Scam Examples

How do I know that I’m a victim of a fraud attempt? There are some people out there in this beautiful wide world that try to get your personal data with fraud and scam attempts through websites like AuPair.com. We…

Some au pairs received an email from a scam host family, who asked to transfer money for the au pair visa to proof the financial situation of the applicant. They offered to assist the au pair with the visa application and…

What is phishing? Phishing is one of the most common attempts to acquire confidential information, such as usernames, passwords or email addresses. This way scammers try to access your account, previously stealing your login details through a so called “phishing site”….

We have recently found a scam under the name of Anita McKay which apparently lives in New York but about to move to the UK and has been contacting au pairs on AuPair.com for a long time through her personal email…

Beware of Au Pair scams and other frauds Sometimes there are profiles on the internet that seem to be absolutely trustworthy and nice. There is this perfect au pair with so much experience and her pictures of her with the…

Sometimes there are scam and fraud attempts on platforms like AuPair.com. Following you will find emails that have been sent and that are clearly from scammers. This is a letter from a scam/fraud profile: Scam Email address: frankcollinsfamily@gmail.com “Thanks so much…

This is an email which was sent by an Au Pair scammer: From: Jean Addison <jeanaddisona@gmail.com To: xxx@gmail.com Subject: Re: New mail from aupair Jean Dear Family, Thanks for the mail,Hope all is well with you and the family.I have…

This is an email from a scammer who is using the name of a real Au Pair Agency: Recently we have learned that there are people pretending to be with InterExchange in an attempt to scam au pair candidates and…

We have been spammed by a couple of “au pairs”. Arin Bronwen (arinbronwen@gmail.com) and Belly Morg (lberth51@gmail.com) are sending emails that match the description on a scammers website that say they are currently working in orphanages in Cameroon but that…

Here you can find some letters from a fraud scam who contact Au Pairs via SMS: Au Pair Scam Contact: Gene Schwarzenegger GENESCHWARZ@OUTLOOK.COM tel:+447903536066 tel:18152169004 City : Southampton State : Hampshire, England Street Address Lodge Road Postal Code SO31 6RG…