Scams offering fake Au Pair positions
by NunnLois Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:20 am
This one was the first message I recieve, I recieved it on my easyaupair inbox (not in my personal email) so I belive it was true. Now, few mails after, that man has send me some pics but he doesn't appear with the kids (never) so I'm starting to think that maybe is Scam. Here you are the first message:

"Hi xxxxxx,

Many thanks for your mail. You have the job if you want to work in the most beautiful part of the UK. We have a fantastic house in a brilliant little town just 2kms away from amazing coastline where you can learn to surf and kayak with us.

I\'d be happy to pay your airfare across to the UK and provide a very competitive weekly salary.

Perhaps the best next step is for us to have a discussion so you can ask us any questions you may have. However, the role here is really quite simple - I need some help with collecting the kids from schoold at about 3.30pm and then looking after them until I come back from work at 5:30pm. The days are pretty much your own and you will have weekends off as well.

I hope to speak with you soon.

Regards"

I think I'm goingt ocontact an agency...this is just too stressing lol. Thanks for your help!
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by Helen Halper Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:21 pm
Hi NunnLois!

Do you know how to find the headers from an email? Please learn how from the link in my sig, below. There are tricks that can be used to hide the scammers true location but most of the time, by finding and tracing the email headers, you can see what city and country the message was sent from.
For an excellent lesson in how to spot an Au pair scam please read this thread: http://scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=3019

by Chris Fuller Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:22 am
Hello NunnLois,

Parts of this message certainly raise suspicion that it might not be genuine; however, to confirm this we would need to see the email in which the host father describes his family and the au pair position in more depth.

In the meantime, you may like to compare what he has said with the British Au Pair Agencies Association's description of an au pair position here:

http://www.bapaa.org.uk/displaypage.asp?page=31

And, of course, if a host family, or anybody who they have put you in contact with, asks you to send money, open a bank account, or to make a money transfer, for any reason, this is a certain sign of a scam.
by NunnLois Tue Apr 10, 2012 6:14 pm
HEY!! I have a conversation with the family and everything is allright with them. Lovely people actually. Thanks a lot for your work (it also awarned me of angelina1989...) THANKS A LOT!! :beer:
by Chris Fuller Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:30 am
Thank you NunnLois for posting again.

Please be aware that scammers also can appear to be very nice people on the telephone or Chat, or even seem to appear on webcam, by using stolen videos.

As we haven't confirmed that this person is a scammer, however, I will remove their personal information from your opening post. This will protect their privacy if they are genuine.

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