Au Pair in China? Am I getting Scammed?

Sooo... I've been communicating with this lady named Victoria in China so I can become her Au Pair for her 2 kids. She is offering to pay for the plane fare, and $1200 a month. Has anyone heard of any China Au Pair scams? She's being awful nice and I'm nervous as hell. I haven't skyped her yet, but will be doing so tomorrow morning. She says she had an Au Pair for 6 years from the Philippines...irrelevant but I don't know what else to say...

What safety measures do I need to take to know she's legit? I have her phone number and I googled her but there's no Facebook in China.

Anyone have any gut feelings about this?

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Welcome here itsraiza.
A common Au Pair scam involves the thief offering to pay for the flight and the Au Pair is to pay for the visa.
The scammer sends a copy of a fake flight ticket and the victim is contacted by the scammer posing as the agency that processes the visa. The victim is then asked to pay a "processing fee" and that is how they lose their money.

More information is needed really. If you post here the emails that you received from this person, our members will take a look and can advise you further.

First email:

On May 16, 2013, at 8:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi, Raiza,

Would u like to find a job in China? Taking care of 2 kids, and learning Chinese culture? I add u in the favorite, pls check,

Thanks.

Victoria,

Second email:

On May 17, 2013, at 7:15 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Raiza,

It is nice that you are interested. You can check my profile on the web, our informations like below,

We are looking for a nanny for 2 kids and our house keeping. One is 7 years old boy and one is 3 years old girl. They go to school every day, and will come back home around 3pm.

You will live in our home, and sending them to school in the morning, and do some house keeping in the day time. Pick them back in the afternoon.
And I hope you can tuturing our kids on English, and monitor them to do homework after school. They can speak English every well.
We have a Chinese ayi cook for us. You don't worry for cooking and if you want some food you can also tell her.

We can speak English, also my kids can speak English, and our Chinese ayi can speak a little bit English.

Simple information as above, and I hope if everything fine, you can stay at our home as long as possible, at least 1 year. I don't want to change frequently.

Any other things you want to know? Pls leave your cell number I can call u for a talk,

Thanks.

Victoria,

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3rd email:
ri, May 17, 2013 at 2:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Raiza,

Would u let me know your expect salary for the job? I checked on the web, it shows 800US$, I think it is an old rate, pls let me know your idea, and I will discuss with my husband.

Thanks.

Victoria,

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Welcome here itsraiza.

Yes, it is a scam! The amount of money they offer is far too high, and without an au pair organisation you would not be able to become an au pair in China.

Its definitely a scam. No one will offer that high salary. Normally it should be below $500 only. If they pay that huge amount they cant play freeslotsnodeposit.org