Harvey Lewis - [email protected]

This is not a genuine au pair opportunity; it is a scam.

From: Harvey Lewis <[email protected]>
Subject: We need your responce

Hello,

We are a family living in the city of London, UK. Looking for an
aupair to employ into our home. We shall cherish and care for you,
your duty is to take care of our child while we are not around, his
name is Perry, and you are to dress him, take him to school and be
with him especially when we are not around.

For further en-quires on this job kindly write back to us with this
address [email protected] , we seek for aupairs from outside UK
due to the fact that they are dedicated to their job, the aupair will
have to live in or live out with its own fully furnished apartment.

The aupairs work is to take care of Perry; please the aupair should be
respectful and loyal especially to your job. We will treat you as a
family member.

We look forward to hear from you.

Harvey Lewis

From: Harvey Lewis <[email protected]>
Subject: My family pictures and few questions

Dear aupair,

First I must thank you for responding to my mail, and your interest to
Work in my family as an aupair, sorry for replying to your mail so late,
Please bear with me it was due to my tight schedule at work.
We are a family of three, my wife, my child and I, we are a caring
Family and promise to care for any aupair that is to work in our home.

Your duty is to take care of our boy, and a little house work, Perry
is 3years Old, we needed any aupair because of the fact that I and my
wife are too busy with work, so we decided to employ an elderly
helping hand that
will take care of her any time we are off to work. We are offering for
this job for
1000GBP only per month and 250GBP only for your pocket money per week.

We want an aupair that loves and cares, you will have to live with us in
Our home and we will care for you as a member of the family.


The attached is our family pictures for you to see and some questions
we wish to ask. You will work for at least 6hours daily, Get back to
us if our offer really suits you, we are taking care of your traveling
expenses including the flight tickets, what we expect from
You is obedience when you become our family member. Get back to me
ASAP so as to know the better place and time of processing your visa,
for me i will prefer processing it here since am the one to take care
of the expenses; I can do it easily here in UK border agency as soon
as you are willing to work for us, before the processing
Of your papers I will like us to reach an agreement on certain terms
and conditions which you must abide, this paper is for security reasons, and our
residence is At 56 Northampton Road London EC14 0HB England. Am
interested In you but we are not expecting you to leave soon at least
end of this month, I Hope that time will be nice.

For the English course my wife and I has agreed to do that for you
since it will enhance the communication between us, and we are taking
responsibility of that.

We expect to hear from you as soon as possible.

Warm regards
Harvey Lewis

Attached Please kindly answer these questions.docx reads:

Please kindly answer these few questions we wrote down:

Full name:

Age:

You’re Country of Location and Nationality?

Your Mobile/ Cell phone number(s)?

Describe your family and the relationships that you have with family members?

Have you discussed your decision to spend time abroad?

Explain what your family thinks about the idea? Whether they support you or not
and why?

Have you ever spent time away from your family other than holidays?

Education level attained to date?

List your interests, hobbies or musical instruments you play?

Tell us about your personality and lifestyle?

Have you ever been arrested for a crime / traffic violation?

If you go to a family of another religion than yours how will you deal with this
situation?

Describe your experience in caring for children; include ages, type, frequency and
duration if you've had any?

Describe why you want to become an au pair, and consider yourself qualified to be
an au pair?

Describe how you envision your host family to be like?

Are you flexible to adjust to the lifestyle and culture of another family?
.
How do you intend spending your free time with a family?

What compensation and benefits do you expecting?

If after a few weeks you find the position is not working out, how would you deal
with it?

What aspects of au pair duties do you think you will like best?

What aspects of au pair duties do you think you will have difficulty with?

Do you have any health concerns that a host family should be aware of?

Do you have any allergies or dietary restrictions?

Do you have any other information that you wish to add?

Once we get the answers to the above questions, we will give you a call on your
specified Mobile number to finalize our decision in having you as our new Aupair.

These are the stolen photos sent by this scammer, who pretends that they are photos of his own family.





The immigration lawyer is also fake, and is part of the scam.

From: Harvey Lewis <[email protected]>
Subject: We have agreed to employ you

Hello dear,

Thank you for the answers to our questions.

My wife and I has agreed to employ you and we have also decided to go
to the UK border agency tomorrow and make payments for your traveling
documents, we have put the processing of the visa and work permit in
the hands of an immigration lawyer BARR Gordon Larry.

I am going to take care of all the expenses so do not worry about how
to pay and get a visa. I will get back to you as soon as am back
tomorrow.

Perry said you should get him nice toys while coming.

Harvey Lewis

This is an email from the fake lawyer. The 'Proof of Sufficient Funds' is bogus. The genuine UK Border Agency never requests that money is transfered in this way. All money transfered by Western Union as described will be stolen by the scammer. The scammer is able to collect the money himself, using just the details of the transfer, regardless to which name the transfer is made to.

From: "Barr Gordon Larry" <[email protected]>
Subject: UK BORDER AGENCY INFORMATION

ATTENTION APPLICANT:


Your employer Mr. Harvey Lewis contacted us on the basis of procuring a visa/work permit through the immigration office of the UK border agency. The attachments are confidential letter, visa application form and a letter which you have to sign, from the UK border agency.


The requirement in the attachments has to be provided to ensure maximum security and privilege for the intending immigrant into UK, so kindly read the information’s carefully that is giving to you.


Your employer has also paid for your traveling expenses in other to secure your visa/work permit this morning, and also you are required to show a proof of sufficient fund of 850GBP through the western union money agent with the following procedures:


SENDERS NAME: NEXT OF KIN

RECEIVERS NAME: YOU’RE NAME

AMOUNT: 850GBP

PAYOUT COUNTRY: UNITED KINGDOM


NOTE:

The fund for the proof of sufficient fund is still your fund, you are to show this in other to be sure that you have a fund that will exist as your own before your first month salary, and you are to withdraw the fund via the transfer money agency which you used, this fund still exist as your fund till the time you withdraw it when you arrive to the UK.


This is to show that you are capable of taking care of yourself before your first salary is paid. We are here to serve you better.


GORDON LARRY(BARR IN-CHARGE)

UK BORDER AGENCY

IMMIGRATION OFFICE

Attached fake Au pair Guidlines.pdf reads:

Approved
European Agreement on Au pair Placement.

Read Carefully before signing the contract.

1 According to Article 4 of the European Agreement on Au Pair Placement, the au pair shall not be less than 17 or more than 30 years of age. Nevertheless, exceptions to the upper age-limit may be granted by the competent authority of the receiving country in individual cases when justified.

2 If the place of residence differs from the place of permanent residence, please state both addresses.

3 According to Article 8, paragraph 1, of the European Agreement on Au Pair Placement, the au pair shall, where possible, occupy a separate room either live or live out.

4 According to Article 8, paragraph 3, of the European Agreement on Au Pair Placement, the au pair shall have at least one full free day per week, not less than one such free day in every month being a Sunday.

5 The Protocol to the European Agreement provides that in the event of sickness, maternity, and accident benefits shall cover, as far as possible, the cost of medical treatment, pharmacy and hospital care.

6 The possibility of making the au pair responsible for half the insurance premiums can only exist where a Contracting Party has made a reservation on this point at the time of ratification of the European Agreement on Au Pair Placement.

7 According to Article 9 of the European Agreement on Au Pair Placement, the time effectively occupied in such services shall generally net be more than five hours per day.

8 According to Article 3 of the European Agreement on Au Pair Placement, the initial period shall not exceed one year but may be extended to permit of a maximum stay of two years. Where the agreement has been concluded for an unspecified period, either party shall be entitled to terminate it by giving two weeks' notice.

9 According to Article 6 of the European Agreement on Au Pair Placement, the present agreement and formalities should be concluded preferably before the person or au pair leaves the country in which she/he was resident and at latest during the first week of the placement.

I.......................................... have read and agreed on terms and conditions that govern European Au pair placement.


…………………………………………………….
Date

………………………………………………………………
Signature

The genuine European Agreement on Au pair Placement is not a contract for au pairs; it is an agreement for European member countries ('member States') regarding the regulations for au pair positions. You can read about this here:

http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Re ... ml/068.htm

The European Agreement on "au pair" Placement, drawn up within the Council of Europe by the Social Committee, was opened for signature by the member States of the Council of Europe on 24 November 1969.

The genuine text of this agreement can be seen here:

http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Tr ... ml/068.htm

Attached fake UK HOME OFFICE INFORMATION.docx reads:

UK Border Agency, 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF UK

The information contained in this document constitutes confidential information.
The information is intended only for the use of the intended recipient. You are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this document by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited

ATTENTION:

We have noted the content of your Application, Your employer Mr. Anthony Brooks contacted our office, through an Immigration lawyer called Barrister Gordon Larry concerning your intended job as Au pair/ Nanny to their Family in London.

In order to legally work in the United Kingdom without applying under the government’s tier based points system, an applicant must not be less than 16, International Au pairs or Nannies need to apply for work identity card for foreign nationals/ from the UK Border Agency, which will allow them to legally work as an Au pair or Nanny for a sponsoring host family in the UK.

See details for work identity card for foreign nationals.

ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/employersandsponsors/preventingillegalworking/identitycardssummary.pdf

Find below the necessary steps you will take to enable you obtain your work identity card for foreign nationals/.

The UK Border Agency is responsible for securing the United Kingdom borders and controlling immigration in the United Kingdom. We manage border control for the United Kingdom, enforcing immigration and customs regulations. We also consider applications for permission to enter or stay in the United Kingdom, citizenship and asylum.

Disclaimer:

The UK Home Office wishes to authoritatively inform applicants seeking for immigration status into the United Kingdom not to make any payments for processing of Work Permit, Visa and/or Expatriate Quota Approval. Approval for entry (Visa) into the \United Kingdom is executed by the Nearest British Embassy or Consulate within the applicants country of residence or location after regulation and certification of the applicant by the UK Home Office as at the time of application.

To apply, you have to send these documents in the following formations:

1) Your International Passport (Scan and email to Barrister Gordon Larry)

2) 2 recent passport photographs of yourself for proper Identification (Scan and email to Barrister Gordon Larry)

3) Fill the attached Visa Forms (Scan and email to Barrister Gordon Larry)

The following fees need to be provided by your employer for the Processing of your work permit:

.1 The booking of your flight will be after receiving all other needed Documents, which should be approximately 283.00GBP

2. The payment of your application fee which is only 550.00 GBP

3. The payment of your Work Permit fee which is 850.00GBP

We have contacted your employer with this payment information and he promised to provide the total fee as soon as possible.

The UK Home Office will exercise its full powers to perform its responsibility to regulate entry into the UK, by:

•Ensuring that the sponsor is financially capable to support the applicant entering the United Kingdom for Business or Pleasure throughout the duration of the validity of the Entry Visa.

• Ensuring that the applicant, has the minimum stipulated financial requirement to earn the needed points for Accession Worker Card, 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 United Kingdom legally.

The new points-based system (PBS) is the biggest shake up of the immigration system for 45 years. Under the new system, migrants will need to pass a points-based assessment before they receive Certificate of Eligibility and permission to enter or remain in the United Kingdom. It will help British businesses recruit the skills it needs from abroad and assure the British public that only the skilled migrants will need to come to the United Kingdom. The role of employees/migrants with qualifying financial base is crucial to its success.

CONFIRMATION/PROOF OF SUFFICIENT FUNDS

To meet the above requirement you or your selected next of kin is required to make a deposit of the stipulated financial requirement of 850.00GBP the equivalent in US DOLLARS, EUROS, or your local currency via any Western Union/Money Gram agent using the following procedure:

Senders Name: Should be the selected individual you wish to stand in as your next of kin or your best friend. Someone has to be aware that you are coming to the United Kingdom

Receivers Name: Must be you the primary sponsor

Payout Country: United Kingdom

As soon as you come down here you can visit any Western Union agent and receive back your deposit, using the details. Note: You must ensure that the senders name is the above as instructed and the receiver is yours for security reasons and as the primary sponsor of your immigration into the United Kingdom.

In summary you have to scan and email the below requirements to Barrister Gordon Larry for immediate submission to our Office for the procurement of your Visa

• The data page of your International Passport
• The Western Union/ Money Gram Receipt you used to make the deposit of 850.00GBP in your name
• 2 recent passport pictures of yourself
• Your filled Visa Forms

We would work to serve you better

UK Border Agency,
2 Marsham Street London
SW1P 4DF UK