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#38695 by tamro Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:53 am
hi, i have received some letters from au pair families, i want to know if they are honest families !!

Hello there,

Got your profile from easyaupair.com

My name is Brown Gibson & We are British family living in United State. currently have two kids named Monica and Harry i live in United United State at NY.
We are an easy going fun family with a fairly hectic lifestyle! I work full time and the children have a full set of activities they enjoy. I have a very loving family & will welcome the right candidate & make them feel very welcome and respected in my house. I am seeking an Au Pair who is honest, reliable, kind & considerate.

I would like some English to be spoken, but am happy to provide & pay for an English course for the successful applicant! I am looking for someone to join our family and help take some of the day to day pressure off me so that we can all enjoy the good things of family life. As a family we enjoy barbecue (weather permitting), socializing, generally having fun, reading, computers, TV, the boys love computer games and my daughter arts & crafts. Food is another great love of ours - given the time I enjoy cooking. We are practicing Catholics but accept and respect others beliefs,Care for 2 children (5yr old & 7yr old) from 7 am - school at 8:45. Walk the children to school and pick them up again at 3:15. care for the children from 3:15 - approx 6:30 including feeding them we will like to pay you 1,800 Dollars every month end for salaries and 300 dollars for your pocket fees every week end.

Additionally take them to various after school activities - ballet, tap, jujitsu, brownies etc. 2 eves a week babysitting (average) occasional overnight care of the children when I have to travel for work. Care for the children in school holidays. Light housework - mainly keeping the kitchen and living room clutter free, You will have your Private Room which will have Bathroom, Toilet, Television, Air-Conditional. You will have access to the Internet and a Telephone at home to get in touch with your friends and loved ones... You will be having Saturdays and Sundays as your off days, so to enable you have enough time for yourself ! If you feel you could be happy in our family.

please let me know so that i can scan and show you our family Pictures.

soon as possible.

I hope to hear from you soon.
Best of Regards
Brown Gibson
For the family.
Mobile...+1 206 666 29 ( i have deleted the last two numbers )

this is the second family.

Hi,

I am looking for an Aupair who can look after my baby girl. We are a family of three which includes me, my husband and my 12 months old baby girl. We live in the south east of london in a place call Tadworth. Our house is very close to the train station, just 2-3 minutes walk and you can take a train and reach central london in 40 minutes.

I will be going back to work on the 1st of december . I want someone to start sometime in October so that I can train her before I return back to work. I want an aupair to work for me for from Mon - Fri. You will have to look after my baby and do light household work like cleaning, ironing etc. I will be giving you a bedroom of your own with fitted wardrobe. I will also be providing you with food and internet connection. On top of all this I will be paying you £500 a month. Hope this helps in taking a quick decision.

Speak Soon.

Ta
Kav


and the last family letter :


I saw your profile from Au-pair website saying that you are interested in au-pair job. I am happy to notify you that I am offerring an aupair job if you don't mind working for me here in London, United Kingdom. Actually I am in need of an aupair who is willing to live-in and take good care of my kids.

Allow me to brief you about my family. I am a German, residing in the United Kingdom. My job didn't permit me and my wife to take a proper care of them. This really bothers me and we decided to give it a go and get somebody who can take good care of them as their mother will. They are just two kids with love and a lot of energy. They have everything to themselves and I don't think you'll ever lack anything as well. Kelvin is the older and his is just 5years and Sharon the last will be turning 3 in two months. They love the park and the cinema because I try as much as I could to take them to see a movie every weekend and with you around, I think you can do that for them too. The kids have a room each to themselves. My house is a very big house with Emily, the house help taking care of the house while we are away and does the cooking too I don't think you'll be bored at all.

There is no time limit to the period you'll be with them. You have only 10hours of work and the rest hours you'll be free to do whatever you want with it. United Kingdom is land of lots of opportunities; you'll be free to study on your own and achieve your real goal in life. Your salary is negotiable but at the moment, I am offering you £300 per week and addition £50 for other expenses. If you know how to drive, that's additional advantage because is a space car available to drive them to school and pick them back. There’s a room available for you to live and it is fixed with broadband connection for your internet, cable television en-suit shower and lots more.

I really don't know if you'll need a work permit to work here as an aupair or not. But I will direct you to my travelling agent; he is in good position to tell you all you need to come here and whatever assistant I can render, I will never hesitate in giving a hand.

If you think you are willing to take up this job, please let me know and I will contact the agent and also give you his contact.

Yours truly

Kurt Darren
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#38697 by Chris Fuller Thu Oct 07, 2010 5:13 am
Hello tamro, and welcome to ScamWarners.

'Brown Gibson' is a scammer. These lines are used by many scammers:

Food is another great love of ours - given the time I enjoy cooking. We are practicing Catholics but accept and respect others beliefs

You will find a few examples here:

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'Kurt Darren' is also a scammer. You can read more about this scam here:

viewtopic.php?f=4&p=37648

We would need some more details to be sure about 'Kav', however. The most useful thing would be the headers from the email. If you are not sure how to access the headers, please say which mail provider you are using (Yahoo, Gmail, etc), and we can help you locate them!

In the meantime, please remember that no genuine family will ask you to contact a lawyer or a travel agency to obtain a visa or other documents; and no genuine family will ask you to send any money, for whatever reason, through a money transfer service (eg Western Union, MoneyGram, Coinstar/CMT) to pay for any travel or employment documents, nor ask you to send money to yourself, or to a friend or relative, to prove your financial situation.

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