Complaint Against Ashley, Irish Au Pair

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I didn't really have a chance not to send her the money, because otherwise the flight costs would be lost, too. (Even if I already had the feeling of beeing decieved). The man she was with until now, Mister Robert Hardman, sent me an email to tell me that she left with a bus from Yaounde to Douala to get to the airport. But the bus had a collision with a truck loaded with timber. Ashley went unconscious and suffered from a shock. She was receiving treatment at the hospital. Mister Hardman got in contact with the airlines to inform them of this unfortunate incident with one of their passengers. He wrote me, that the ticket has been postponed for when Ashley finally recovers. After I asked him to keep in touch with me for information, he wrote back that he shall do his best to keep me updated about Ashley's health. BUT, and this is the next strange thing that happened: He signed with „Thanks, A.“ – just like Ashley always did in her mails. I was deceived completly. After I asked Mister Hardman in which Hospital Ashely is in, he told me the Good Hope Hospital. But the number was always busy. And exactly the next day I got a mail from Ashley that she was out of hospital with two photos showing her lying in a sick bed. And that she needs more money to pay the hospital bill, because her passport had been deposited at the hospital as guarantee that she shall come back to them to pay the bills which amount to some £243 GBP. I didn't pay more money since then. Because at this time I was sure to be decieved. I even got a telephone number in Londonderry, England, from Ashleys father Tim Edwards. But there was a man on the phone with the same accent as all the others from cameroon had. These frauds must be organised all over the world. Please be careful! Email-adresses from all I was in contact with: "Robert Hardman" "Ashley Edwards" "Doreen Simpson" and "Mrs. Sim Dabbous" (last employer, Greece) "Michael Croft" (last employer, USA) Watch out and good luck, Susanne Comment   >> Posted: May 02 '08 by Karin in Zurich, Switzerland Currently Ahley is under the alias Faith Webb active. She tried to get money for a flight to us as well. But funny was that at the same time a Andrea Thomas applied at me and they used the same British Passport with different Pictures. So be careful regarding AuPairs coming from Cameroon. Comment   >> Posted: May 31 '08 by Leka in Victoria, Australia I just got a message from a Faith Webb locator number 809847 which is now deactivated. She looks very similar to Ashley and with the same alias I am sure that it is the same one. She is saying she is 23, is holding a baby, is wearing a red top and says she is British...for all to know. Comment   >> Posted: Sep 09 '08 by Guy in Rhone-Alpes, France I would also like to warn all parents who are thinking of employing an au pair to carefully screen and researched on the au pair that you intend to welcome. We just fell prey to someone who pretended to be a British au pair going by the name of Kimberly Sand who is working for a Dutch family in Cameroon. As we were looking for an au pair for the past 3 months, we were getting desperate and our vigilance was probably at our lowerst point. This girl seemed to be a serious au pair with the required experience in email exchanges. However, my wife did note after a telephone exchange that Kim spoke with an African accent and does not speak English like a Brit. She needed EUR300 to purchase her flight ticket to come to Geneva (from Douala). After we obtained a "flight reservation" from the travel agency (later found to be ficticious), we transferred the money to Cameroon. The next day, we received an email from brooketrish@gmail.com mentioning that Kim have had an accident on the road to Douala airport, the bus collided with a timber truck and she had been sent to Good Hope Hospital .... So please make sure you do not send money to au pair, on the pretext to purchase air ticket. Au Pair World.net just confirmed that Kimberly Sand had been trying to register from many countries, e.g. UK, Russia, France, Cameroon, Canada etc., using different identities ...