{"id":555,"date":"2012-05-30T17:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T00:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/?p=555"},"modified":"2012-05-30T17:00:55","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T00:00:55","slug":"bbb-president-warns-nannies-about-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/05\/30\/bbb-president-warns-nannies-about-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"BBB President Warns Nannies About Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksdk.com\/news\/article\/321832\/71\/BBB-warns-of-nanny-scam\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ksdk.com\/news\/<wbr>article\/321832\/71\/BBB-warns-<wbr>of-nanny-scam<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/scams.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-556\" title=\"scams\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/scams.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a>Today the president of the Better Business Bureau (BBB)\u00a0issued a\u00a0warning to nannies using online sites to find nanny jobs after a college student fell victim to a popular nanny scam.<\/div>\n<div>The Better Business Bureau\u00a0also offered the following tips for identifying a nanny or babysitting scam:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Be cautious if a &#8220;parent&#8221; wants to communicate only via text messaging or emails.\u00a0 He or she might be trying to hide a foreign accent or withhold a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksdk.com\/news\/article\/321832\/71\/BBB-warns-of-nanny-scam#\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">phone<\/a>\u00a0number.<\/li>\n<li>Look out for emails or texts containing poor English or grammatical errors.<\/li>\n<li>Be wary of anyone who is hesitant to give out personal information, such as place of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksdk.com\/news\/article\/321832\/71\/BBB-warns-of-nanny-scam#\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">employment<\/a>, address, names of friends or other references. He or she might be fearful of a potential employee checking out his or her background.<\/li>\n<li>Beware of &#8220;sob stories&#8221; or anything else that appears to try to get sympathy.<\/li>\n<li>If a potential employer asks you for money for any reason, it is likely a scam.\u00a0 Never transfer money via Western Union, MoneyGram or a Green Dot Money Card to anyone you do not know.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>eNannySource supports the BBB warning and encourages caregivers to follow these tips for identifying scams\u00a0when looking for a job online.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.ksdk.com\/news\/article\/321832\/71\/BBB-warns-of-nanny-scam Today the president of the Better Business Bureau (BBB)\u00a0issued a\u00a0warning to nannies using online sites to find nanny jobs after a college student fell victim to a popular nanny scam. The Better Business Bureau\u00a0also offered the following tips for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/05\/30\/bbb-president-warns-nannies-about-scams\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nanny-tips-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":558,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions\/558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enannysource.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}