UK JOB OFFER

Hi I just want to know if this is a scam
http://trabaho.ca/index.php?post_id=35
Reliable Domestic workers are needed in our house
Posted by: mchael

Posted date: 2011-Jan-07

Location: london

My name Michael Lewis, An American but residing in London, United Kingdom. I live in London with my very honest Family and have the respect of others, My wife work as Economics for a financial firm while i work as a Civil Engineering Construction Company in Liverpool.

We are looking for a nanny, housekeeper and a driver for immediate employment. We will pay the nanny 2300pounds monthly with 120pounds weekly allowance, Housekeeper 2200pound with 100pounds weekly allowance while the Driver will be paid 2400pounds monthly and 120pounds weekly allowance..

I will also be responsible for some of the funds for your traveling documents. i would like to put my children in your care. My children are very tender just lovers of variety of kiddies toys and games. You shall have a private accommodation with furnished sitting room and bedroom and also a private bathroom A Fixed land phone and an Internet ready computer. Please if you are interested in working for my family do send your resume and attached you picture to it so my email on michaellewisfamilyatyahoo.com and also add me on yahoo chat so we can talk more.

Welcome Ethnan01.

This is a definite scam.

I live in London with my very honest Family

Most honest people do not feel the need to claim that when hiring a nanny. Scammers, however, use phrases like that regularly. The language used for this email is very typical of Nanny Scams we see over and over again. Please do not respond to that email/ad and look at this topic for more information on this type of scam: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=3019

Let us know if you have any questions.

Hi there!
I want to know if this is a scam,pls help.
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How are you doing today....From: Holmes Paul <[email protected]>
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How are you doing today,Hope you are enjoying your weekend.My family is so happy and really can't wait to see you soonest..

I will want to know how far you have been concerning the processing of your traveling paper with the UK Au pair Travel Agency.

We really want all your paper to be ready before your arriving date cause our kids will be celebrating their birthday and we want you to have arrived before then.This is their email below ( [email protected] ),they will be handle all your travel needs.........

I will want you to contact the UK Au pair Travel Agency and get us posted about it...

Awaiting your fast responds

Regard

Holmes Paul



On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Holmes Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
I will want you to get me posted about the discussion with your family..

Thanks



On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 9:47 PM, <> wrote:
Hi there! Thank you for all information. Asap I will give you a final answer. But first, I want to discus with my family.
All the best.

From: Holmes Paul <[email protected]>
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Sent: Sat, 22 January, 2011 22:02:57
Subject: Thanks for the note.....

Thanks for the note,

We are a nice happy Holmes Paul family in north east London UK looking for a good Au pair to look after Caspar 3 and Alexander 6.

We are looking for an honest hardworking Au pair who can come and start in the FIRST WEEK OF MARCH 2011. An Au pair who can use her initiative and is geniuenly interested in becoming a big sister to two young boys as well as becoming part of the family. We have had four previous Au pairs and we are in touch with them all still (contact details available). This is an ideal position for 6-12 months for someone with good English skills who would like to become fluent, All previous Au pairs had good English to start with but left for University with a high level of fluency in English.

Basically Au pair has to take children to childcare/school and collect in afternoon. Look after Caspar all day on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Normal week is Monday to Friday 8 in morning until 6ish in the evening with pretty much free time from 09:30 until 15:00. Not expected to clean but must be prepared to empty dishwasher, dryer and help keep house tidy. Will need to prepare food for children 3 or 4 times a week so Au pair who knows how a kitchen works is important. Big room in nice house, gym membership, use of car if family is not using. £110 PW baby-sitting extra. Au pair must be over 21 years old...

We are looking for someone who wants to have a good experience, improve their language skills in a happy family environment and join in, not someone who wants an easy low paid job so the can hang out in London.

If you are interested in our family kindly contact us fast on [email protected]

Awaiting your fast responds

Regard

Holmes Paul"

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Hi there Iulia,

Yes, it definately is a scam. Apart from the typical writing style of an African scammer there is another major red flag that leaves no doubt at all; the travel agency. They claim that the travel agency will take care of the necessary documents such as visa for you (in return for a fee, of course). In reality there is nobody that can arrange those documents for you, you have to do it yourself. Any "family" or "company" claiming the other are scammers and cannot be trusted. Please stop all communication with them - just delete all future mails, don't even bother reading them. Thank you very much for posting the mails online, they may save other potential victims

I am quoting a post of a colleague with more expertise when it comes to au pair scams here:

If you are looking for an au pair job in the UK, please contact the British Embassy in your own country to check UK entry requirements. You can find the genuine British Embassy website by Google searching 'British Embassy' and the name of your country. Note that a genuine British Embassy email address will always end with @fco.gov.uk (and with no words or abbreviations after that).

Do not send money to any agency, embassy, lawyer, or other person introduced to you by a potential employer. If you wish to consult the UK Border Agency, do not use an email address or website address given to you by your potential employer, but go to the genuine website here:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/

If you require any guidance with travel arrangements, please contact a travel agency in your own town, which you can visit in person.

Hi to all,pls i need your help again. It's a scam or not?

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Hello,

I am Mr Daniel Bruce, 40 Years Old from United Kingdom I am Contractor in United Kingdom and I don't usually stay home unless during weekends. My contact address is 25-33 Marhall Street, London W1V 1LL and my phone number is +4470-4571-1398.. I will like you to know that I have just two kids which names are Richard and Wyne and there ages are 4 years and 7 years old.I want an Au pair nanny for them because they are the only one left at home after their Mother died.

Your duties will be taking the kids to school and bringing them back home, play with them, go to museums, playground, watching movies, prepare/serving their snacks and foods. 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 Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays as your off days, so to enable you have enough time for yourself. As for your salary, I will be paying you 1,500 Pounds every 4 weeks and a pocket fee of 400 Pounds weekly which I suppose should be Okay by you and as regard to my family picture, my scanner is currently bad. I will try to go to the cyber cafe so I can get it scanned then email them to you Okay...

I hope to read from you soon.

Warm Regards,
Mr Daniel Bruce,"

It's a scam.

The English also tells me, plus a few other things, but the truth is, if you see a phone number that starts with 44-70 or 44-070, you can know for certain it is a scam, because those phone numbers are used by scammers who are pretending to be in UK when they are not.

Hello again,my friends! Could you check for me this email.... it's a scam or not? Tks a lot.
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Hi,
We sow your profile on the web site www.4familycare.com. Our registration number on the site is 67588.
My husband and I are Italian, we have 2 daughters, in April a new baby will join us. We are looking for a kindly, reliable and honest lady who has some child experience and who can look after our 3 kids (0-3 years). She also will oversees the housework and cook for the family. We live in a residential and central area in Dublin - Ireland in a very beautiful house and we offer a full time job with board and lodging in a private double room. We travel a lot between Dublin and Rome so we are interested in someone who can travel with us especially during the summer. We provide, of course, the flight tickets and the accommodation abroad. We require a good knowledge of English. We are a good family to work for. Should you be interested in this position I will forward you more details of what will be required of you. Looking forward to a prompt response. Thanking you.

Best regards
beatrice paloni"

Hi iulia,

It is difficult to tell from that email whether or not it is a scam. Therefore, please take care that you know the correct rules for working in Ireland, and that you safeguard yourself from anyone tricking you by telling you that there is a different method of obtaining employment. Do not send money to any person or agency you are directed to by a potential employer, but always follow the genuine procedure.

If you are a non-EEA citizen, please read:

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/em ... rmits.html

If you are a citizen of Romania or Bulgaria, please read the above, plus:

http://www.deti.ie/labour/workpermits/b ... omania.htm

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Hello,

I am going through Au-pair/nanny search when i came across yourprofile, We are a cheerful, friendly family in London UK. i have onehappy and affectionate kid, I will like you to know that I have just 2 kids which their name is Wayne and Richard, and their age's are 7 and 4 years old. Due to thenature of my work and the unexpected Dead of their Mother I want you as an Au pair nanny for them because I hardly have time for my lovely baby which actually prompted the idea of securing an Au Pair/Nanny to helpme look after the,. So after scrolling through your profile at easyaupir, both myself and my baby consider you worthy of the job vacancy in our Home. Nancy likes playing with trains,drawing,playing on the computer and garden swing, and riding his bike.and also wants to be a scientist when he grows up, and enjoys playingwith Lego, art, reading comics, riding around on his scooter andplaying with his new Nintendo Wii. We live in a very large modernfamily.
, Nr Farnham, Surrey GU10 5EE

Home Address:
Unit 7 Alliance House,
Portsmouth, PO1 5PE.
United Kingdom.

Description of tasks:

I am looking for someone to get them ready in the morning,prepare and clear up the family's breakfast at about 7.30am, make the beds, and take them to school, which is about a 1.5km walk away. The Au pair wouldthen need to pick them up at 3.00 and look after them until i get back home. i 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. Thereis a bit of light cleaning and laundry which would take about 90minutes a day in total. There would be plenty of time free in the day to go to language school if you wish to attend, and there are a lot ofgood ones in the area.

Living arrangements:

The Au pair would have them 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.. You can even use one of our cars all weekend! Also 2 weeks are paidholiday during Christmas/New Year plus another 2 weeks during the year.We are looking for someone with a good sense of humour.If you lovechildren and could help us provide a loving environment combiningroutine and fun for my kid then we would like to welcome you to ourfamily as a friend and a big sister to my kid.Housework is not animportant part of the Au pair job, being part of our family and helpingmy Nancy 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 aday 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 1500 pounds for every Month. A pocket money of 400 pounds per week as your pocket money. And you will also be havingyour own car if you can drive.

Other information:
The Au pair would be part of the family, and we certainly don't expecta servant! We have had lots of Au pairs in the past,and we are used tohelping people get to know the area and make friends.

Warm Regards
Mr Daniel Bruce



Hello,

Thanks for your interest in my family, I quite understand your explanations but there is something you must understand. My kids is all I've got and I am determined to offer them the very best. thier been through a lot stress as the result of them Mum died and leave us behind so I feel that your presence here would erase most of the memories as I consider you a perfect match for them. I seriously appreciate your reply knowing you are willing and ready to be part of my family. I really need you to come over here to assist me take proper care of my family because am usually out and feel its bad leaving them alone at home at all time so I really would appreciate you come over here before as soon as possible, but let me ask a question. Do you have visa and work permit...?? If you don't have visa and work permit, I would advise you email my agency to help you for the UK Visa and Work Permit,


below is the details of Immigration Office .

UNITED KINGDOM IMMIGRATION SERVICES
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact Person: Mr Gordon F. Rutherford
Designation: HEAD OF VISA/PERMITS OPERATIONS.



If you contact them let them know you are from me and explain to them all you need for the traveling to UK and I want to tell you that I will help you pay for the half payment that the agent ask you to pay for the visa and work permit here just to tell you how urgent I need you here and to assure you on how serious I am about you coming here to work for my family as an Au Pair, the job is already yours. As for how long you can work for my family, well i think that depend on how long you will like to work here with me but left for me, I do not intend to see you off in the next 2-3 years cause I really would need your services. I will be very grateful if you respond better to me..... You have nothing to worry about you will be treated like one of the family and you will have 5 days to work in a week and 2 days as your off day that is Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. You will have the opportunity to do what ever you want to for you own good on weekends...


Warm regards from,
Mr Daniel Bruce


Re: **********UK VISA PROCESSING REQUIREMENT FOR GORDON F. RUTHERFORD*********
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Australia Canada New Zealand United Kingdom United State

Attention:
The Management of British Embassy in United Kingdom wishes to thank for contacting us for the procurement of your traveling documents which includes your Valid United Kingdom Visa , Tax-clearance,Resident Permit, Work Permit,,Flight Ticket and all other requirement for your travel to the United-Kingdom. This document are very important for foreigner wishing to work in United Kingdom, because without this document ,you will not be allow to live and work in UK. This is in accordance with the governmental law of the British Embassy in United Kingdom.

We have an impressive reputation for assisting skilled individuals, families ,Job Seekers and business people to emigrate from the any part of the world . We provide in-depth personal guidance to help you in procuring your traveling document .We give special attention to your application. Our regular follow ups result in positive and quick response. If you are an overseas national who is not settled in the UK and you intend to work in the UK, you must have a work permit. We offer so many types of Visa ( Fiancee (Fiance), Tourist, Relative, Spouse, K-3, Children, Student, Employment ) We have literally 1000's of clients who've used us to obtain Visas from the following countries:The Philippine Islands, Thailand, Russia, Vietnam, South Korea, Cambodia, Laos, Japan, Romania, Ukraine, China, Brazil, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Israel, Malaysia, Indonesia and The World . We have many ways to expedite most Visas. No other Visa Service can offer you this type of extensive specialized services in as many countries.

Applicants who are of the same sex, have a communicable disease, or have a dangerous physical or mental disorder; are or have been drug addicts; have committed minor and/or serious criminal acts, including crimes involving moral turpitude, drug trafficking, and prostitution (working in a Go-Go bar, beer bar, or massage service); or are likely to become a public charge; Individuals who fall into these categories by current law must be refused a visa. We can address these problems in advance and thereby allowing you to get the visa and also the fee is not costly compare to other country. We assure you that if you follow our instruction carefully..within 4-5 days from the day we begin the process of your traveling document...you will found yourself already in United Kingdom. The success of your visa application solely depends on your personal circumstances ,if you are really seeking to work and live in United Kingdom.So therefore you are require to fill the VISA APPLICATION FORM attached to this mail and submit back to us via email.You are to also send copy of your Passport. The governmental official fee for full procurement of all your traveling documents to United Kingdom is 700.00 GBP.




Type of visa charge
Validity
Term of issue
Consular fee
Single entry
1 Year
4{working days}
£ 700.00
Multiple entry
2 Years
6{working days}
£ 900.00
Family entry
4 Years
8{working days}
£ 1,200.00














All Documents will be processed and arranged here in our Office after and forwarded to your home address. Since you are applying for 1 years visa,the total cost of 700.00GBP is needed for the processing of your traveling document.The document will be deliver to you via UPS Service courier delivery (Express Delivery ) 24hrs, after successful conclusion of all traveling document.

Mode of Payment to our office :
Western Union Money Transfer has been chosen has the mode of payment , because of it fast convenient way of confirming payment quick. In order to speed up the process ,contact the nearest Western Union Money Transfer and make payment to our account officer information below:

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Accountant Name (Receiver Name) : Mrs. Nelson Lewis
Office Address (Address of Receiver) : 100 New Kings Road ,Chelsea, London, SW6 4LX ,United Kingdom.

Total Payment............................... ....................... 700.00 GB Pounds
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Once again,congratulations and please do comply in due time to enable us expedite action.


Thanking you for your anticipated co-operation as we hope to hear from you soonest.


http://www.migrationbureau.co.uk/
Yours Faithfully ,
Thanks for your co-operation.
Mr Gordon F. Rutherford
Management
+4470-4571-1398

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Hello,


I hope you are doing pretty well... Am so excited to know that you already contacted and heard from the Travel Agency. Am so confident about the processing of your papers through this Travel Agency. They are so reliable and always respond to inquiries so fast.... I understand their charge to be 850 Pounds. I don't think this is a huge amount considering how long they will process your papers. You seem to have forgotten my promise of assisting you pay half of what ever amount the Agency would charge.

Am pleased to let you know that I already made arrangement in sending my part of the payment to the Agency which I suppose is 425 Pounds. So for now, I will advise that you send your information to the Travel Agency so they can have your details fixed on their schedule, then get back to me as soon as uou have that done so we can agree on when to send payment to them. Just be aware that I am capable of sending my part of the payment even tomorrow when I gets to the office.

I hope you understand that I wasted lots of time before I could fine you and I was impressed by the information I found about you on your profile so I am really set to make sure that I employ you. Aside this, my kids already developed love for you so you can imagine my reason of wanting to employ you. I sincerely hope we do not waste further time in meeting the Agency requirement so the processing of your papers could begin. I'll like to thank you for your efforts so far and I seriously pray and hope that everything work out fine as soon as possible. Take care!!!

Warmest regards,
Mr Daniel Bruce

Another definite scam, I'm afraid. The immigration consultant is fake, and is just a way to steal your money.