Important Information About Scams and Fraud Prevention
8th May 2010 by Babies No CommentsAds for au-pair and babysitting jobs have been proven to be extremely hazardous Internet scams of late. You can find advertisements all over the Internet that offer overseas positions such as these. Good wages, air fare, and other enticements are offered.
When an ad appears there is usually a telephone number to call and a resume’ requested. Since the resume’ reveals everything about a person’s life, this document should not be provided until an interview is scheduled. Far too many times, people have given out their resumes for these and experienced identity theft.
In an interview for a job of this kind, the interviewers are usually well dressed, talk in a cultured voice, and paint the picture of a carefree job, at top pay, with lots of time to investigate the countryside. The demographic they go for are attractive women who don’t have close ties with family.
If one questions why they do not hire someone from their own country, their usual response is that they want someone more fluent in another language to help their children. It’s debatable how true this statement may be. As you get interviewed for these jobs, pay careful attention as to whether or not the interviewer asks you more than just personal questions. Scammers do not like this and, if they seem reluctant to answer, the job should be declined.
These positions appear perfect to young women looking for travel and adventure. However, the conditions are much worse than they anticipate, and they are forced to do work for the family. In extreme situations they have even been sold into white slavery.
Women who come to a country without much money in the hope of such a job are at their employer’s whim. For this reason it is extremely important the people offering the employment be thoroughly investigated. That is why it’s important to use telephone look-up services such as cell-registry.com/302/381/ in able to verify if the caller is really whom he or she says.
Some scam artists will ask the potential Au-Pair for a cash transfer to cover air fare. This is often under the excuse that it would be a problem for the person to get into their country but they, the employer, can make arrangements with no problem. They just collect that money and cut off contact with you.
If the individual who is to be employed is inclined to take the position should inform someone of the details so that they situation can be investigated if they are not heard from for a while. Once you get to the foreign country, contact the embassy of your country before you meet your employers, so they know that you exist and are there. It is crucial to be careful in the extreme especially when in another country.









































