Partridge Road,Cardiff CF24 3QX, United Kingdom. Our child only child Edmond is currently 3
years old , he is is very energetic and we are sure you'll love his
company. The details of your work requirements would be stated in the
contract letter to be issued out to you after proper perusal of your
CV and and family decisstion. Your main duties is to take good care of our lovely child like your own son, brother and lots more.

We just need someone who can take care
of our love kid like his or her own son and as well take good
care of him each time we go out together as a family and as well see
to his needs like his or her own child. It will be of a good help to us if we can know the exert start up date that may be suitable for you to resume work with our family if eventually we decide to offer you the said position in our family.

We will like to offer you this position in our family
and hoping that you accept. We do not mind your religion and we would
like to exchange culture with you hence is your believe. All we want
is just the best from some one who is going to take care of our lovely
son Edmond. Well in regards to you coming to work for us, will
as well make you a part of our family in which you will have access to our
second car for your use if you so desire to help you carry out your
duties in taking care of our only and lovely child. Please we need
to know more about you such as things you enjoy doing and what kind of things you can do if we finally decide to employ you in our family.

we will like to offer you this position because you sound lovely, respectful and is our desire to make you
part of our humble family.

Thank you and God bless you as we look forward hearing from you soon. As our entire family extends their heart felt and warm regards across to you and we pray that our good mail finds you in good health.

Best regards from your future family,

Sirotic Antoinette Family.
28 Partridge Road,
Cardiff CF24 3QX,
United Kingdom.

And that's it. I have more emails and photos too.
Thank you so much for helping me!
by Helen Halper Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:52 pm
Hi picara93!

If you would please find and post the headers of the email you got from [email protected] we can probably see where it was sent from.

by picara93 Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:20 am
I didn't know what the headers were, sorry xD
Now I know. Is this?

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From: Siroticantoinette Family <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Siroticantoinette Family <[email protected]>
Subject: Your profile was [email protected]
To: (my email)
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by Chris Fuller Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:11 am
Hello picara93,

Yes, that's the headers. This part:

Received: from [180.189.157.153]

often shows which country an email was sent from. In this case, however, it looks like it was sent from an internet café which uses the services of an Australian company to achieve faster internet speeds. So it doesn't tell us much!

As Helen says above, though, it is a scam. And if you google this paragraph from the first scam mail:

This effectively means that we mainly hang out in the garden at home
or sometimes go out on day trips to just about anywhere; beaches,
country parks, adventure parks, activity farms, seaside towns, forest
walks

you will see how frequently this sentence is used by au pair scammers!

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