Online advertisements offering lucrative positions in UK and US to young Thai women wanting to be nannies have again turned out to be fake. The scammers, who appear to be based in Nigeria, pose as genuine British and American families with small children requiring professional help. But the aim of the scammers is simply to extract cash from vulnerable Thais or their benefactors..

Once anyone replies to the online advertisement, including social media, expressing an interest in working as a nanny abroad, the scammers begin their campaign of lies. Typically, they send photos of the family in question and explain in a personal letter that the job is now open and may well include cruises as the father works for an international company. One Pattaya young woman, Khun Noy, said, “The offer seemed too good to be true and I know now that it was. I was told that it would not be necessary for me to obtain a British visa as nannies were a specially exempt category. I was even advised I did not even need to go for interview at the British embassy in Bangkok because of the shortage of nannies and child carers in England.”..

The scammers, who appear to be based in Nigeria...