Hi!
I don't know if this is a scam, so please help me!
I got this email from Kelly Janet Robinson on facebook in may 2014:
Hello, will you be interested in been our Au-pair in new york,USA.I will be needing someone soon. If interested get back to me via [email protected] more details.... I will await your considerable response Thanks...
Best regards
Janet.
I didn't see this until july, I had a message in junk mail because is from foreign country. I answered her an email for curiosity, and she got back to me on email in november:
thanks for your message,are you still available to be our Au-pair?if yes get back to me as soon as you can thanks
I was exited, cause it was still possible to go so I wrote her that I'm still interested and then she replied:
Thanks for your message,i will need you for 9 months or one year its depends.when will you be available?would you love to spend Christmas with us?regards to your friend,i will have to speak with my friend who told me she wanted Aupair couple of weeks ago.tell me more about you.i will also tell you about my family when i got home.Thanks
Best regards
Then I wrote something about me (no personal data) and told her that I have to finish my college first and that I could come maybe in february or march and I got this from her:
Dear XY,
I am really happy that you replied me and interested in working for our family,below is a little about us:
THE FAMILY
Our family now have a busier schedule,I started working full time as a financial controller 8.00am to 5.30pm,and my husband 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 Victoria 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 in 203 Nassau Blvd New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA) 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.
Victoria
My lovely daughter's name is Victoria, she will be 6 by May next year, we enrolled her into school at a kindergarten school, after which she will also proceed to elementary school. my Victoria is welcoming and though she is young, Seidler she got friendly attitude too. she likes playing a lot and I do not think you will not have any problem with her. so far Victoria eats and plays well. she very intelligent and fun to be with, she 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 helping getting Victoria ready for school and walk her down to school,just 5 minuses away. collecting her from school,getting her meal ready, sitting down and go through her home work or school activities.also you will be taking her out on her bike or to the park which requires crossing one road 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 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?
Best regard
kelly
She also send me a picture of my room and no pictures from her family...
After that I told her again about finishing my school, cause I needed to know when she would like me to start... Her message back to me was:
Thanks for your message am excited you like our family,I spoke with my husband and he agreed you can come over when you finished your study in February.we are looking to make bigger family by you joining us.Our kid loved everything I told her about you so I'll want us to start preparations as soon as possible and get everything set because I believe the VISA processing takes some time.
About the Visa, flight and other travelling documents, I believe its best we get them through an agency because of our past experience from our neighbour: so I believe it's best to apply through them, they helped our neighbour with their last Au pair and it was very fast, smooth so we also feel very secure patronizing them. We want to make sure that you have a valid VISA and documents so that when you get to the US there wont be any hitch whatsoever.Our friends had their first Au pair In the year 2012 from Finland that processed an invalid VISA more like a tourist VISA instead of a J1 VISA and was later caught some few weeks after staying with them which cost them so many Court cases, please in that case I hope you are okay with this security measure.
Concerning your Visa processing and all travelling expenses, I believe you know that our family must also pay some amount of money too, that means you will also be paying your own part of the total travelling expenses which is affordable I believe, but right now I cannot give you the current cost breakdown and processing details except you make contact.I want us to make progress without any delay so that you can join us soonest.
In regards to this, you will have to contact Mrs Scott (The International Relations Officer) of the America aupair Agency on this email: [email protected] for all details of the processing of your Visa, Work Permit,Medical Insurance, Flight Tickets and other travelling documents including the Total Cost,please tell her "Your name, Your Full contact address and your personal cell phone number with international dialling code, your country and how long you intend staying with us and when you wanna start and that you have found your American Host family (Kelly Robinson's Family with ID TX14621 living in 203 Nassau Blvd New Hyde Park, TX 11040, USA)
Then Please kindly get back to me with whatever they tell you so that we can discuss better about the payment. I will be expecting your reply soonest. Make sure you contact them as soon as possible as we can't wait to have you here with us. I attached a picture of a room provided for you, its a little untidy, I hope you like it
Love From
Then I wrote to this agent and got an answer in 2 or 3 weeks:
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 (Kelly Family with ID TX14621 living in 203 Nassau Blvd New Hyde Park, TX 11040, 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 Travel document,Visa and Flight Ticket.
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 need 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.Scott Charlie (International Relations Officer)
For: Au Pair America, Inc
After that I become ill so I didn't do any progrees on fiiling any of documentation. And Kelly send me those two messages:
they might be busy,hopefully they get back to you as soon as possible.thanks
and
Hello,how are you doing?have you got answer from the agent?
and after I told her I'm sick:
Thanks for your message,i am sorry to hear you are very ill,have you gone to hospital?i wish you merry Christmas.
and after 10 days:
Hello,
how are you?i am stilling waiting to hear from you.when will you available?
And when I got back to her I told her that I couldn't start before may, cause things on college changes. And when she was ok with it I started to doubt:
Thanks for getting back to me,may is not bad,are you sure about it?try to fill in the application form so that we can start the process,you should know that Visa application do take time and it better we start as soon as possible.
And now I don't know what to do. I didn't fill any forms, because I think it looks like a spam. But I can't know for sure, so I'm asking you for help!?
Mails:
Kelly Robinson: [email protected]
Au Pair America agency: [email protected]
I don't know if this is a scam, so please help me!
I got this email from Kelly Janet Robinson on facebook in may 2014:
Hello, will you be interested in been our Au-pair in new york,USA.I will be needing someone soon. If interested get back to me via [email protected] more details.... I will await your considerable response Thanks...
Best regards
Janet.
I didn't see this until july, I had a message in junk mail because is from foreign country. I answered her an email for curiosity, and she got back to me on email in november:
thanks for your message,are you still available to be our Au-pair?if yes get back to me as soon as you can thanks
I was exited, cause it was still possible to go so I wrote her that I'm still interested and then she replied:
Thanks for your message,i will need you for 9 months or one year its depends.when will you be available?would you love to spend Christmas with us?regards to your friend,i will have to speak with my friend who told me she wanted Aupair couple of weeks ago.tell me more about you.i will also tell you about my family when i got home.Thanks
Best regards
Then I wrote something about me (no personal data) and told her that I have to finish my college first and that I could come maybe in february or march and I got this from her:
Dear XY,
I am really happy that you replied me and interested in working for our family,below is a little about us:
THE FAMILY
Our family now have a busier schedule,I started working full time as a financial controller 8.00am to 5.30pm,and my husband 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 Victoria 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 in 203 Nassau Blvd New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA) 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.
Victoria
My lovely daughter's name is Victoria, she will be 6 by May next year, we enrolled her into school at a kindergarten school, after which she will also proceed to elementary school. my Victoria is welcoming and though she is young, Seidler she got friendly attitude too. she likes playing a lot and I do not think you will not have any problem with her. so far Victoria eats and plays well. she very intelligent and fun to be with, she 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 helping getting Victoria ready for school and walk her down to school,just 5 minuses away. collecting her from school,getting her meal ready, sitting down and go through her home work or school activities.also you will be taking her out on her bike or to the park which requires crossing one road 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 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?
Best regard
kelly
She also send me a picture of my room and no pictures from her family...
After that I told her again about finishing my school, cause I needed to know when she would like me to start... Her message back to me was:
Thanks for your message am excited you like our family,I spoke with my husband and he agreed you can come over when you finished your study in February.we are looking to make bigger family by you joining us.Our kid loved everything I told her about you so I'll want us to start preparations as soon as possible and get everything set because I believe the VISA processing takes some time.
About the Visa, flight and other travelling documents, I believe its best we get them through an agency because of our past experience from our neighbour: so I believe it's best to apply through them, they helped our neighbour with their last Au pair and it was very fast, smooth so we also feel very secure patronizing them. We want to make sure that you have a valid VISA and documents so that when you get to the US there wont be any hitch whatsoever.Our friends had their first Au pair In the year 2012 from Finland that processed an invalid VISA more like a tourist VISA instead of a J1 VISA and was later caught some few weeks after staying with them which cost them so many Court cases, please in that case I hope you are okay with this security measure.
Concerning your Visa processing and all travelling expenses, I believe you know that our family must also pay some amount of money too, that means you will also be paying your own part of the total travelling expenses which is affordable I believe, but right now I cannot give you the current cost breakdown and processing details except you make contact.I want us to make progress without any delay so that you can join us soonest.
In regards to this, you will have to contact Mrs Scott (The International Relations Officer) of the America aupair Agency on this email: [email protected] for all details of the processing of your Visa, Work Permit,Medical Insurance, Flight Tickets and other travelling documents including the Total Cost,please tell her "Your name, Your Full contact address and your personal cell phone number with international dialling code, your country and how long you intend staying with us and when you wanna start and that you have found your American Host family (Kelly Robinson's Family with ID TX14621 living in 203 Nassau Blvd New Hyde Park, TX 11040, USA)
Then Please kindly get back to me with whatever they tell you so that we can discuss better about the payment. I will be expecting your reply soonest. Make sure you contact them as soon as possible as we can't wait to have you here with us. I attached a picture of a room provided for you, its a little untidy, I hope you like it
Love From
Then I wrote to this agent and got an answer in 2 or 3 weeks:
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 (Kelly Family with ID TX14621 living in 203 Nassau Blvd New Hyde Park, TX 11040, 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 Travel document,Visa and Flight Ticket.
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 need 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.Scott Charlie (International Relations Officer)
For: Au Pair America, Inc
After that I become ill so I didn't do any progrees on fiiling any of documentation. And Kelly send me those two messages:
they might be busy,hopefully they get back to you as soon as possible.thanks
and
Hello,how are you doing?have you got answer from the agent?
and after I told her I'm sick:
Thanks for your message,i am sorry to hear you are very ill,have you gone to hospital?i wish you merry Christmas.
and after 10 days:
Hello,
how are you?i am stilling waiting to hear from you.when will you available?
And when I got back to her I told her that I couldn't start before may, cause things on college changes. And when she was ok with it I started to doubt:
Thanks for getting back to me,may is not bad,are you sure about it?try to fill in the application form so that we can start the process,you should know that Visa application do take time and it better we start as soon as possible.
And now I don't know what to do. I didn't fill any forms, because I think it looks like a spam. But I can't know for sure, so I'm asking you for help!?
Mails:
Kelly Robinson: [email protected]
Au Pair America agency: [email protected]
