Au Pair Scam - Mr Mac Millan

[AlanJones]

The following email was received in response to a listing on an Au Pair website. This is a scam, no vacancy exists - the scammer will try and scam you out of money by asking for fees for travel costs or accomodation costs.

Received from: [email protected]
Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: Regarding Your Availability As An Ua Pair/Nanny.
IP Address: 41.219.217.161 Nigeria (Ikeja)

Hello Au Pair/Nanny,


I hope my mail meets you in good state of health... I am Pat Budinger, 43 years of age from United States. I am a Consultant Contractor and I reside at #203 Bedford St. New York City, N.Y. 10014, USA. As part of the information you may require, I have a 4 years old wonderful and interesting to be with twins namely Audrey and Trey. Due to the nature of my work and the unexpected transfer of my wife to Portugal, I hardly have time for my lovely Kids which prompted the idea of seeking an Au Pair/Nanny. After scrolling through your profile on http://www.greataupair.com couple of weeks ago, I considers you worthy of the job vacancy in my home as a substitute for my departed wife.


Your duties includes taking the kids to school/bringing them back home, play with them, go to Museums, Playground, Cinema Hall, prepare/fix their meals and snacks. You will have your Private Room which consist of Air-Conditional, Television, 12 hours Internet Access and a Telephone to keep you in touch with your friends, families and maybe relatives as often as you may desire, a Bathroom and Toilet. You will have Saturdays and Sundays as your off days, so to enable you have enough time for yourself otherwise, you will be paid for extra services. As for your salary, I will be willing to pay you 2,000 Dollars for every 4 weeks and a pocket fee of 500 Dollars weekly which I suppose should be enough for your primary needs. as regards my family pictures, I will send some upon request.


With all due respect, I will be hoping to hear from you as soon as possible if interested at the said position. Bye for now and may the gentle breeze of all moment blow cool memory into your brain, Amen!


Warmest regards,
Pat Budinger & Family.
Email: [email protected]

[AlanJones]

Here is a reply received from the scammer.

I seriously appreciate your rapid reply knowing you are willing and ready to be part of my family. Actually, I need you to come over here to assist me take proper care of my wonderful Angels since I hardly have the time for them just as I previously explained, so I would appreciate you come over here the soonest possible but let me ask a question, do you have Visa and Work Permit? If no, I would advise you email my Travel Agency to help you for the USA Visa and Work Permit, here is the link through which you can contact them ([email protected]). Do not hesitate to let them know you are from me as there may be some consideration in the charges so explain all you need for the traveling to USA to them and I assure that I will assist you with half of what so ever amount needed for the processing of your Visa and Work Permit just to justify how urgent I need your services as well as how serious I am about your coming down to work for my family as an Au Pair and for now, do consider the job yours.


As for how long you can work for my family, well I think that completely depends on you but left to me, I do not intend to see you off in the next 2-3 years because I really would need your services. I will be very grateful if you respond better to me. You have absolutely nothing to worry about as you'll certainly be treated like one of the family member and you will have 5 days to work in a week and 2 days as your off days which is to be Saturdays and Sundays. You will have the opportunities to do what ever you want for your own good on weekends but provided they are worth doing. I already discussed about you with my little Angels, they seem to like you despite the fact that they are yet to neither see nor talk with you. Well hope to hear from you the soonest possible. Bye for now!!


Warmest regards from,
Mr Pat Budinger & Family.

you guys saved my ass from quite a nightmare....was in contact with said "Pat Budinger" and was in the process of accepting the job offer, until with a hunch googled him and found along with disappointment what a bastard the man really is. so thankings

[AlanJones]

Hi pandabear and welcome to ScamWarners. I'm glad we have helped you avoid being scammed. Unfortunately, the au pair websites seem to have more scammers on them than legitimate families.

For more information on these scams and how to identify them, take a look at this post.