Scams offering fake Au Pair positions
#49161 by Chris Fuller Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:16 am
This is a scam; both the host family and the immigration company are fake, and there is no genuine au pair position on offer.

The scammer calling himself Steven Hendrix does not really live in England; he is writing from Nigeria, as shown by his IP addresses:

41.206.12.13 - Lagos, Nigeria
41.155.58.220 - Lagos, Nigeria

Notice also that his telephone number begins +44-070. This is not a normal UK telephone number; it is a 'redirect' number, redirecting all calls to the scammer's mobile phone in Nigeria. You can read more about +44-070 telephone numbers here:

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From: "Steven Hendrix" <[email protected]> [Add]
To: undisclosed recipients
Subject: Nanny Needed Urgently

Dear Aupair,

We are Christian. We Believe in God and We live according to God's law.We are a cheerful, friendly family in Cambridge , England.We have two happy and affectionate kids, Jasmine (6) and Aidan (10) who attend the local school between 9 and 3.00 every day. Jasmine likes playing with trains, drawing, playing on the computer and garden swing, and riding his bike. Aidan wants to be a scientist when he grows up, and enjoys playing with Lego, art, reading comics, riding around on his scooter and playing with his new Nintendo Wii.

We live in a very large modern family house with six bedrooms, three bathrooms, and beautiful views of the River Cam, in a popular family-friendly village right by Cambridge (15-20 minutes cycling ride).We are an hour away from London on the train (75km), and there is a mainline station direct to London in our village. We are also on the main bus routes. Dad works as a senior accountant for for the Greater London Authority, and Mum is a university lecturer in Cambridge . We love walking and swimming, cooking for friends, going on little trips with the children, and cycling.
Description of tasks:

We are looking for someone to get the children ready in the morning, prepare and clear up the family's breakfast at about 7.30am, make the beds, and take the children to school,which is about a 1.5km walk away. The au pair would then need to pick them up at 3.00 and look after them until we get home. We might ask the au pair to babysit 1-2 evenings a week.We have a really great cleaner, so there wouldn't be any heavy housework.

There is a bit of light cleaning and laundry which would take about 90 minutes a day in total.There would be plenty of time free in the day to go to language school, and there are a lot of good ones in the area.We will encourage and assist you to find suitable english classes
(such as Cambridge Certificate) or other courses that you might be interested in so you feel that while you stay with us you develop and progress with your skills and education.

Living arrangements:

The au pair would have her own room, which is huge, and has a double bed, with sitting area and TV/DVD/Video/Hifi. There is wireless broadband internet in the house. It has a lovely view of Ely Cathedral to the North out of the big window. You can even use one of our cars all weekend! Also 2 weeks are paid holiday during Christmas/New Year plus another 2 weeks during the year. We are looking for someone with a good sense of humour.

If you love children and could help us provide a loving environment combining routine and fun for the children then we would like to welcome you to our family as a friend and a big sister to our kids.Housework is not an important part of the aupair job, being part of our family and helping our children develop and learn is the main thing. We are really flexible.

Working hours:

07.30 to 09.00 and 1500 to 1900 Plus about 60-90 minutes of housework a day to fit in with the au pair's schedule. Some Friday afternoons off. Total 25-30 hours a week

Benefits :

We will be paying you (£2000) Two thousand pounds sterling for every four weeks. A pocket money of (£250) Two hundred and fifty pounds per week. And you will also be having your own car. We would send you a British airways flight ticket to your door step, if you are intrested working with our family and a return ticket back to your country.

Other information:

The au pair would be part of the family, and we certainly don't expect a servant! and we are used to helping people get to know the area and make friends.We want you to start this month.You have nothing to worry about you will be treated like one of the family and the whole weekend you are free and may study, do some hobbies or traveling. You can go out in the car if you drive...We want our kids to be happy not with us alone but with you too and we believe you can give them all they need.

Steven and lucy family

Tel Mobile +44-07031847252

Thank you for your mail.i would like to inform you that you would not regret working with my family we are going to take care of you as part of family so don't be nervous everything would be okay.I spoke to the UK immigration (UK Office) here and i was told as nanny coming to Uk the process would take three working days and the processing fee is 500 pounds but we agree that we are going to help help you to pay the half payment of the processing of your visa and working permit.So contact the immigration agency now on [email protected] to submit copy of your international passport,full name ,address and phone number.

You don't have to go the british embassy in your country everything would be solve by the immigration agency above because a nanny visa and working permit according to the new British law would process by this immigration agency, so contact them further information. Do not hesitate to revert back to me when you contact the immigration agency and hope to see you soon.You can call me on the phone number below for more information.In addition we would be responsible for your flight ticket from your country to London.And we cant make the whole payment of your visa and working permit because according to the new British law that the host family should only responsible for the half payment of the processing of his/her visa and working permit.

This following email from the fake Immigration company was also sent from Nigeria; IP address: 41.155.30.32 - Lagos, Nigeria.

An EU citizen does not require an insurance document to enter the UK.

From: [email protected]

Attn:

You are from EU and you don’t need a visa and working permit to work in
uk but you need Insurance Document. We are going to process your
Insurance Document. This is very important because without the
document, the immigration would will not allow you to pass the boarder
and gain entry to work and live in United Kingdom. We would process
your insurance document within three working days.

All the insurance Documents will be processed and arranged here in our
Office after which will be forwarded to you along with your Flight
Ticket and a copy of Nanny Placement Contract Agreement form sign by
your host family, we will begin in earnest once we receive all
necessary Details. In anticipation of your response. And the host
family has agreed to help you with the half payment of the process fess
which is £500 so you are remitting £250 to us.

Send payment (£250) via Money Gram to this following name and address:

Name...........Mrs. Axxxxx Hxxxxx
Address........5x Kxxxxx Road,
London,
BB3 0RF
United Kingdom

All payment information should be send to us after making the payment.
Kindly get back to us
With the payment details filled out below:

REF: NOS...........................
AMOUNT SENT......................
SENDER'S NAME......................
SENDER'S ADDRESS....................
RECEIVER'S NAME............................
RECEIVER'S ADDRESS.............................

So that we can proceed with your visa document immediately.

Regards,
Mrs. Therese Herbert
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