wonderfulnanny.com – I’ve been scammed by the Nanny!
May 3, 2006
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I’ve been scammed by the nanny, yes folks you heard me correct. I’m so angry right now! www.wonderfulnanny.com is a bad bad place, with bad bad people! A few months ago, there was a job ad in the local paper. This ad was for the position of a nanny for two little girls. The hours would be 8:00am to 6:00pm. Why on why do I fall for this junk? So, since I’m looking for a job, I went to the website. It all looks legit, till you pay the $10.00 application fee! It’s a big scam and I’m stinking angry!
So they have my $10.00, and that doesn’t seem like much, but how many 0ther people have paid this? According to the google seach that I did on the phone numbers that are given, lots and lots of people have paid…enough for it to be concidered a felony, if only they could find them. The address that they use, turns out to be an empty building that is up for sale. Oh yes, I’m angry. Angry at myself for falling for such junk, and angry at whoever it is that is doing this scam. In my own defense, I assumed that the $10.00 would be used for the background check. I’ve had to pay this before with other jobs, such as the board of education. Hardly any company pays for this themselves, so I thought maybe that’s what it was for. I’ve learned my lesson! I’m so glad I didn’t send them my resume!! Wonderful Nanny, my rear!! Oh yes, did I mention that the position was to pay $700.00 a week or $14.00 per hour? Wouldn’t that catch your eye??
This post was submitted by Dee.
I’m glad I read your letter I seen an add the same 700.00 per week but something told me to check it out first I’m glad I did Thanks
Tina
Today I looked in my local paper in Tucson, AZ. As soon as I saw that they paid $700 a week I thought something was fishy. So I called and as soon as I heard that man’s voice I knew. Total Fraud!!!
Any kind of place that charges you to apply is phony. I hope this gets across so no one else is sucked into to this scam!!!! You never know what they can do while having your credit card information.
It’s been in the local Kauai paper, too. Amazing how many people have let themselves be duped by this ad. If no one’s mentiioned it yet, “if it looks too good to be true, it is!”.
Caveat Emptor.
Me too! It’s hit Pittsburgh…
Thank you thank you thank you for writing about this.
I was suspicious, but figured maybe it could be real.
Googled it just in case. thank you for the warning!
That makes me so angry, too. I’m going to call up the Pittsburgh Tribune and complain.
I fell for it a few months. I libe in NC! Looks like these have been everywhere! I wish someone would catch them!
And it hits Wilkes-barre, pa. Wonderful Not!
IT’s in chicago too. Thank you , thank you, thank you
It’s in the local paper in NH Too. Thank you sooo much for letting me know…..
Canton, Ohio now! As soon as I seen $700 a week, knew something had to be amiss. So glad I seen THIS website when I went to check it out. Thank You!
this same ad is also in the Richmond Va. local papers. i saw the ad called (wondering who would pay $700 week for a sitter) got a recording ,male, and decided to check out this site first. if it sounds to good……!
It’s quite obvious that many of us have been scammed and many felt maybe this might be a golden chance to make a good living with just a small investment of just $10.00. When I read the ad in our local newspaper, I actually thought this might a great opportunity since my kids are now in high school. I can’t decide whether this scam operations preys on those without access to a computer even though the call directs the caller to apply on the website? Once I logged onto the site, there were several pages of complaints of being scammed.
For those who have already lost their $10.00 and were kind enough to warn others, lets fight back.. What I did was after I read the many forums describing this as a scam was call back the number in the ad. I left a message saying I was very much interested but didn’t have a computer or a phone. Could they please kindly contact my probation officer number and he would relay the information to me.
Get creative! These people need to be beat at their own game. Waste their time and you waste their money.
This phony as has popped up in Newport News, VA as well. Beware!!!! This company is also going by Rodney J Murphy & Associates. They have also moved to getting your money OUTSIDE of Paypal, by just putting your credit card information in. Thank you to everyone else who’s wised up to this and let unsuspecting people know!
And shame on them to be creating a scam with a job like nannying, one of the most important occupations ever. I’m going to call my newspaper and report the ad. Hopefully if everyone would do that, we could block them from reaching more people!
I saw this add also in Ozark Alabama and i called, same with you guys. Thanks for all th info. he or they won’t get my 10.00.
Good luck
Sharon
I too was nearly had. I saw this ad in Oazk alaba,a in the SouthernStar. I too made a call and got the same thing everyone else did. Glad i took a look. They won’t get my 10.00
Good Luck
Sharon
Glad a lot of people find this site very useful. Thanks to everyone who reports these scammers!
MAYBE IF WE GO TO OUR POLICE DEPT. AND HAD THEM THIS PHONE NUMBER LET THEM CALL AND SEE WHAT THEY GET. WITH THE HELP OF THE FBI WE ALL MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THESE MEN OR WOMAN AND PUT THEM IN JAIL WHERE THEY BELONG.
ARE YOU ALL WITH ME.? WE CAN ALL DO THIS ON MONDAY MORNING, I AM. I KNOW OUR LOCAL CHIEF REAL WELL AND WILL SPEAK TO HIM ABOUT THIS. WE CAN ALSO JUST GET ON THE FBI WEB SITE AND REPORT THIS.
WE CAN NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH HURTING ANYONE ELSE.
They hit Hickory NC. It is in the local paper and said weekly rate $700. That alone made me think. So I went on to read what people had to say before I ever went to the site. Thanks for the post
How Clever these people are!! Or do they think that we the people are DUMB!!
The $700 dollars a week is a dead give away in a newspaper ad that something is wrong.
Those of us who look at scams first and respond to the authorities next will be the winners. The newspapers should be held accountable for accepting their money for a scam. They should check them out first too.
Let’s all spread the word about these deadbeats…
thank you,
I saw the add in Chester Ca-to good to be true, so searched on line and your website came up. Thanks for confirming what that little voice was saying in my head-scam, scam, scam!!!!
It’s hit small town Fernandina Beach Fl. as well. Glad I looked you guys up. Anytime they want you to pay beware!!! People are desperate for work in small towns, and they are sad people preying on the economy and bashing the work of real nanny’s… Hopefully they can get busted before anyone else pays thier much needed gas or grocery money..
Just saw the same add in my local newspaper advertising this job in Taylor, MI Figured it was a scam… who has $700 a week to pay a babysitter in this economy? lol
Been scammed here in Southwest Florida. too. Same MO, $700 week, 3 yr old girl and 18month baby. After not hearing anything, I followed up with it and discovered I was probably being scammed. I have contacted paypal whom I paid through and placed a complaint. I have to wait 4 days then if “Rodney J Murphy & Associates do not reply, I can call back and escalate the complaint into a claim. If anyone else used Paypal, I urge you to contact them and do the same. I am also going to contact the sheriffs dept, as I have a friend and see what they can do. I am also going to contact the FBI as reading above I see Rodney has been all over the country, scamming us folks that are just trying to make a living.
“Vengence is mine saith the LORD” Great website whoever created this
I would also like to add that if you used paypal or any kind of a credit card, verify with customer service if this charge was set up to re-occur on a monthly, quarterly or any other timeline. You don’t want to get charged again. If you used Paypal just click on cancel transaction or call Paypal Customer Service at 402-935-7733
SCAM MADE IT TO MISSISSIPPI IN THIS WEEKS PAPER SAME RECORDING AS DESCRIBED FROM EVERYONE ELSE . THANKS FOR GETTING THE INFO OUT THERE NOT TO GIVE HIM MONEY. LOOKS LIKE HE WANT GIVE UP.
My original post date was November 6th. I just wanted to let you all know that Pay Pal escalated this to a claim and they will be returning my money to me. Good Luck to you all.
Sorry to hear that folks are now taking advantage of people who want to care for children. But just a little FYI, $700 is standard nanny pay in most areas so it wasn’t completely out of line.
It’s hit Ann Arbor Michigan now…. sooo stupid!! I also wish someone would catch them
Wonderfulnanny.com has also hit Little Rock, Arkansas.
Same scam in Orlando Sentinel on December 15.
It hit San Antonio, Texas. I can’t believe I saw this site today I was on wonderfulnanny.com last night but decided to wait till today to go through with it. When I tried to pull up the site on my phone this came up. $10 isn’t that much, but when you can’t afford to waist it, it is. Thank you.
It’s in H’burg Mississippi.That’s awfully clever. It’s a georgia number that i called.
Rodney J Murphy & Assoc. aka wonderfulnanny.com is running this scam in Pocatello, Idaho. Shameless THIEVES!!!!!
I’m in Petal, MS. I saw this ad and didn’t know what to think. I called the number and got the recording and checked out the website. Luckily I read this first. It is crazy what people will do these days. It is really sad. Whoever is behind this will get what they deserve. And it will be alot worse than a $10 loss.
I was able to get my $10 refunded through paypal. I’ve done some research and this actually needs to be reported to the FBI. Go on http://www.FBI.gov and find your local FBI agent. If the FBI gets enough calls on this, something will be done. But everyone must call. Make sure you have all the information.
The ad has also hit Raleigh, NC. It states there is a position available in the North Raleigh area paying $700.00 a week. I am contacting the police department. There is probably not anything that can be done about the ad. There has been no return phone call for the position.
yes everyone much to the suprizement it has reached lawton oklahoma as well. a military town! i dont know how many military wifes had fallen for this. but i too called the number although it was my father who found it and thougt i might give it a try since im not to happy with my job now. i told him it seemed to funny to me that i would have to go online to apply so i wasnt going to go through with it… a week later he told me that it was no longer in the paper and said it seemed funny that it was only in there for a week since out here all ads run at a two week min. so i wanted to look more into this. when i went to the website after reading other sites about the scam they have going on, i foud it to odd that they only mention the one opening for the 700 a week ad. no address no town and no state to where this was… and yet they no longer had the as in the paper. so i clicked on a different thing on the site and we are not the only ones they scam i found that people can go to the site to put in for a needed nanny, only they have to pay 305.00! they need to be stopped and soon!
This just hit Sacramento CA. I forwarded the ad to me friend because she wants to nanny like I do. $700 per week is not unheard of, as I make $803 per week. The pay is so high to cover health insurance and gas. I am so glad I googled it before she could get the chance to apply. Lame.
Thank you for posting this about the wonderful nanny company. I live in FL and it’s in the local paper here. This needs to stop….people need to stop fucking with our minds and money. Times are tough enough as is right now. These people need to go to jail for fraud. Someone needs to stop them. Thank you thank you for writing about this.
Now they have advertised here in Portland, Maine….!
Thanks for the warning guys. With low paying jobs here in South Carolina that ad would look inviting. I just figured it was some couple who are well off with money and the $700/wk would cover medical/dental/retirement.
I saw the same thing in my local paper!! and i fell for it, i wasnt sure if it was real! now i know its a scam!!! i guess i lost my 10 dollars too, even though they say you can get your money back, best believe i sent them an e-mail speaking my mind!
This post is for Ashley and anyone else who has been duped ; myself included. If you made a payment through Paypal, file a dispute. Then after the specified amount of time, file a claim. I received a full refund through Paypal.
I lost my job 2 months ago. I saw this ad for wonderfulnanny.com and thought what a God send this would be, and just in time! I only typed in wonderfuln and the google dropdown box completed the rest. I thought this is very strange since I am using my son’s laptop and no one else could have possibly already searched this word. Thank God to whoever started this site or I would have fallen prey as well. linda in New Orleans
Thank you all who have contributed information about the scam being run by wonderfulnanny.com. What a shame! Whoever is running this scam should be in jail.
This is BS. I have been out of work for a year, constantly looking for work. To be scammed like this makes me very angry. Luckily I did some research before I sent them any money. Thank you for posting this. I have also turned this “agency” into the local paper. so if you find this in your area call your paper and report it.
Desiree in kansas
I am from North Carolina and just saw this ad in the Sunday paper. So, I called it and the guy sounds like a child porn master. I could not believe it. I am so glad that I checked this out and found this web page with the comments that ya’ll have said.
“If it sounds to good to be true…..it probably is.
Thanks to those people who prey on people that really need a job. I hope that they get caught and get what is coming to them. I hope that someday, they are the one on unemployment and looking for a job to help with the family bills, but wait….why earn a decent and honest income when you can fricken lie your way through life!
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Thank you all so much for the information…I as all set to have my retied husband quit his job that he hates when I became the worlds best nanny…I am a newbie to the computer so I really appreicate the information. Edy
I just saw an ad for this in the local newspaper of the Hudson Valley, NY. Once I went to the website and saw you had to pay to apply, it seemed bogus. Good luck to everyone!
If you get ripped off by this guy – call paypal (888-221-1161) AND file a complaint on http://www.ic3.gov – this is a direct connection to the FBI internet crime division.
Its hit West TN now!! Calling my local newspaper TODAY! Those bastards!!