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We have taken exhaustive measures that no others have to protect our members from fraudulent transactions and scam attempts. The following is another scam attempt to better inform our community. If you receive emails of this nature or similar, please do not respond. Report the issue to scam@nannyclassifieds.com .

You can help in the fight of these Internet Nanny Job Scams, by joining NannyClassifieds.com. By joining (it’s free), you can be assured that as a nanny, family, or agency, you will find the most qualified and trusted candidates. Rest assured, knowing our database is more secure than anything out there in identifying and preventing scams before they reach our members.

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All posts in this section of the blog are scams that have been reported to us from across the Internet.

Keep in mind, the NannyClassifieds.com website is the single most safe and secure database for stopping these, and any other scam attempts BEFORE they reach you.

We have taken exhaustive measures that no others have to protect our members from fraudulent transactions and scam attempts. The following is another scam attempt to better inform our community. If you receive emails of this nature or similar, please do not respond. Report the issue to scam@nannyclassifieds.com .

You can help in the fight of these Internet Nanny Job Scams, by joining NannyClassifieds.com. By joining (it’s free), you can be assured that as a nanny, family, or agency, you will find the most qualified and trusted candidates. Rest assured, knowing our database is more secure than anything out there in identifying and preventing scams before they reach our members.

Nannies can create a profile and post their resume for free to the site by going to the following link:

http://www.nannyclassifieds.com/nannies/nanny_register-1.php

Families can create an account and post their job ads to the site by going to the following secure link:

https://www.nannyclassifieds.com/families/family_register-1.php

——- The Scam email begins here ———-

 From: “cole, james” jamescole@message-machine.com
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 1:39:19 EDT
Subject: NANNY / BABYSITTER NEEDED URGENT

Hello,
I live in United Kingdom. I have 2 kids (a boy and a girl) their ages are 2years and 4years old respectively.I am due to be in the Washington, DC in a few days from now and for the next one(1)years as a result of my assignment with the United Nation.As such, my family is expected to come along with me.In the light of this, Me and my Wife have deemed it important to have our kids well looked after as soon as we get into the State, hence the search for a nanny or babysitter to take care of our little angels.We would expect your service to commence by the 10th of October2006, as such your expected arrival date would be last week in October in order for you to be around and available to assist in the setting up of the house on that day, being that our belongings and furnitures which are in charge of the shipper are bound to arrive soon.Stated below is what we would be offering for your services and the duration.Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesday, 9am-5pm (price $600)Thursdays and Friday, 9am-5pm (price $500).However, i will like to inform you that your sincere support towards the receipt of our belongings and furnitures that are to arrive soon in the state will be highly appreciated as you have a role to play on these. Myself and my husband have concluded to pay an all front 2 weeks payment to you over this job, so that you may be contended with us. For your transportation, we would work out something worthwhile and make provision for transport allowance, which will be paid together with your wages, regardless of your distance.You are to evaluate your total cost of transportation from your destination to our new resident and provide me with the cost,that it could be brought together with your chosen remuneration from what we are offering. Please note that our preference is in an individual (nanny/babysitter) with extremely good conduct, well mannered, considerably accommodating and hygienic. If you are ready to accept this offer,it will be mostly appreciated if you can respond to the questions below,
1) How old are you?
2) What is your marital status?
3) What is your religious background?
4) What qualifications do you posses?
5) Have you certificates portraying your babysitting career?
6) Do you have a valid means of identification?
7) Do you have any criminal records?
Do you have extra-ordinary habits
9) How temperamental are you?
10) Do you have a guarantor?
11)Where are you located
Urgent reply will be duely appreciated.And if? you have any question to ask me i will be happy if you can state it in your response to this? offer.We look forward to having you as one of the family member. Thank you and God bless Mrs.betty cole N:B Pls reply should be send to felixclonex@yahoo.com? for quick action.
-Felix

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From: george roland georgeroland56@yahoo.com
Subject: REPLY FOR WITH CV
We are Micheal and Michelle Crusenberry from
Dallas, TX. Family Number 58337
We have three energetic but delightful children aged A
new born of 6 months, 14 Months and 2 years; their
names are Jasmine, Jerome and Peter.
Jasmine is 6 months and Jerome is 14 Months Old; Peter
our Cousin who is 2 years will be keeping you
entertained at home during the day! we do not require
much babysitting in the evening which means that you
are free to enjoy these as you wish. On your days off
you can enjoy the Nigerian Sun on one of the many
beautiful beaches just a short drive away. We also
have a summer house by the lake which we would like
you to spend some time with us in. Micheal is a
Production Engineer with Shell BP, Nigeria and works
pretty hard, but enjoys going for walks in the
glorious Obudu hills. I am a teacher at the local high
school here in Nigeria too where I teach biology to a
range of children. I had to accompany my Husband when
he was posted from the US to Nigeria. In my spare time
I enjoy painting. We would like an au pair who will
fit in with our lifestyle and enjoy their time with
us. You have a tastefully furnshed live-in
accomodation.
If you agree to take the position you shall be paid
$7500 (Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars Monthly)
and shall be given a weekly pocket money of $1100.
Your residence shall be comfortably furnished within
the Company housing estate. We are comfortable here as
Shell pays us well however we cannot work effectively
and take care of our kids hence our solicitation to
you to come and Nanny for us.
My Wife, Michelle would be home each time I go
offshore. I stay for about a month or two and return
home to spend  time with my family. You shall
undertake the following duties if you accept to work
with us:
1.
Care for & stimulate the child both mentally &
physically, to ensure their intellectual, physical &
social development.
2.
Find out about activities in the local area. Ensure
that the child/children get regular fresh air &
exercise.
3.
Plan & undertake activities on a one to one basis &
with children. Develop speech, reading, numbers,
letters, colours, social & practical skills.
4.
Organise & prepare a healthy, varied & well balanced
diet of home cooked food. Eat with the child/children
& supervise meal times, encouraging proper use of
cutlery, & behaviour.
5.
Look after child’s/children’s physical well being -
wash & bath them daily, help them to dress & undress,
cut nails weekly, ensure hair is cut regularly, & that
shoes get refitted regularly.
6.
Look after all the child’s/children’s clothes. This
includes all washing ; ironing by the weekend, shoes
regularly cleaned, clothes & soft toys mended; Put
aside clothes that no longer fit.
7.
Keep child’s/children’s room clean & tidy.
We had a Nanny but she is getting married hence would
be moving with her Husband. Should you accept to take
up the position with us, you can start as soon as your
Flight Ticket, Travel Documents and other Travel
Intineries are ready. We could recommend a Travel
Agency for you, however all this depends on if you
accept to Nanny for us. It is I who is mostly out of
the country. My wife is usually home each day. Yes we
do have a maid who would assist you in seeing to the
dietry needs of our kids.
Send us your referees so that we can get in touch with
them. Should the outcome be positive, we would then
invite you to come and Nanny for us.
I do hope you consider a position with us and you
would not regret it.
Have a swell weekend as you work towards building your
career with us.
The Crusenberry Family

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Hello,

Good day to you over there, My Name is Dr.Janet Rotty am a United State citizen based in England presently as working with the United Nations/World Health Organisaction Aids Department and i do almost travels to almost every part of the world.

I am immpressed with the advert of your job by taking good care of babies as nanny/Babysitter please i will like to know how much you will be talking for month for my two children Micheal 8 years and Joyce 3 years old i will also like to know if you can be also assisting me to teach them some extra lessons after the school hours as i will also be providing a private car driver that will be talking them to your house for the cares.

Please do let me know how convience is it to you to handle this project as i have already make an arrangement for how they will be fly back into the country from my former location in Africa where i was once posted and as soon as i hear from you they we be flee into the country.

Please I count on your absolute confidentiality ,transparency and trust while looking forward to your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of this urgent issue I remain yours sincerely. Thanks and God Bless you as I await to hear from you soon.

Wishing you a nice working days ahead.

Regards.
Dr..Janet Rotty

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What you should know to protect your money and your identity.

Deborah Smith, President, Parents With Nannies, INA Board of Directors

When I started my company in 1999, the Internet was a much kinder, less exasperating place to do business.  Today, thanks to the undying efforts of mostly foreign scam artists, we in the on-line nanny business are constantly combating the nameless, faceless imposters who try to lure naïve individuals out of their money and even their identity. 

You may have been the recipient of one or more of these bizarre job offer emails.  They usually involve a non-U.S. family who is moving to the states and needs your help.  They offer you a job without even speaking to you.  The job sounds too good to be true, because it is.  And, they want to send you money (usually too much) up front to lock in the deal.  What they don’t tell you is that the check they are sending is a fake.  They will back out of the deal before that check ever clears and ask you to send some of the money back via wire transfer.  By the time you find out the check is no good, they have your money and have disappeared into the hills of some country you’ve probably never heard of.

Not all of the scams are exactly alike, but if you look at enough of them, as I have, you’ll see many similarities.  We post scam attempts on our NannyClassifieds.com blog.  I usually get at least one notice every day forwarded to me by a nanny.  I encourage nannies to read them and get familiar with their common elements

Some of the typical characteristics of a bogus job offer and scam attempt are:

1. The job appears too good to be true.
2. The family is from overseas and is relocating to the U.S.
3. They offer you the job in basically their first email to you.
4. They request “help” from you. Ask you to receive funds, furniture, or some other odd request that a typical employer would not make.
5. They request personal information from you, copy of your drivers license, passport, social security number.  All of these should be kept completely confidential until you have met your future employer and will be using this information to run a background check.

If you receive one of these scam emails:

1. Don’t reply. 
2. File a report with the Federal Government at: http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/
3. Send a copy of the email immediately to whatever nanny database service you are using.  If you use many and don’t know where it came from, send it to all. 

Please keep us informed at NannyClassifieds.com, so we can help spread the word to other nannies.

I would also encourage nannies who use on-line nanny job services to ask the owners of these services what measures they are taking to discourage the scam artists and to protect the privacy of the nannies and families who use their service. At NannyClassifieds.com we have spent months implementing new technical roadblocks that will hopefully stop the scammers from ever entering our site.  We can’t guarantee that a scammer won’t slip through, but if they do, we have created a way for nannies to keep all of their contact information private, even email addresses, by using our new on-line message board system.  You can now keep track of where the message is coming from, and we can quickly and easily identify the scammer through his messages on our system.   

To educate yourself on the different types of scams and how to protect yourself against them, visit the Internet Crime Complaint Center located at this address: http://www.ic3.gov/preventiontips.aspx.

Deborah Smith is the owner of Parents With Nannies, Inc. Their websites, NannyClassifieds.com and 4EverythingNanny.com offer online recruiting and advertising services to families, nannies and agency owners.  Deborah is an INA Board Member and serves as co-chair of the Public Relations Committee and the Internet Committee.

September 06th 2006 Posted to Uncategorized

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