by SaraK
Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:28 am
Hi - I think we have all seen this one before, but these scammers keep changing the names they use, but THIS IS A FAKE FAMILY and they DO NOT have anything to do with Au Pair in America...just warning you all...! 
Family Name: Lucia Pears, email address: [email protected], address 571 Academy Street NYC - they told me to email Au Pair America on [email protected] - this is NOT an email address which Au Pair in America uses and anyone can get an email address ending in usa.com...!!
Emai from the family:
"THE FAMILY
family now have a busier schedule, I started working full time as
a financial controller 8.00am to 5.30pm, run his own pipe-lining
business which is based on Civil Engineering (so we're not always
available at home) so we are looking for some assistance with Becky
and around the house. Hopefully you can add another language for my
daughter
to learn and experience a different culture. Our friends, who live
minutes away, have an au pair from Spain and it's working really well
for them.
We live on 571 Academy St New York, NY 10034 which am sure you know
is
a big city. I am down to Earth, blunt and take things the way they
come. I am a very friendly person and easy to get along with. You
will
have no problem in adapting to our lifestyle here. We will need your
services due to the time commitment that is demanding by our job. We
want you to know that you'll never have any cause to regret taking up
this job. If you smoke and you want to smoke,it's most not be in my
home cause we don't smoke in the house and definitely not in front of
my daughter, I must say here that were Christian family and we are
devoted to our Religion.
Becky
My lovely daughter's name are Becky she will be 6 by August, we
enrolled
into school at a kindergarten school, after which she will also
proceed to elementary school. my Becky is welcoming and though she is
young,
Becky has got friendly attitude too. she likes playing a lot and I do
not
think you will not
have any problem with her. so far Becky eats and plays well. Very
intelligent and fun to be with, they likes candy, chocolate enjoys
watching cartoon. You’ll enjoy staying with my daughter.
SALARY
You will be entitled to a pay of $1800 every month while you will
also
be given an entitlement of $100 every week for petty expenses which
you
might need for yourself. This salary is subject to negotiations for
an
upward review upon your arrival.
SCHEDULE
We would appreciate help getting Becky ready for school and
walking them down (5mins), collecting them from school, getting her
meal
ready and sitting down to go through their home work or school
activities (at this age its not too taxing!!), taking them out on
their
bike or to the park which requires crossing one road and you're
there.
Food shopping (next to school) and keeping the house tidy, along with
meal preparation. There is a good bus service and train network
however we are looking at providing a small car. This would give you
more freedom and allow you to have trips with my daughter. We love
occasional
nights out and can agree on evenings and schedule when required.
ROOM
A well furnished bedroom will be made available for your personal use
soon as you get here. You will also be provided with a personal
computer connected to the internet so you can keep in contact with
relatives, TV and other necessary things at your disposal. There will
be enough privacy for you; I guess you'll really like it.
You are free to start as soon as possible, I will appreciate you
coming immediately but any date of your choice will also be welcomed.
You have every weekend as your off days as my husband will not be
going to work during weekends except special overtime.
STUDY
You will be free to study in any school of your choice soon as you
get
here that's if you still want to. I will be helping you as regards
tuition fees and there are so many colleges and Universities here
that
offer good and qualitative courses. We’ll be willing to help you with
that.
Let me know if you are ready to take up this position and probably
get
some more pictures from you?
I will love to know how long you want to stay with us and if the
salary is good by you?
Do you have a valid passport and other necessary document needed for
Visa Application?"
They tell you to contact Mrs Kimberly, the International Relations Officer of the agency on this address [email protected] and then I get this email from fake agency:
"Au Pair in America
Au Pair America Management wishes to thank you for contacting us regarding the arrangement of your Traveling Documents to the United State of America. We promise to offer you the best which you will be glad you did. The Agency is a U.S. State Department-designated sponsor for an Au pair cultural exchange program. They bring to their program more than 25 years of experience in cultural exchange and hosting Au pairs, including those for our own children. Our experience in the travel industry has served our clients well over last several years. And we are fully ASTA and ATOL protected travel agent. which means your money is fully guaranteed.
ATOL – which is short for “Air Travel Organizers' Licensing” – exists to protect the public from losing money or being stranded abroad because of the failure of air travel firms. It was first introduced in 1972 and it gives comprehensive consumer protection to 28 million people in the UK and USA who buy flights or air holidays each year.
It was indicated in your E-mail that you have been told by one of our Host Families (Pear's Family living on 571 Academy St #2C New York, USA) to contact us. We promise never to disappoint you as we have never disappointed in fulfilling our promises.
We would request that you strictly download, print, read through, fill carefully and send back to us via this email address scanned copy of the duly filled forms attached to this mail,
it contains all necessary information you need in regards to the Total cost and the documents requested from you to provide so that we can successfully process all your Data..
For the Cost and the Child Care Agreement Form for download, read and fill carefully the attached word document file titled-COST AND PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION FORM stated in this attached is the total cost of $1,650 as an Au pair .
For your Au Pair America Registration Form and list of required documents you will have to provide, download read carefully and Fill the attached Word Document file titled- Au Pair America APPLICATION FORM. We expect you to get back to us with the filled forms not more than a week from now , so that we can inform you on how to make payment.
Note : That we can not proceed with if we do not receive the scanned copies of the duly filled form,these forms enable us to register you with
Au Pair America Program as an Au Pair and it also provide all necessary information that we will require to process your Visa and other travel documents so once the payment is made with a detailed submission of all the duly filled forms then we can start processing of your Visa,Flight ticket and every other travel documents.
TERMS AND REGULATIONS
Au Pair America, Inc. work in full term and condition with all international Visa & Working Permit Agency ,for all travelers in Countries that are not in the same country with the agency of their choice or where the Agency of their choice don't have office in their country.
Which allow for the Following Terms and Regulations:
- All Document necessary Must be valid and certified by Migrations service of the country of the traveler
-The photo Page of the passport of all traveler must show the original personality in physical.
- Visa charges and work permit fees must be paid directly to the Consulate of the Country the traveler is going which is in affiliation with the Immigration Department of the country the traveler is traveling to.
- All Customers Processing Visa of the country of their choice with Agencies in the country of their choice must Send along with other necessary document the photo page of their Passport which will serve as evident of legibility at the Consulate of their country of their choice in their location.
- All Customers Processing Visa of the country of their choice with Agencies in the country of their choice must have a mailing address where all necessary document which include letter of invitation to the country of their choice by Consulate of the country, letter of invitation by their host family and Faxed papers for Visa charges payment will be mailed to.
- Which was recently added in the advent of cyber crimes disallow any form of payment with out cash therefore Bank check,Credit Cards,Money orders are not accepted for payment for any service.In keeping this regulations legible applicants who are not in the same location with the traveling agency of the choice will only make payment via the host family or via Money gram or bank transfer to our agency representative.
Thanks for contacting us,In anticipation of your response. "At Au Pair America we are interested in getting you to your destination in style and comfort."
Mrs.Kimberly (International Relations Officer)
For: Au Pair America, Inc"
Scamwarners - should I report this to someone else too???
Thanks!!
Family Name: Lucia Pears, email address: [email protected], address 571 Academy Street NYC - they told me to email Au Pair America on [email protected] - this is NOT an email address which Au Pair in America uses and anyone can get an email address ending in usa.com...!!
Emai from the family:
"THE FAMILY
family now have a busier schedule, I started working full time as
a financial controller 8.00am to 5.30pm, run his own pipe-lining
business which is based on Civil Engineering (so we're not always
available at home) so we are looking for some assistance with Becky
and around the house. Hopefully you can add another language for my
daughter
to learn and experience a different culture. Our friends, who live
minutes away, have an au pair from Spain and it's working really well
for them.
We live on 571 Academy St New York, NY 10034 which am sure you know
is
a big city. I am down to Earth, blunt and take things the way they
come. I am a very friendly person and easy to get along with. You
will
have no problem in adapting to our lifestyle here. We will need your
services due to the time commitment that is demanding by our job. We
want you to know that you'll never have any cause to regret taking up
this job. If you smoke and you want to smoke,it's most not be in my
home cause we don't smoke in the house and definitely not in front of
my daughter, I must say here that were Christian family and we are
devoted to our Religion.
Becky
My lovely daughter's name are Becky she will be 6 by August, we
enrolled
into school at a kindergarten school, after which she will also
proceed to elementary school. my Becky is welcoming and though she is
young,
Becky has got friendly attitude too. she likes playing a lot and I do
not
think you will not
have any problem with her. so far Becky eats and plays well. Very
intelligent and fun to be with, they likes candy, chocolate enjoys
watching cartoon. You’ll enjoy staying with my daughter.
SALARY
You will be entitled to a pay of $1800 every month while you will
also
be given an entitlement of $100 every week for petty expenses which
you
might need for yourself. This salary is subject to negotiations for
an
upward review upon your arrival.
SCHEDULE
We would appreciate help getting Becky ready for school and
walking them down (5mins), collecting them from school, getting her
meal
ready and sitting down to go through their home work or school
activities (at this age its not too taxing!!), taking them out on
their
bike or to the park which requires crossing one road and you're
there.
Food shopping (next to school) and keeping the house tidy, along with
meal preparation. There is a good bus service and train network
however we are looking at providing a small car. This would give you
more freedom and allow you to have trips with my daughter. We love
occasional
nights out and can agree on evenings and schedule when required.
ROOM
A well furnished bedroom will be made available for your personal use
soon as you get here. You will also be provided with a personal
computer connected to the internet so you can keep in contact with
relatives, TV and other necessary things at your disposal. There will
be enough privacy for you; I guess you'll really like it.
You are free to start as soon as possible, I will appreciate you
coming immediately but any date of your choice will also be welcomed.
You have every weekend as your off days as my husband will not be
going to work during weekends except special overtime.
STUDY
You will be free to study in any school of your choice soon as you
get
here that's if you still want to. I will be helping you as regards
tuition fees and there are so many colleges and Universities here
that
offer good and qualitative courses. We’ll be willing to help you with
that.
Let me know if you are ready to take up this position and probably
get
some more pictures from you?
I will love to know how long you want to stay with us and if the
salary is good by you?
Do you have a valid passport and other necessary document needed for
Visa Application?"
They tell you to contact Mrs Kimberly, the International Relations Officer of the agency on this address [email protected] and then I get this email from fake agency:
"Au Pair in America
Au Pair America Management wishes to thank you for contacting us regarding the arrangement of your Traveling Documents to the United State of America. We promise to offer you the best which you will be glad you did. The Agency is a U.S. State Department-designated sponsor for an Au pair cultural exchange program. They bring to their program more than 25 years of experience in cultural exchange and hosting Au pairs, including those for our own children. Our experience in the travel industry has served our clients well over last several years. And we are fully ASTA and ATOL protected travel agent. which means your money is fully guaranteed.
ATOL – which is short for “Air Travel Organizers' Licensing” – exists to protect the public from losing money or being stranded abroad because of the failure of air travel firms. It was first introduced in 1972 and it gives comprehensive consumer protection to 28 million people in the UK and USA who buy flights or air holidays each year.
It was indicated in your E-mail that you have been told by one of our Host Families (Pear's Family living on 571 Academy St #2C New York, USA) to contact us. We promise never to disappoint you as we have never disappointed in fulfilling our promises.
We would request that you strictly download, print, read through, fill carefully and send back to us via this email address scanned copy of the duly filled forms attached to this mail,
it contains all necessary information you need in regards to the Total cost and the documents requested from you to provide so that we can successfully process all your Data..
For the Cost and the Child Care Agreement Form for download, read and fill carefully the attached word document file titled-COST AND PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION FORM stated in this attached is the total cost of $1,650 as an Au pair .
For your Au Pair America Registration Form and list of required documents you will have to provide, download read carefully and Fill the attached Word Document file titled- Au Pair America APPLICATION FORM. We expect you to get back to us with the filled forms not more than a week from now , so that we can inform you on how to make payment.
Note : That we can not proceed with if we do not receive the scanned copies of the duly filled form,these forms enable us to register you with
Au Pair America Program as an Au Pair and it also provide all necessary information that we will require to process your Visa and other travel documents so once the payment is made with a detailed submission of all the duly filled forms then we can start processing of your Visa,Flight ticket and every other travel documents.
TERMS AND REGULATIONS
Au Pair America, Inc. work in full term and condition with all international Visa & Working Permit Agency ,for all travelers in Countries that are not in the same country with the agency of their choice or where the Agency of their choice don't have office in their country.
Which allow for the Following Terms and Regulations:
- All Document necessary Must be valid and certified by Migrations service of the country of the traveler
-The photo Page of the passport of all traveler must show the original personality in physical.
- Visa charges and work permit fees must be paid directly to the Consulate of the Country the traveler is going which is in affiliation with the Immigration Department of the country the traveler is traveling to.
- All Customers Processing Visa of the country of their choice with Agencies in the country of their choice must Send along with other necessary document the photo page of their Passport which will serve as evident of legibility at the Consulate of their country of their choice in their location.
- All Customers Processing Visa of the country of their choice with Agencies in the country of their choice must have a mailing address where all necessary document which include letter of invitation to the country of their choice by Consulate of the country, letter of invitation by their host family and Faxed papers for Visa charges payment will be mailed to.
- Which was recently added in the advent of cyber crimes disallow any form of payment with out cash therefore Bank check,Credit Cards,Money orders are not accepted for payment for any service.In keeping this regulations legible applicants who are not in the same location with the traveling agency of the choice will only make payment via the host family or via Money gram or bank transfer to our agency representative.
Thanks for contacting us,In anticipation of your response. "At Au Pair America we are interested in getting you to your destination in style and comfort."
Mrs.Kimberly (International Relations Officer)
For: Au Pair America, Inc"
Scamwarners - should I report this to someone else too???
Thanks!!
