Is this a scam plss help me.

Name Au Pair Agent
[email protected]

Msg.Hello Applicant

We had confirmation from your Host about your Job opportunity in his Home at Ontario Canada. As regarding the processing of your documents we'll be in charge of the processing as well as your well being while you are here in Canada. As we have been able to serve most of our Customers we assure you that we'll also serve you much better. As we do organize programs to orientate Au Pairs and also with our friendliness we are been able to relate with Au pairs like family members. You can learn much more on our latest published magazine which will be sent along with your documents after been processed.

As for the processing of your documents. Firstly you are to scan some of your documents as state below.
- Full Name
-A profile photo(pass port Size)
-Your school, academic and/or vocational certificates or diplomas(Strictly for Caregiver/Au pair)
-Copy of your full INTL National Passport
-A copy of your passport
- Birth Certificate
- Driving Linsense(For Driver)
- Mailing Address

we know how best to operate with the Embassy in your location as regarding your documents and once the are ready they will shipped along with some of our manual to give you guidelines as regarding your interview with the embassy. As regarding charges and inquiry for salary reduction So you can be rest assured that we are ready and willing to serve you best Kindly get back to us so we can make progress as regarding your registration.As you are aware that there are laws to abide which are not only put to law by our organization but by the federation.
The Canada labor law have stated that all employee must work before been payed which is stated as the No Work No Pay policy. Which have not only been applicable to workers in the state but also to foreigners.
Secondly those documents that are to be processed by work are meant to authenticate your employment as a worker in your host families home. And even once you are with your host family and want salary reduction there some procedures to be taken. Which is rarely accepted by the law. Below are the Charges

Charges for Au Pair
Application fee- 90$ (This Include Contract agreement)
Registration fee-460$(Health Insurance, Working Permit, Residential Identity)
Placement Fee-150$
Total 700$
While Host family are to pay 2,500$ for Visa and Tickets fee.

Charges for Driver:
Application Fee: 60$
Registration fee: 460$(health insurance, Working Permit, Residential Identity, intl driving Linsense)
Total fee: 520$

While host family are to pay 2500$ for Visa and Tickets


Anther message
Hello Applicant

Below are the address for our able office,

Name: AU PAIR AGENCY
Address: 1 High Ridge Park, Stamford, CT 06905
1450 sutter street # 526 San Francisco CA 94109
110 Sherman street Middleville Michigan United State 49333
Miller Mews at 323 Church St., Unit 13
Oakville. Ontario, Canada L6J 1P2
Tel: 408-713-9748

Kindly note that we are submerged under most Au Pair agency. We are willing and ready to serve you, All we need is your maximum co-operation, You can contact us on the hotline as stated above. We'll notify you after affirmation of your documents
Thanks

Msg 3

Hello Applicant

Our able office have no district in your location, We do understand reasons for your restriction. But you have to note that without your maximum co-operation it will be a little difficult for us to render our service to you, Has summer still commence we always have to compile applications then proceed with contract agreements, Medicals and lots of other documents with other expenses been required for your documents, And this can't be done individually it has to be complied, We'll rather suggest you have trust our service, We have other applicants which has fully complied with us, And by the way your documents have not yet been affirmed, We are not expecting you to be yet in a haste for we haven't forward payment details to you,


Msg 4

Hello Applicant

We are glad to inform you that the documents have been affirmed by our able office. As your employment verification form has been filled and been placed for consideration, All that's needed is a letter from your Employer to accredit the both of you as he's employee. The suggestion we have for you is to get the fee ready. As soon as we have accreditation from your employer you'll be expected to pay the fee for us to proceed with your contract agreement and also to get the Visa form been issued to us by the Canadian embassy forwarded to you. So we could proceed with your documents. Payment information will be forwarded after accreditation



Always at your Service
Au Pair Agency


Plss help me.

any real au pair agency is not going to have an email account ending in yandex ( a free email service). There are several other clues that tell it is a scam. I don't want to educate the scammers that may read this though.

Do not send any money to these scammers.

Instead, please educate yourself on how real au pair opportunities work.

Please see this article about au pair scams and how to avoid them.
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=3019

and also this from Canadian Officials :
For those thinking of hiring a Canadian immigration consultant, here are some facts you should consider.

To find out if an immigration consultant, lawyer, notary or paralegal is licensed to represent you or to provide you with immigration advice, you must first know which of these organizations they belong to:
- a Canadian provincial or territorial law society
- the Chambre des notaires du Québec
- the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/representative/verify-rep.asp

Effective June 30, 2011, the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC) is the designated regulator for immigration consultants. Immigration consultants who are members in good standing of the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants as of June 30, 2011, will be deemed members of the ICCRC for a period of 120 days. The transition period begins June 30, 2011 and ends October 28, 2011.

Current members of CSIC, in good standing at the time of ICCRC’s designation, will be able to continue to practice and won’t have to pay ICCRC membership fees throughout the transition period. During that time they will need to become members in good standing of the ICCRC in order to continue to provide their services after the transition period ends.For information visit their website or contact them at 1-877-836-7543.
.....

*WARNING
Many web sites will show a ICCRC logo or mention that they belong to ICCRC-The Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council, without mentioning the name of the supposed member or his ICCRC membership number as required by ICCRC.
Unless they can provide proof of their ICCRC membership, those consultants should be avoided for misrepresenting themselves.

To verify if a consultant is duly registered with ICCRC = Click HERE

If you hire a ghost consultant who files for you, any application or submission he may make on your behalf to Citizenship and Immigration Canada could be rejected. For that reason, some unauthorized consultants will take your money but never submit your application, simply informing you at a later date that your application has been rejected.

You can verify the current status of your application to Citizenship and Immigration Canada on their web site. You will need your identification number. If you paid a legitimate consultant to file for you, he will (or should) have given you such a number: https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/?app=ecas&lang=en

Hiring a certified immigration consultant does not guarantee you ethical service either.
Some can give bad or illegal advice which is likely to get your application rejected. Some are known to Citizenship and Immigration Canada for having in the past, advised their clients to lie on their applications. Hiring one of these guarantees extra scrutiny of your application and increases your chance of failure. The only thing that's absolutely guaranteed is that it will cost you money because successful or not, the consultant will have been paid.
According to the Toronto Star, there was a case of applicants who where advised by a paid consultant to apply under the refugee program for which they where not eligible, and that caused their claim to be rejected. Had they applied under a different program for which they where eligible, they could have succeeded since they already met the required criteria. The dishonest consultant to which they paid thousands of dollars actually caused their application to fail. They were deported.

.........
Generally, the reputation of Canadian immigration advisers is rather bad. The profession has been plagued by fraud and misconducts for years. Victims of these vultures continue to pay the price. If you have been defrauded by a Canadian immigration consultant, you can file a complaint with the RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police on this web site: http://www.recol.ca

If your consultant was a ICCRC member, you should also file a complaint with them at: http://www.iccrc-crcic.ca/public/complaintsDiscipline.cfm


What you need to know about using immigration advisers:
You don’t necessarily need anyone to help you with your immigration application. Helpful information and all forms can be downloaded from Canada’s official immigration website (http://cic.gc.ca). Unfortunately, this information is in English or French only.

The writing is West African, not Canadian. The phone number 408-713-9748 does not match any of the addresses. There is garlic in the phone. The email address at Yandex is in Russia. It is a scam.