Barry Gohhart - [email protected]

This is not a genuine au pair opportunity; it is a scam. These emails were not sent from the USA, they were sent from South Africa, as proven by the IP addresses, eg 41.14.82.15 - Pretoria, South Africa.

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/

Do not send money to any agency, embassy, lawyer, or other person introduced to you by a potential host family.

From: Barry Gohhart <[email protected]>

we have decided to find an Au pair because we need help looking after our daughter. we am looking for an Au pair to be a big sister or brother to our daughter and to become a member of our family. We are Mr&Mrs. Barry Gohhart and I am 49 years old Constructional Engineer (builder)and my wife is 38yrs old Government workers. I live in a three bedroom house in 326 East Colorado Street, Glendale CA and have two kids, Cheryl is getting to 3yrs. our kids likes to go to the parks once a week. I will require you to take care of our daughter for about 25hrs a week. I will be paying you $2,800 monthly while you will have weekends free and i will pay you $200 per week pocket money which we will give to you every Friday. my residence is very open and near the city and there are other au pairs close by. There is also a good language school and i will encourage you to go for lessons there to learn English if you wish to. In the area there is one pub full of young people, a shop/post office and a hall where people get together to have parties. There is also a bus stop outside our house with direct access into the city center. You will have your own bedroom and your own bathroom either live in or live out fully furnished, plus desk phone and computer system with internet access. I do not have any pets and I do not smoke. we need an Au pair to start with us soon and stay until at least 6 months or more. We will need you to drive our second car if you can and I shall arrange some driving lessons for you when you arrive. You may use this car for taking the Sandra to school, going to your English classes and for your private use. Do tell us when you will be free to start up duties with us.And do send your Pictures for perusal and also your resume. I am a fun young family looking for a kind hearted fun Au pair to mix in with our family. However have it in mind that we shall both shoulder the cost of your papers to bridge trust between we your employer and your our employee and that only is what we can use to determine your commitment to come here to work with our family and for you not to run away with our papers and flight ticket that will be provide to you. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

About our kids.

Name: Cheryl
Age: 3 yrs
Varieties: Love to play , talk and eat ..lolz
Favorite Games : Monopoly, Dinosaurs, books
Tv: Cartoons
School: kindergarten
Health Result: Extremely energetic kid who loves outdoors and also indoors.
Activities: (outdoor, indoor)
Food: Breakfast, wheat bran or Oatmeal. NO SUGAR!!! they has a sandwich

for lunch and Dinner Chicken Noodles, 90% of our food is low-fat and salads,

but we also like chocolates and wine.

Here are more questions for you to answer:
where are you from?
what is your full name?
gender:
do you have any working experience?
for how long have you been searching for a family?
what is your real age?
are you married or single?
you got kids?
do you have any experience about first aid?
what do you do for a living right now (i mean your job)?
can you drive?
can you ride a bike?
do you have drivers license? But it is not Essential to me if you don't have one
can you swim?
do you have a passport?
what it is your religion?
for how long do you want to work for me?
have you any recent host family before?
do you have any criminal record?
how do you intend to treat my daughter?
will you also like to help us with some house work?
Where are you living right now?
Will you like to live with us ?
Attach some pictures of yours to your reply.

Yours sincerely,
Mr&Mrs. Barry Gohhart.

The travel company is also fake, and is part of the scam.

From: Barry Gohhart <[email protected]>

Thanks for the response, We're from Glendale, CA, USA. I travel all around states here because of my job, i work as a constructional Engineer and My wife is a Government workers. First of all i want you to know that you can come any time you want and you can stay and work for me as long as you like. Also I share your view about getting into the United state of America legally. I want you to have all the necessary traveling papers you need to come before the end of the month or next month with your visa. I don't want to go through any agency, So BRIGGS TRAVELS AND TOURS will handle the document. Dealing with Briggs Traveling Tour is good and i really trust them. I have to inform you that it will take the Traveling Tour few weeks to make the papers and it will be sent to your contact address. I want you to send your full name and address to him with your contact phone number

NAME: Mr. Eddie Briggs
Email address: [email protected]

Send The Details Below to Them
Full name:
Address:
Passport Number:
Date Of Birth:
PHOTO:
WORK DOING PRESENTLY:

So contact them and they will let you know the exact amount for the processing of J1-VISA that will be made for you . I will be waiting for your mail. Once again i will be paying you $2,800.00 monthly,i hope it will be ok as your salary and you will be working for 25-30 hours per week.There will be free accommodation for you, free car, free internet access to reach to your family and free cell phone for you and $200 as pocket money every Friday. Please kindly understand that we cant deduct any money from your salary to do all this for you and to be on the fair side and also to earn your trust, I want you to be honest with me and let me know how much you have out of the processing fee the travel agency will charge you and i will pay the rest as soon as you receive mail from the agency. Please understand that i cant pay all the money for your traveling initially but as soon as you arrive in person to the united state, i will be glad to refund all expenses made to you. Its not I cant bear the expenses but i am only taking some cautious and precaution as i have lost some money while trying to help a nanny but she happens to be a fake and ran away with it. I will appreciate it if you can take good care of my Son. Contact the Traveling tour and the processing will start asap.

Regard,

Mr&Mrs. Barry Gohhart.

This is an email from the fake travel company.

From: Eddie Briggs <[email protected]>
Subject: VISA APPLICATION PROCESSING.

Dear Applicant,

Your employers Mr&Mrs. Barry Gohhart contacted our office and asks that we should treat your application with priority. Fin below the necessary steps you will take to enable you obtain your Certificate of Eligibility. You are advised to scan the back page of your passport and send it to us Or the passport number in order to have your visa application kit, documents and Working Permit papers processed. Your details will be forwarded to the US Consulate immediately with information you sent earlier, then would let you know how much it costs to start processing your Visa. Do you drive? If so, you would be required two passports photograph from you for your driver's license. Your host family will come to our office for the necessary forms to fill out for employing you to their home. Once your VISA document is out it would be dispatch to you via United Parcel Service (UPS).

(1) You are to fill properly the columns below completely.

1. FULL NAME:
2. CONTACT ADDRESS :
3. CITY:
4. STATE:
5. ZIP CODE:
6. COUNTRY/NATIONALITY:
7. DATE OF BIRTH:
8. MARTIAL STATUS:
9. OCCUPATION:
10.PHONE NUMBER:
11.PASSPORT NUMBER:

OR

(2) A scanned copy of your passport.

The US Home Affairs is responsible for securing the U S A Home Affairs and controlling immigration in the U S A. We manage border control for the U S A, enforcing

immigration and customs regulations. We also consider applications for permission to enter or stay in the U S A, citizenship and asylum.

Disclaimer:
• Ensuring that the sponsor is financially capable to support the applicant entering the U S A for Business or Pleasure throughout the duration of the validity of the

Entry Visa.

• Ensuring that the applicant, is capable of meeting with the requirement to earn the needed points for Visa Approval, going by the new point-based system for

immigration in 2011

• Ensuring that the applicant is eligible to Live, Work and carry out business activities in the U S A legally.

Yours Sincerely,

Eddie Briggs.

This is one of the stolen photographs sent by this scammer, who pretends that it is a photo of his own family.