Au Pair Scam: Smith Harrisson: [email protected]

This is a scam. The au pair position does not exist.

The scammer also gives a fake email address for the UK Home Office/Border Agency. @london.com is a free webmail address, provided by mail.com, and is not used by the UK Home Office/Border Agency.

You will find the genuine email addresses and telephone numbers of the UK Border Agency here:

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

Smith Harrisson sent you a message.

Subject: Dear Au pair

"Hello and how are you doing?

We are happy you could write to us considering the fact that we are really in need for an Au pair as soon as possible

My wife recently got promoted in the Bank, and it has been difficult for her to cope with her job and taking care of our loving son and she is quite worried about this

That is why we are really willing to pay such amount of money because we love him so much and need the best for him

I guess we are quite lucky to get in contact with you, because you are experienced as a nanny and i believe you and my son will get along fine and we will be good together as a Family

I will like you to send me your resume, picture and a contact number via mail as soon as possible [email protected] so we could get to know each other better

Futher more i will like futher communications via mail because we shall de-activate our account since we have got in contact with you

I shall file for the approval of the contract letter from the UK Home Office here in UK and i shall send it over to you for your review as soon as i receive

Best regards

DR Harrisson

For the Family"

from drsmith harrison <[email protected]>
subject CONTRACT LETTER/OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT

Hello and how are you doing?. After discussing
your employment with my Wife, we have decided that you match our
requirements so please find the Contract Letter that is approved by
the UK Home Office.

I received approval from the UK Home Office to employ you, I have
attached the approved contract letter issued me for your review.

The UK Home Office would provide you with a Certificate of
Eligibility which is very important to prove that we are sponsoring
your travel down to the UK and to prove that you are eligible to take
up a job position, live and work in UK before they send you Date for
Interview and reference number for you to visit the nearest UK Embassy
in your country. The Certificate of Eligibility would be issued to you
with your Appointment Reference Number to visit the nearest UK Embassy
in your country for Entry approval.

You are to sign the contract after going through it and send a
scanned copy via email indicating your intended travel date (For
Flight Booking which we shall pay for) , and take off location to the
UK Home Office in charge of applications for Certificate of
Eligibility for their records and advice to us:

UK Home Office, Border Agency,
PO Box 3468, Sheffield,
S3 8WA,
United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]

On receipt of the Form COE-UKIMG2011 by me, I shall courier it to you
with hard contract copies, prepaid flight tickets and any accompanying
permit documents to enable you receive approval from the nearest UK
Embassy following instructions from the UK Home Office as they shall
let you know date to visit UK Embassy nearest to you, hence follow the
procedure as I have instructed you to ensure everything is proper and
that you do not make any mistakes.

If you have any inquiries you can reach me on +44 702 409 4777 or
leave me with a direct number to reach you while you start doing the
needful. Keep me posted in regards to reply from the UK Home Office.

We wait to receive you when you arrive. God bless you as you come.

Dr Harrisson

For the Family

Attached Contract Letter for <au pair name>,pdf reads:

Dr Smith Harrisson
Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital
67 Lansdowne Road,
Bournemouth, BH1 1RW

LETTER OF OFFER

We would like to offer you the position of Au pair to
our family. The terms and conditions of the job
are as follows:

Hours
You will be required to work for approximately 35 hours per week. Every weekend, will be spent with
the family or anywhere you wish as you would have the weekends off.

Accomodation
You would have a Private Live-Out or Live-In Accommodation depending on your preference with
Private Bathroom, Sitting Room and Bedroom. Your room would also be furnished with a Television
Set, an Internet Ready Computer System and a Fixed Landline telephone. We ask that all rooms be
kept tidy and that friends staying over should only do so with our permission. If we go out as a family,
you will generally be invited to come with us (at our expense) should you so choose.

Duties and responsibilities
Your main duty is the due care of Clinton. You will be required to get him ready for the day, get
him to kindergarten school, collect him after school and see to his needs in the afternoon. You will
also be required to assist with homework, bath and change as required, arrange visits with friends, see
to after school activities, play games together as well as anything else that may be necessary
for their amusement and wellbeing.

Salary
You will be paid an amount of £1500 (Five Hundred Great British Pounds per month and an
additional 500 pounds for your weekly up keep).

Start Date and Period of Employment
You are expected to start xx of xxxx, 2011 and to stay for a minimum period of 3 Months or
One Year. If due to circumstances beyond your control or for any other reason, you wish to leave at
an earlier date than our agreement, you will be required to give one month’s notice.
Medical Insurance has also been put in place so you can receive free medical attention.

Discipline
Reasons which could give rise to disciplinary measures are as follows:
Causing a disruptive influence in the household.

In the event of a need for disciplinary action, the procedure will be:
First - a verbal warning.
Second - a written warning.
Third - dismissal without need for further notice.

Reasons with would give rise to summary dismissal would be:
- Theft or other dishonest offences.
- Drunkenness.
- Illegal drug taking.
- Child abuse

Vacation
You will have 3 weeks paid vacation after 4 months of work. Vacation must be negotiated however,
well in advance.

School
You will be enrolled at a Public School to attend a course in any language of your choice for foreigners
for the duration of your stay. We look forward to having you with us and are sure that our association
will be a long and happy one. Please sign a copy of this letter as acceptance of its terms and conditions.

A Certificate of Eligibility is important to prove that we are sponsoring your travel down to the UK
and to prove that you are eligible to take up a job position in UK before they send you Interview Date
and reference number to visit the nearest UK Embassy in your country. The Certificate of Eligibility
would be issued to you with your Appointment Reference Number and Interview Date to visit the
nearest UK Embassyin your country for Entry approval.

You are to sign the contract after going through it and send a scanned copy via e mail indicating
your intended travel date and Airport (For Flight Booking which we shall pay for), to the UK Home
Office in charge of applications for Certificate of Eligibility for their records and advice to us:

UK Home Office, Border Agency,
PO Box 3468, Sheffield,
S3 8WA,
United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]

We look forward to receive you at the airport when you arrive the Country.

Cheers. Dr.Harrisson


Complete the details below to signify acceptance:

Full Name:


………………………………………………………

Date:

………………………………………………………

Signature:

………………………………………………………

These are some photos sent by this scammer. The first one of these is also sent by the scammer calling himself Alan Reid; you can see this here:

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Here is an email from the fake UK Border Agency. The genuine UK Border Agency email addresses end with @ukba.gsi.gov.uk - and with no words or abbreviations after that. The Confirmation/Proof of Sufficient Funds is also bogus - the genuine UK Home Office never requests that proof of sufficient funds is made in this way.

from [email protected]
subject Travel Requirement to London, England, UK(Get back to us Soon)

Dear Applicant,

The UK Border Agency is responsible for securing the United Kingdom borders and controlling migration in the United Kingdom.

We manage border control for the United Kingdom, enforcing immigration and customs regulations. We also consider applications for permission to enter or stay in the United Kingdom, citizenship and asylum.

Disclaimer:

The UK Home Office wishes to authoritatively inform applicants seeking for immigration status into the United Kingdom not to make any payments for processing of Work Permit, Expatriate Quota Approval.

The UK Home Office will exercise its full powers to perform its responsibility to regulate entry into the UK, by:
Ensuring that the sponsor is financially capable to support the applicant entering the United Kingdom for Business or Pleasure throughout the duration of the validity of the certificate of eligibility

Ensuring that the applicant, has the minimum stipulated financial requirement to earn the needed points for the approval of certificate of eligibility, going by the new point-based system for immigration in 2010
Ensuring that the applicant is eligible to Live, Work and carry out business activities in the United Kingdom legally.

The new points-based system (PBS) is the biggest shake up of the immigration system for45 years.

Under the new system, migrants will need to pass a points-based assessment before they receive Certificate of Eligibility and permission to enter or remain in the United Kingdom. It will help British businesses recruit the skills it needs from abroad and assure the British public that only the skilled migrants will need to come to the United Kingdom. The role of employees/migrants with qualifying financial base is crucial to its success.

To complete new points-based system (PBS),you must send the following documents and in formations : -
---- an international passport {scan it and email to us}that we have received
---- An address reachable by courier services to use receive your document shipment.


The following fees has been provided by your employer for the processing of your work permit and travel Visa:

1.xxxxx to LOndon, England UK{LON}
400.188 GBP
Note also that the flight information above have not been booked
yet.The booking will be after receiving all other needed documents.
2.The payment of your Application fee which is only 155GBP
3.The payment of the certificate of Eligibility of 478GBP

The total fees paid by your employer is
1,420.72 GBP+155+478=1033.188GBP


Certificate of Eligibility would be issued to your sponsor. Your sponsor is expected to courier the Form (COE-UKIMG2009) to you as this is proof that you have passed the point-based assessment. We shall also provide you with a reference number and interview date with instructions to enable you receive Visa at the Nearest British Consulate or Embassy in your Country.

Apart from sponsorship from UK Based Employers, employees are mandated to have at least a minimum of £750(Seven hundred and fifty pounds) which is the stipulated financial requirement/applicant travel allowance that must be in possession of the applicant/employee into the UK. Before the issuance of Form (COE-UKIMG2011) to your employer for issuance of certificate of eligibility by Local British Consulate, you are required to show proof that the stipulated financial requirement/applicant travel allowance as indicated above is available.

CONFIRMATION/PROOF OF SUFFICIENT FUNDS

To meet the above requirement applicants are required to make a deposit of the stipulated financial requirement of 750GBP via western union or moneygram international money transfer using the following format :

Senders Name : Can be applicants husband or wife or spouse or brother or sister or relatives name as the case may be

Receivers Name: xxxxxx
Payout Country: United Kingdom

Note: You must ensure that the senders name can be any of your family members but the receivers name must be you, for security reasons.

This fund will be used by you upon your arrival to the UK that is why you have to make the deposit with your name as the receiver.

Visit the nearest Post Office, Western Union/MoneyGram agent or Bank close to you and inform them of your decision to make a transfer. Follow the transfer instructions above carefully. After transfer has been effected, you shall send us the a Scanned Receipt of the deposit to enable our office call Western Union or Money Gram (whichever payment method you used) solely for Verification of the deposit. This is usually carried out within 48hrs.Remember to keep the original copy too which you use to withdraw the fund upon your arrival to London

Note : Ensure that the receiver is you so that only you can withdraw the deposit after the verification of deposit has been carried out, as the Home Office would not be liable for loss.

The instruction above would earn you the needed points under the point-based system for the release of your (COE-UKIMG2009) to your employer with instructions on how to receive entry status/notary from the nearest British Consulate.

UK Border Agency,
PO Box 3468, Sheffield,
S3 8WA

Here is another version of the introductory email which this scammer is sending:

Dear Aupair,

We are an English family living in UK we read your profile
@aupairoptions.com and we will like to discuss the possibility of
employing you in our home.

we have decided that you should come as a Nanny/ baby sitter to our
lovely Son Iseac.

We currently have an energetic child who is 3 years old, and we are
looking for a baby sitter from Any Country that can take care of our
child. someone who is willing to stay with us for a minimum of 6
month(s) And maximum of 12months .

We found you as one who meets our requirements, having read your
profile and we are offering you a position in our family hoping you
would accept.

About Our Family

We are a professional couple, my name is Mr Dr.Smith Harrison, i am a
professional Doctor of Nuffield Health hospital here in UK, My spouse
is Elisabeth, also a professional Banker here in UK.

We are living in a big UK city. My Child is fairly easy going and
relaxed, He would enjoy someone with lots of energy and enthusiasm.

We only seek an aupair, If you accept to take a position with us, your wages as agrreed by my Wife and I shall be 800GBP weekly.
I love my only child/Wife so much. Hence we are doing anything that would
motivate you putting your best in taking care of my family (Son).

Should you accept the offer, we are willing to undertake the full cost
of your traveling down here in UK. We would recommend a reputable
travel agency immediately here in UK that would process your travel
documents

Do send us your resume and pictures as soon as possible so that we may
know our stand in regards to this offer.

Please communicate your interest either through mail or my direct mobile line
+44470249477 so that we can discuss your travel arrangements.

We sincerely look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best Wishes

Dr Harrison
For the family
Tel: +44470249477