Scams offering fake Au Pair positions
by Chris Fuller Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:11 am
This is not a genuine au pair opportunity; it is a scam. You can see identical scam mails here:

Ralph Ellis
Wayne Parker
Alice Don

From: Bernice A Holt <[email protected]>
Subject: FAMILY FROM NEW AU PAIR

Hello how are you doing today, I'm Mrs Bernice A Holt, 41 Years,from United State of America. I work as a sheetmetal mechanic here in New York and I don't usually stay home unless during weekends. My contact Address is 2895 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11232. I would like you to know that i have just one daughter Anabel and she's 3 Years Old. I want a nanny for her. Your duties will be taking her to school and bringing her back home, play with her, go to museums, playground,watching movies, prepare / serving their snacks and foods. You will have your Private Room which will have Bathroom,Toilet, Television, Air-Conditional. You will have access to the Internet and a Telephone at home to get in touch with your friends and loved ones. You will be having Saturdays and Sundays as your off days, so to enable you have enough time for yourself. As for your salary, I would be paying you $480 US DOLLARS every week and a pocket fee of$250 US DOLLARS every end of the week which i suppose should be okay by you.

May the gentle breeze of all moment blow cool memory into your brain, Amen!

Kindly write back if you are interested


Hope to hear from you soon. Bye for now.

Warmest regards
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by Chris Fuller Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:27 am
The travel agency is also fake, and is part of the scam.

From: Bernice A Holt <[email protected]>
Subject: PICTURES OF THE FAMILY

Hello Dear,

I seriously appreciate your reply knowing
you are willing and ready to be part of my family. This is our recent
family picture hope you will like it. Your basic job is to protect,
love, play with my daughter, and teach her in your care, and then to
share your insights with me. The other basic of your duties is
child-related housekeeping and focus on her. I really need you to come
over here to assist me take proper care of my daughter because, I'm
usually out and feel its bad leaving my daughter alone at home at all
time so i really would appreciate you to come over here soon and start
taking care of her.

Are you 100% ready, interested and capable
to be the nanny for my daughter here in the US? I want you to answer me
all questions that i would be asking you on here because i'm serious to
hire you as a nanny here and I'm a very honest and kind man so give me
a chance to trust you until everything works out.

what is your
full name? what is your full address? city? state? zip code? country?
phone number? do you still have parents? how old are you? are you
married and do you have any kids? do you live alone in an apt? what
type of work are you presently doing in your Country?
Email and send me your answers.
Do
you have US VISA and WORK PERMIT? If you don't have VISA and WORK
PERMIT, i would advice you to e-mail the TRAVEL AGENCY who help my previous aupair with
her document to help you for
the US VISA and WORK PERMIT and FLIGHT TICKET here is the link that you
will contact the TRAVEL AGENCY

NAME :Mr Jeffery

TRAVEL AGENCY EMAIL: ( [email protected] )
Phone Number (707-998-1455,509-869-4870)


let them know you are from me and explain to them all you need for the
traveling to US and i want you to tell the TRAVEL AGENCY that you are
from Mrs Williams Family and that you are writing to make enquiry
about the VISA,WORK PERMIT and FLIGHT
TICKET. Just to tell you how urgent i needed you here and to assure you
on how serious i am, about you coming here to work for my family as a
nanny, the job is already yours. If you have finally arrived here, i
will refund the half payment that you spent for your papers back to you
and i will start paying your basic salary without any delay and
disappointment.

As for how long you can work for my family, well
i think that depend on how long you will like to work here with me but
left for me, i do not intend to see you off in the next 1 -2 years cause
i really would need your services. I would be very grateful if you
respond better to me. You have nothing to worry about you will be
treated like one of the family and you will have 5 days to work in a
week and 2 days as your off days that is Saturdays and Sundays. You
will have the opportunity to do what ever you want to for your own good
on weekends. I know if i discuss about you with my wife, she would like
you despite the fact that they are yet to see you. Well hope to hear
from you soonest.TRY GATHER YOUR PAPERS NOW...


NAME :Mr Jeffery

TRAVEL AGENCY EMAIL: ( [email protected] )
Phone Number (707-998-1455,509-869-4870)


regards


Mrs. Bernice

These stolen photos sent by this scammer are also sent when the scammer is pretending to be other host families. You can see this here:

Carol E Dillon
Becky Martinez


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by Chris Fuller Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:29 am
This is an email from the fake agency. It was not sent from the USA; it was sent from Nigeria, as proven by the IP address: 41.71.144.131 - Lagos, Nigeria.

From: <[email protected]>
Subject: NEXT STEP

we have received your inquiry regarding your visa and all necessary travel documents based on working as an Au pair for a particular family, it is important you understand that it will take the agency some weeks to finish up and to this effect you are advised to comply with the agency conditions in good time so there will be no delay. You are advised to send us the following documents; -


- Scanned copy of the information page of your passport.
- Medical Report from a Certified Doctor. (IF POSSIBLE)
-Scanned Passport photograph WITH a white,Blue Or Red background.
-Your Full name,Current address and contact phone number...

We will initiate the process in order to have your visa application kit, documents and Working papers. As soon as the scanned copy of back page of your passport and other necessary documents is received, process and confirmed, We will send it to the US Consulate in your country immediately. . We shall send it along with your documents once your document is ready, and your host family will come to our office for other necessary forms to fill out for employing you to their home. We will get this done for you between 3 to 4 weeks without any delay and send it to you Via DHL OR UPS. Below are the breakdown of the fee attracted to it
Core Cost
VISA FEE : $500 (USD)
WORKING PERMIT : $200 (USD)
TRAVEL INSURANCE : $125 (USD)
CONSULAR CHARGES : $70 (USD)
LAWYER ATTESTATION FEE $110 (USD)
LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT FEE : $105(USD)
PRINCIPAL MISCELLANEOUS : $65 (USD)
UPS CHARGES : $135 (USD)
CONSULTANCY FEE : $65 (USD)
AGENCY FEE : $120 (USD)

That is the comprehensive breakdown of the fees that apply to your program, the total Core cost $1,495

We Shall give you the WESTERN UNION OR MONEYGRAM MONEY TRANSFER details of where to make the payment to as soon as we receive a confirmation email from you and all the necessary details

Hope to hear from back from you


Best Regards,
by JDBrits Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:01 am
I also just received an email from the same people under a different name. Sandra Bowen with email [email protected].
The pictures are exactly like above as is the fake agency and this is the email:

Dear AuPair,

My Name is Bowen Sandra, I am a Contractor and i live at New York. I need an AuPair who will come take care of my Sweet 4 year old Britney because My husband is out of country for business and i am always busy with contracts hence we both hardly have time for our daughter, so we need an Aupair who will come live with us and take good care of our kid. but before we proceed on that, i need to be sure about who i am hiring and get to know her better, So i will be asking you further questions which i need you to answer so i can document them. The questions are below:

Where are you from?
How many are you in your family?
Can you speak English basically?
Are you easily angry or hot tempered?
Do you have much experience taking care of kids?
Have you worked as an Aupair before?
Have you ever traveled outside your home country?
Can you help with housework ?
Do you have a qualification either, high school, secondary, elementry, college or university?
Are you willing to Assist with light household duties ?
Do you smoke ?
Do you drink ?
Are you willing to look after my kid 24 hours a day, wake up in the morning, bath, dress and feed her, take her to school and bring her back?
Supervising homework ?
Preparing my Daughter's meals ?
telling her bed time stories and putting my daughter to bed ?
Supervising and playing with my Daughter ?
Helping to keep my Daughter's rooms tidy?
Doing Daughter's laundry ?

I am really in need of an AuPair, you can resume here anytime you can, My aupair would be paid $1,500 monthly and will also be given pocket money + benefits. I need someone who can work for a minimum of 3 - 6 months and maximum of 1 - 2 years depending on the duration you are willing to stay, it is negotiable. I will gladly assist my Aupair in making sure they get the right travel documents/visa.

Sandra



Hello Dear,

I seriously appreciate your reply knowing
you are willing and ready to be part of my family. This is our recent
family picture hope you will like it. Your basic job is to protect,
love, play with my daughter, and teach her in your care, and then to
share your insights with me. The other basic of your duties is
child-related housekeeping and focus on her. I really need you to come
over here to assist me take proper care of my daughter because, I'm
usually out and feel its bad leaving my daughter alone at home at all
time so i really would appreciate you to come over here soon and start
taking care of her.

We Live in Washington street in Brooklyn NY.
let me ask a few more questions, What can you do to make my Daughter
Happy? What interest do you have for our family? and what can we do to
make you happy? All I need from you daily is to wake britney up, bath
her, cloth her and feed her, take her to school with the car, there
will be a driver for you but if you drive then there will be a car for
you to take britney anywhere she wants to go. After taking her to
school, you can take classes during that free period until end of
school times you go and pick her up also. After her school she has not
much activities, just take her on her homework, read poems for her and
tell her bed time stories when she's about sleeping. You will work
everyday and Weekend's free in a week. All I need from you is to take
total care of britney because she is all we have got, she should be
your main priority and always make her happy always.

Are you 100% ready, interested and capable
to be the nanny for my daughter here in the US? I want you to answer me
all questions that i would be asking you on here because i'm serious to
hire you as a nanny here and I'm a very honest and kind man so give me
a chance to trust you until everything works out.

what is your
full name? what is your full address? city? state? zip code? country?
phone number? do you still have parents? how old are you? are you
married and do you have any kids? do you live alone in an apt? what
type of work are you presently doing in your Country?
Email and send me your answers.And you are free to ask us any question too

Doyou have US VISA and WORK PERMIT? If you don't have VISA and WORK
PERMIT, i would advice you to e-mail the TRAVEL AGENCY who help my
previous aupair with
her document to help you for
the US VISA and WORK PERMIT and FLIGHT TICKET here is the link that you
will contact the TRAVEL AGENCY

NAME :Mr Jeffery

TRAVEL AGENCY EMAIL: ( [email protected] )
Phone Number (707-998-1455,509-869-4870)


let them know you are from me and explain to them all you need for the
traveling to US and i want you to tell the TRAVEL AGENCY that you are
from Our family and that you are writing to make enquiry
about the VISA,WORK PERMIT and FLIGHT
TICKET. Just to tell you how urgent i needed you here and to assure you
on how serious i am, about you coming here to work for my family as a
nanny, the job is already yours. If you have finally arrived here, i
will refund the half payment that you spent for your papers back to you
and i will start paying your basic salary without any delay and
disappointment.

As for how long you can work for my family, well
i think that depend on how long you will like to work here with me but
left for me, i do not intend to see you off in the next 1 -2 years cause
i really would need your services. I would be very grateful if you
respond better to me. You have nothing to worry about you will be
treated like one of the family and you will have 5 days to work in a
week and 2 days as your off days that is Saturdays and Sundays. You
will have the opportunity to do what ever you want to for your own good
on weekends. .TRY GATHER YOUR PAPERS NOW...


NAME :Mr Jeffery

TRAVEL AGENCY EMAIL: ( [email protected] )
Phone Number (707-998-1455,509-869-4870)


regards

Sandra

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