[email protected]

I have reason to believe that this is a scam email address as a previous post had the exact same original email as I received this morning. I searched the entire website from which they said they found my email address and they are not a registered family for the area that they detail. This is the email I recieved:

"Dear Au pair

We just finished viewing your profile on easyaupair.com and we were
very impressed. We have been looking for someone to look after our
kids since our last au pair left and we feel you are the right choice.

We live in the Sub-Urbs of San Francisco, California. Its a beautiful
city you are sure to love it here. The job pays $700 weekly and you
will work for 35 hours a week. There is so much more to discuss so if
you are interested get back to us and we will gladly work things out.

Have a nice day
Ryan and Kim Turner"

I was a little bit suspicious after reading it as the terms sounded too good to be true and they said "dear au pair" despite my name being on my profile so I googled the family name and the email itself and found a post with the exact same email on this website.

[AlanJones]

Hello nmcd and welcome to ScamWarners.

You are right, it is a scam.

The salary is far too high for an au pair position and as you say, the email itself is identical to some others on this forum, for example viewtopic.php?p=55757#p55757

[AlanJones]

Further email from the scammer

We are really glad to hear back from you and even better knowing you
are interested in our offer, first we’d like to tell you about our
family. We have two lovely daughters, Alice and Betty who are 5 and 3
(we have attached photos for you). They love to play together and
little Betty always wants to do what her older sister does and Alice
wants to be just like mommy. They both love their dolls and spend time
with the other kids in the neighbourhood. Kim is an E.R nurse at the
city hospital and I'm a pilot for a helicopter and jet service.

We do a lot of family stuff together when we get the chance, like take
trips or go skiing. There are lots of fun things to do in this City
and we’re sure you’ll like it here. We’d like to know more about you
so tell us and send us some pictures too. Maybe we can have a chat on
skype as well though the timing may be difficult. Also send us your
number so we can give you a call. Regarding your work visa we will
contract an agent who handled the visa for our last au pair to handle
everything for you.

What time are you sure you will be able to start if given the job? We
hope to hear from you soon with what you think and any questions you
have.

Cheers!
Ryan, Kim and Kids

[AlanJones]

Email from the scammer introducing his fake travel agency [email protected].

Good day!

We are all so excited about the way things are progressing and the
kids are ecstatic we really can’t wait to meet you. Glad to know we
have sorted things out regarding your duties now we can focus on
getting your contract ready as well as sorting out your travel plans.
Next we need to confirm when you can start and how long you can stay
here so we can start working on your contract but we need your

FULL NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBERS

You will need a visa and some other papers to travel to the USA and we
have experience with sorting them out from when our last au pair came
here. We used and agent who did everything for here in a very short
time. They also booked her flight and sorted every little detail about
her trip here. They are great and very reliable, here is their website
www.aupairinternational.webs.com and email [email protected],
send them an email immediately and find out what you will need to get
here. They were very efficient and we were all very happy with
them,I'm sure they will do well for you too. We will cover the cost of
the actual flight (Plane Tickets), while you will cover the cost of
your visa. We'd really love to hear back from you so have a wonderful
day and don't forget to smile.

Best Wishes,
Ryan, Kim and Kids

[AlanJones]

Email from the fake travel agency

Dear Applicant


Thank you for contacting Au Pair International our job is to organize
everything about your trip from travelling documents to your flight here.
The 3 step process will be

1. Processing your visa

To process your visa we will need scans of the following documents

1- SCANNED PASSPORT
2- PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH
3- FULL MAILING ADDRESS
4- EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT(FROM YOUR EMPLOYER)

(Note: We have informed your employers to send thier Bank Statement of
Account, Invitation Letter, Reference Letter and Tax Clearance to us)

Here is a total cost breakdown of the different fillings we will be making
for
your visa

Total cost is $650.00

Note: Please request for mode of payment before payments are made.


This is how it works, when we receive the payment and documents from you we
will begin you application at the home office here. Everything goes much
faster here and we have experience with them so we can assure if your
papers are in order you are sure to get the visa. A letter of authorization
will be sent from Immigration in the USA to the Embassy in your Country of
choice when the visa is ready for collection. You will also get and email
notification from them, with a reference number and instructions on how to
collect your visa (You will need to go with your passport).

You will also be registered under a health insurance scheme

2. Scheduling a flight

Depending on the date your visa is issued we will work out a date when we
can book your flight. Please inform us of estimated weight of your luggage,
any phobias or preferences in airlines and which International airport you
will be leaving from.

3. Taking you from the airport to the residence of work:

Unless other arrangements are made we will have an employee pick you up
when you arrive and take you to your host family's house. The exact details
on date and time of the flight will be sorted after the application process
has begun and we get a confirmation of dates from you and your employer.

We wish you the best of luck and require a phone number to contact you on.

Respectfully,
Gloria

[AlanJones]

Another email and photos from the fake family

Hello

It's been a pleasure communicating with you these past few weeks and
we are looking forward to everything working out well. As promised we
have finished the contract. It is signed and attached to the email so
please sign and email us back a copy. We've also sent you a few more
pictures.

Have a wonderful day
The Turners

[AlanJones]

Another one of the scammer's emails

Dear Xxx

It's really nice to hear from you again, you seem very interesting and
we feel we have made the right choice, let’s hope to make your stay
with us the best time you can have. We want you as our next au pair,
our last au pair was great and we had so much fun with her so
hopefully everything will work out just as well with you. The timing
is perfect for us and we hope you are enjoying your job at the moment.
Here is a description of how your day will look like

From Monday to Friday

You will start by 8:00 am in the morning, get the kids breakfast ready
and get them dressed and packed for pre-school. If we are not home you
are free to drive them to with of the cars or you can get a taxi.
While they’re at school you will take care of the kid’s laundry, light
housekeeping, grocery shopping, etc.

We have a meal plan for the kids so what they’ll eat will already be
sorted out and there will always be cooked food available but you need
to heat it up for them. You’ll get the kids back from school by
12:00pm and from then on it’s up to you on how to keep them occupied,
there playgrounds where they can also be with other kids.

One of us should be home by at 6:00pm and that’s when you close for
the day so we expect the kids to be home and cleaned up by then. If we
ever need you to stay over time we will work out a scheme on how to
pay extra for that and you get the weekends off as well.

You will have a room in the house for free, it comes with its own
bathroom, a TV and a laptop. We have wireless connection in the house
so you can communicate with people back home anytime you want. You are
always welcome to join us for meals if you choose. You should always
think of yourself as family because that’s the way we see you.

Best Wishes,
Ryan, Kim and Kids

[AlanJones]

The scammers have also in the past used a fake au pair to give a reference about themselves.

Our last au pair's name is Julia Freeman here is her email address [email protected], I'm
sure she can be of some help.

Thank you for posting this, I googled parts of the mail, and ended up here.

They're also calling themselves Sean and Katie Cooper and they're using [email protected] as an email.

Dear Au pair
We just finished viewing your profile on easyaupair.com and we were
very impressed. We have been looking for someone to look after our
kids since our last au pair left and we feel you are the right choice.
We live in the Sub-Urbs of San Francisco, California. Its a beautiful
city you are sure to love it here. The job pays $700 weekly and you
will work for 50 hours a week. There is so much more to discuss so if
you are interested get back to us and we will gladly work things out.
Have a nice day
Sean and Katie Cooper

Hello

We are really glad to hear back from you and even better knowing you
are interested in our offer, first we’d like to tell you about our
family. We have two lovely daughters, Alice and Betty who are 5 and 3
(we have attached photos for you). They love to play together and
little Betty always wants to do what her older sister does and Alice
wants to be just like mommy. They both love their dolls and spend time
with the other kids in the neighbourhood. Kim is an E.R nurse at the
city hospital and I'm a pilot for a helicopter and jet service.

We do a lot of family stuff together when we get the chance, like take
trips or go skiing. There are lots of fun things to do in this City
and we’re sure you’ll like it here. We’d like to know more about you
so tell us and send us some pictures too. Regarding your work visa we
will contract an agent who handled the visa for our last au pair to
handle everything for you.

We were really impressed with your profile and we are ready to offer
you the job and would like to know the earliest time you would be
available. We hope to hear from you soon with what you think and any
questions you have.

Cheers!
Sean, Katie and Kids

I hate that the au pair business is so shady with a lot of scambaiters You don't know who to trust! But if the pictures seems to be a little too staged, and it sounds too perfect, it's usually a scambaiter.