Examples of scam emails
The best protection against scam is knowing the tricks scammers use and the kinds of emails they typically send.
The best protection against scam is knowing the tricks scammers use and the kinds of emails they typically send.
If you receive any suspicious messages or emails, please forward them to support@aupairworld.com. We will be glad to help you.
In this scam, fake host families include a telephone number on their AuPairWorld profile pictures to start contact with you outside the AuPairWorld platform. Do not contact these families. They are fake and will never host you as an au pair.
In this scam, fake emails are sent from an email address that seems to be from AuPairWorl - for example: "support@aupairrworld.com". But the email is not really from us. The emails say AuPairWorld has recommended a specific host family in the UK, showing the family's contact data directly.
Fake emails of this type have messages like this:
Another fake email scam: You receive an email from a fake email account on behalf of AuPairWorld or some other au pair agency, for instance "aupair-work@job4u.com".
At AuPairWorld, we always use the email address: support@aupairworld.com. AuPairWorld never sends emails from this email address: aupair-work.net@job4u.com. Do not make any contact with the sender. You should not trust the senders of emails like the following.
Thank you for your email and your hint. Note: Since you have already been issued a working visa for the UK and an international passport. AuPairWorld Team advises you to proceed to scan the below documents.
Application Checklist:
Scan and Send via email attachments:
1) International Passport
2) Scan the 1250GBP Money Gram receipt for your financial requirement for verification and endorsement.
3) Signed Contract Agreement. We advises you to visit an internet café or cybercafé, print the Contract Agreement; read, sign and proceed to scan the Contract Agreement with the above mentioned document on or before May 02nd 2013 to facilitate the Aupair Placement and Endorements. The AuPairWorld Team CAN NOT wait till 3 weeks. We await your speedy response to enable the AuPairWorld Team to serve you better.
Congratulations once more.
Take care
John Doe
AuPairWorld Team
www.aupair-world.net
aupair-world.net@job4u.com
At AuPairWorld, we have many policies in place to protect our users against scammers.
Nonetheless, scammers will always be trying to find new ways to contact users on a large platform like AuPairWorld and try to exploit them. One further example of such techniques is a message such as the following, supposedly about an already blocked user from AuPairWorld:
This email has been written by scammers presenting themselves as AuPairWorld representatives.
IMPORTANT: Please remember to never send money to anyone, no matter how trustworthy a family or an au pair may sound to you!
The aim behind this type of email is to get your email address and password so the scammers can access your profile on AuPairWorld. Do not trust emails like the one below. Be especially careful with any links that seem strange or unfamiliar and never put any of your personal data on websites that are linked in this way.
These kinds of emails come from a fake family that claims to have recently moved to the USA. Emails addresses and exact details may be slightly different to those in the following email, but any message in which you are asked to send money or documents definitely comes from scammers.
Do not trust emails of this type, and under no circumstances should you reply to them. Remember that in order to go to the USA as au pair, you will need to do a personal interview with an agency before paying the agency fees.
The fraud scheme is quite similar to the previous one: Strangers ask for documents or money in connection with a future au pair stay. Typically, they offer you work conditions and high salaries that seem very attractive (but in fact are too good to be true and are fake).
Au pairs wanting to go to the UK do not have to pay any money in advance. If someone tells you to do this, you can be sure that it is a scam attempt. The email below was sent to an au pair who wanted to go to the UK. It is an example of this typical scam trick:
In this scam, au pairs are asked to send money to a British advocate / barrister / lawyer in order to obtain a so called "Affidavit of Moral and Good Behavior". Affidavits or deposits have nothing to do with becoming au pair in the UK (or any other country).
This email was sent to the au pair from a fake family:
This email was sent from the fake lawyer:
*ADAMS*
your partner in law
* ADAMS** LAW CHAMBERS*
Adams House, 33 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0PW
Tel: +447024011739
E-mail:info@adamslaw-chambers.com
*Date: 12/1/2010
Our Ref: Str08*
**
ATTN:,
With reference to your MAIL and your Employer's call to our office this morning requesting for our assistance in the procurement of a Document(AFFIDAVIT OF GOOD BEHAVIOR)from the Crown Court needed by him before he employs you as a nanny to take care of his kids.
This document takes four working days to procure from the crown court in London.
We were also meant to understand that you will pay for the Procurement of this Document from the British Crown Court while your employer pays for all the processing of your work papers including your flight fares and pickup from the Airport. You have to submit the following requirements as to enable our office get this Document from the British Crown Court.
The requirements which are:
1) One Passport size photograph.
2) Affidavit of Guarantee fees (380 Pounds)
3) A scanned copy of your international passport data page bearing your face
and your full data,Drivers license or Work identification.
You are therefore required to furnish us with the requirements as to enable us procure the AFFIDAVIT OF GOOD BEHAVIOR document from the Crown Court.
As soon as this Document (Affidavit of Good Behavior) is received and entered in the British Crown Court, your employer made us to understand that he will start processing the documents needed for your visa and residence work permit that will enable you to work in United Kingdom which we shall then forward to the United Kingdom Embassy in your location via DHL courier services AND all your necessary Approved Government,immigration documents ,hard copies of your Residence Work Permit that will enable the United Kingdom Embassy issue you your stamped entry Visa to London.
We have two methods of receiving money from our clients,they are (a)bank to bank transfer and (b) International Money transfer. Our Clients in United Kingdom pay cash or through certified checks while our clients outside United Kingdom use any of the two options mentioned above.
Looking forward to a long lasting work relationship with you as we await the requirements for fast processing of your work papers.
Yours Faithfully,
Barrister Micheal Cole,
Legal and immigration Department,
ADAMS CHAMBERS,
Adams House,33 cavendish Square London,W1G 0PW