[email protected]!

Dear Aupair,

Am happy to receive your email.

I have decided to look for a nanny/aupair to look after my Son Mark
who is 2 years

You are expected to start as soon as you wish

My name is Mr. Paul Bill i am 40 years old and we stay in UK.
My spouse Maris is 36 works as a Health director, while I
work as a Estate Agent here in UK.We live in London,
and we have an incredible culture that we would love to share with you

I work for 8 hours same as my wife if she spends the night
in the house after her night shift in the hospital and i have my lunch
by 1pm,my coming back most time is 6:30pm.You are expected to work on
weekdays(Monday-Friday)Excluding Saturday and Sunday which you will use
for your leisure and visiting of friends or spend time with us as a family
We don't have overtime as you will be paid an allowance of 500GBP as
your weekly allowance which is 2000GBP monthly.

Your working hour will be 30hrs to 35hrs per week
Your main duty is to take care of our adorable son and treat him as if
he was your own brother make sure he doesn't go to
school(kindergarten) late and his room and cloths are kept neat

At his age he tries to do things his own way and seems very affectionate
and adorable

I have filed the necessary inquiries on how to go about employing you
from the UK Home Office here and I shall be sending you the
information once I receive hence wait for update and
guidance/instructions so that you do not make any mistake.

You will find details of the nature of work in the approved contract
letter that will be drafted for us by the Home Office

Please my wife will like to get more personal with you and we will like
you to answer this questions

What is your religion? Do you practice it?

Do you smoke?

Do you have piercing and do you wear tattoo?

If a child goes wrong what will be your best method of correction?

How many months will you like to stay here in London?

Have you been receiving email from any intending family looking for aupair
and what is your response ?

Am still waiting for the approved contact letter from the UK Home
Office and i will send it to you once i receive it.

Attached is the picture our family and you can contact me with this number
+447024059599


Hope to hear from you soon,regards from my family

Waiting for your reply

With Love

Mr. Paul Bill
(For Family)

This is the message i've been sent through an au-pair site:

Dear Aupair,

We are British family living in Untied Kingdom London and we want aupair that will take good care of my son Mark who is 2 years old.

You will be paid a weekly salary of 500GBP which is a total of 2000GBP monthly and you are required to get back to us through our family email address: [email protected] not the site to show your interest in our job offer.

Get back to us with your pictures and resume to our family email address below so that we can know you better.

[email protected]

Add me on Skype : paulbill04

With Love

Mr. Paul Bill

Hi, how do you know if it´s scam or not?? this family wrote me on 17th may and the last message they sent me was contract letter of employement. thanks for your answer

If you are asking about one of the "families" listed in this thread, they are definitely scams.

The writing tells us that they are African, NOT British.
The weekly salary is WAY too high for what an au pair is paid.

There are other signs too, but these ones above are enough to tell us for certain anyway.

If it is from someone different, please post the emails they sent you and we can tell you.

thanks very much, they´ve sent me same email like this, ....and i need to help, ´cause another family sent me offer for aupair job, but i don´t know if it´s real or scam, i didn´t find this family on this site,...here is first mail they´ve sent to me :

Dear Au pair,
We are a cheerful and loving family living in London, England. We are looking for an Au pair/nanny who is easygoing and active to look after our lovely 4year old baby son Benjamin. We are Mr. & Mrs. Barry Hamilton, I work with Dongil Engineering Company here in London-UK and i am not usually at home except during weekends. We require an Au pair/nanny who is caring and fun loving to take care of our son, whilst we are at work .As i am always occupied with work and my wife who is also an international advertising consultant, working with in an oil firm here in the UK. So we are a very busy couple and we do not stay at home regularly, hence the search for an Au pair/Nanny to take good care of our child after school hours.
We are willing to offer you a generous weekly salary of 450GBP and a monthly salary of 1800GBP.(Monday-Friday) . Weekends are your off days, so you can use the opportunity to explore and tour the city. So we require you put in your best. You will also be required to help with some domestic chores around the house. Additionally if you require a live-in position you will be provided with a comfortable room with en-suite, a television, DVD player, internet service and a land line in our home. If you require a live-out position a suitable apartment with same utilities will also be provided. If you are willing to work with us, we will provide you a personal car that you will use here in London-UK. I shall also get you a job here in London-UK where you can earn more money, during morning hours because you will only be taking care of our child after his school hour which is afternoon-evening. Your duty is to take good care of the child, make sure that he does his school home work on time, prepare his lunch etc. You will also be given an opportunity to attend a language school to learn any language of your choice (tuition fee will be our responsibility).
We are a fun loving and caring family, I am sure you will enjoy your stay with us, also your travel cost will also be provided by us. I hope to receive your reply soon along with your resume and some photos of you. warm regards.


i answer them yesterday, and they sent me next mail :

Hello Kristina
how are you? i am glad to receive your mail, it is good to know that you are interested in the job offer. my wife and i have gone through your mail and it is quite impressive. you seem like a very hard-working and decent person, someone we would love to have in our home. we are really glad we found you , we are quite sure our son Benjamin will get to love you and likewise you too. I will like you to answer the following questions before we make our final decision about offering you the job as an Au pair in our home,and also send us some photos of you.
1)what are your aims and objectives in life?
2) why did you decide to become an Au pair?
3) how do you intend to impact positively in our son's
life?
4) what kind of person are you(your likes and dislikes)?
5) do you get angry easily?
6)if offered the job as our Au pair, when would you like to start?
7) what is your full name?
I hope to hear from you soon warm regards

I didn´t write them back yet, i´m waiting for your answer, thanks for helping,

Complete scam.

There is no job, only a scammer trying to steal your money.

Could you please post the email address this scammer has used, to help others to avoid being scammed?

this is the e-mail address - [email protected].....

and what about this mail?
Dear Au pair/Nanny,

Myself,my husband and our only daughter lives permanently in Los Angele's California, USA. I am Annabel Mason, a Medical Researcher . My husband is Casteleone Mason, a Psychologist while our only daughter is Patricia Mason. We are looking for an Au pair/Nanny to help us with the care of our child and to teach her of a new culture .

Patricia our 3 years old daughter is a very busy girl who loves all things. She loves to play Polly Pockets, Barbies, Littlest Pet Shop,etc and loves to dance,create art, learn about science, history and the world. She is constantly asking to learn more and would benefit greatly by having a "big sister/big brother" to play with and talk to. Her hobbies are cycling ,inlines skating,jogging,badminton,soccer,dancing,swimming etc .

We are hoping to host an Au pair/Nanny to help with the kid, but also to provide a great cultural exchange. We can't wait to show you around Los Angele's area and to learn about where you come from as well . LOL!!!

My Family and I are looking for the fun yet responsible person who can help us with the everyday needs and challenges of raising our little girl. We are a spontaneous family always ready to go out and have some fun. Our family loves to stay active. We enjoy traveling, sporting events and picnics in the park.

You will be fully responsible for our girl's daily routine which included getting her dressed, making breakfast, lunch and dinner,minding her during the day and taking her to playground, play-dates or other places of interest, as well as cleaning her bedroom and helping with general household duties.

Your working hour per day will be within 5-6 hours which will be approximately 25-30 hours per week .

Your working period will be Monday to Friday while Saturday and Sunday will always be your off day from work .

Your Monthly salary will be $1500 US Dollars and $150 weekly pocket allowance .

You will be provided with a comfortable accommodation with 24 hours free internet assess .

You will also be provided with a private car for your personal use with our daughter.

MY QUESTIONS :

Can u cook?

Which country are you right now ?

Do u speak English fluently?

Can u Drive perfectly?

Do you have a valid working visa to work in U.S.A?

How many Years of experience do you have as an AU PAIR/NANNY ?

Can you send me a copy of your CV and some photos of you?

I wait to hear from you as soon as possible.

Kind Regards

Annabel Mason

[email protected]

Unfortunately, it's another scam.

The English is African, not American.
The scammer has absolutely NO idea how US au pair programs actually work, and has quoted a salary that is way too high.

this is really bad, I can´t discern real AE or BE from this African, ´cause I´m not from UK... and could you help me where I can find real work for summer? I´m actually disgusted about this

Forgive me if I'm blunt christina1, but you're making the mistake of deciding you want to be an au pair without checking out what you need to become one.

You need to know what training and qualifications you need and whether you can get a visa and how you go about getting one.

You can only get employment as an au pair in the USA if you are a member of certain au pair agencies, and that costs money and will require you to have certain qualifications. Any offer that doesn't come through those agencies for the USA is a scam.

In the UK, if you live outside the EU, the people who can work as an au pair is very limited and restricted to certain youth schemes.

The fact is that it is likely you are looking for a job you can never get. That's why you're getting so many scam offers.

If I'm wrong - I apologise, but this is probably why you're only getting scam offers. Is there an agency you can trust in your own country that can get you a job abroad ?

As Terrance said, understanding the regulations is very important.

If what you are looking for is a summer job, then ANY offer you get from someone claiming to be an American family will be a scam.

1) In the US, an au pair job is a 12 month commitment, not a summer job. There are required training sessions you have to attend through the sponsor agencies before you can start, and you must go to school as well.
2) Even if that weren't true...
American schools break for the summer relatively early. Most American schools will be out for the summer within the next 2 weeks. American parents needing summer childcare started looking weeks ago, and will have already made their arrangements at this time. It is far too late for an American family to try to arrange summer help , especially with someone overseas, at this time.

thanks, so i have to register in some agencies? i am registered in aupair.com since last year, because my friend found there her host family, but i got from this site also scam offer

For UK you don't have to be registered with an agency (though it might help.)

For US you do have to be sponsored by one of the government approved agencies. No visa is possible without this. http://j1visa.state.gov/participants/

another mail : [email protected]

Dear Au pair,

I am Dr. Benson Stuart from the UK, I live at 56 Bayley
St, London, Greater London WC1B 3HD with my family and I work as a
Medical Doctor. We need the services of an Au pair to help us take
good care and to look after our child here in London. My spouse Mrs.
Juliet Stuart works as a Nurse and we do not spend as much time as we
should with our son Tom due to the nature of our jobs.

We need your services as soon as possible and please endeavor to send
us your resume. We would like to know more about you, also send us
some pictures of yourself, and please feel free to ask me any question
regarding whatever you want to know about my family.

We checked out http://www.easyaupair.com and got interested in your profile
so we resolved to contact you for your services.

We hope to hear from you soon with regards to our offer of employment
to work as an Au pair in our family.


Dear Kristina,

I received your mail and it was quite lovely of you to write me.

Your work will mostly be done on workdays because of the nature of our
job. The contract will be a minimum of five months and teaching my
child your culture will never be a problem because we want the best
for him.

Like I said earlier, I live at 56 Bayley St, London, Greater London
WC1B 3HD with my family and I am a Medical Doctor. I have a wife
Juliet who works as a Nurse and an adorable son Tom, he is three and a
half years old and he is quite lovely, he also makes friends easily.

You would have a Private Live-In Accommodation with Private Bathroom
and Bedroom. Your room would also be furnished with a Television Set,
an Internet Ready Computer System and a Fixed Land line telephone.
Your room is situated close to my kids' room to create a close
relationship with him

We are really interested in employing you in our home if you would
consider the option and I will bear the whole costs entirely. I will
pay for every of your travel expenses and your flight tickets. I will
see to the commencement of the application and other incidental travel
documents from here in the UK at the Border Agency, Home Office. I
would also discuss the terms of our agreement with the Lawyer.

Do send us your resume and your pictures, we would really love to have
you here with us, I want to hear from you soon.

Dr. Benson Stuart

Dear Kristina,

I discussed with my wife and we have decided that you are free to stay
for a minimum period of three months, so do send us your resume and
some pictures of you if you are interested in the offer. We understand
that you are a student at the moment.

yes, i know about that visa, and i´m not looking for aupair job in US now,because I was told it isn´t possible for 3 moths, only for 12 or more like you said...
and in UK a went through many sites with offers, but it usually like this ones