Same thing just happened to me. Nanny name is Marlena. Care.com actually alerted me right after I spoke with Blair that they removed Marlena from the site. So the scam has spread to Boston

I don’t who this could be reported to that would do anything about it.

Parents don’t typically look at the ina site, or I would suggest that they put up something.

I filed an FTC complaint and included email addresses, phone numbers, and the link to this thread. Got a form response back a week later with a list of tips about “how to avoid being scammed.”

So happy I found this thread. I live in San Francisco and they are now doing exactly the same thing to people here, saying they have a nanny in DC who is originally from here and wants to move back. Then the accident and they can’t. I had a call with “Blair” and she seemed great and sent me all sorts of elaborate follow up materials. Wow.

Has anyone reported this to the police??

This is an ongoing scam using rosenannies.com

They use the following gmail addresses:

rosenannies@gmail.com
melissanicole1982@gmail.com

They have use the following names:

Blair Rose
Melissa Halette

Anonymous wrote:Adding some details as this is still ongoing:
We were contacted by Melissa Herrington (responding to a care.com post) who asked us to talk to her agency. Her email was MelissaLHerrington@outlook.com
We spoke with Blair Rose at Rose & Co and she has her form on www.RoseNannies.com. Her email was rosenannies@gmail.com, (919)-593-6956
Otherwise the story is similar to those reported above. Melissa's family had a car accident + extended until the end of the year. Blair charges 5,500. We didn't stick around to learn how the story ends but also feel sure this is a scam.

Wow luckily I found this forum and this was exactly what I encountered these days. Melissa contact me through care.com, (I’m a parent who posted on it looking for nanny) and she told me the same consultant things and then the consultant Blair reached out to me. It’s wierd that I can’t message Melissa through care.com anymore because it said “the user is no longer care.com user”. Then it’s weird again that when I copied “rosenannies.com” to my contact, it showed “Penelopenannies.com”, and that’s how I finally searched something about this scam. It seems like they changed the name just recently because when I search Rosenannies there was not any useful information.

Adding some details as this is still ongoing:
We were contacted by Melissa Herrington (responding to a care.com post) who asked us to talk to her agency. Her email was MelissaLHerrington@outlook.com
We spoke with Blair Rose at Rose & Co and she has her form on www.RoseNannies.com. Her email was rosenannies@gmail.com, (919)-593-6956
Otherwise the story is similar to those reported above. Melissa's family had a car accident + extended until the end of the year. Blair charges 5,500. We didn't stick around to learn how the story ends but also feel sure this is a scam.

Anonymous wrote:Penelope & Co is now Rose & Co - further beware that this remains a scam! https://www.rosenannies.com/

Wow.

Penelope & Co is now Rose & Co - further beware that this remains a scam! https://www.rosenannies.com/

Anonymous wrote:1. Nannies don’t apply for jobs THEN send you to the agency or nanny coach. They either get you themselves or they wait for the agency to send out their file.

2. Agencies advertise for nannies on care, sittercity and indeed. They may even post a specific family’s position, without name or other identifying details. However, the nannies who bite have to be vetted by the agency before having a file sent to the family AND agencies don’t apply for positions.

3. Reputable agencies can be found through the INA and/or APNA. If the agency has the decal for either one and is NOT listed on the site, notify the association, they’ll leave ok into it and help get the ball rolling to shut it down. While some newer/smaller agencies may not belong to either association yet, they shouldn’t say that they do.

4. It doesn’t matter if parents are in a car crash. It doesn’t mean that a contract is suddenly extended for TWO YEARS! Two months, absolutely. Six months, sure. Twelve months, maybe, not likely. Recuperating after an accident is most likely limited to a broken bone or two, or it involves 24/7 care of the children while a parent is in traction. That’s not a transition most 40-60 hour live-out nannies can or will make.

Common sense, people! It’s right up there with validating reference letters, employment dates and duties, agency credentials and history, etc. If you

No need to be harsh. Just leave it at your first four points, which are helpful—and which consist of specific knowledge about how nanny agencies work, not “common sense.”

1. Nannies don’t apply for jobs THEN send you to the agency or nanny coach. They either get you themselves or they wait for the agency to send out their file.

2. Agencies advertise for nannies on care, sittercity and indeed. They may even post a specific family’s position, without name or other identifying details. However, the nannies who bite have to be vetted by the agency before having a file sent to the family AND agencies don’t apply for positions.

3. Reputable agencies can be found through the INA and/or APNA. If the agency has the decal for either one and is NOT listed on the site, notify the association, they’ll leave ok into it and help get the ball rolling to shut it down. While some newer/smaller agencies may not belong to either association yet, they shouldn’t say that they do.

4. It doesn’t matter if parents are in a car crash. It doesn’t mean that a contract is suddenly extended for TWO YEARS! Two months, absolutely. Six months, sure. Twelve months, maybe, not likely. Recuperating after an accident is most likely limited to a broken bone or two, or it involves 24/7 care of the children while a parent is in traction. That’s not a transition most 40-60 hour live-out nannies can or will make.

Common sense, people! It’s right up there with validating reference letters, employment dates and duties, agency credentials and history, etc. If you

This is an elaborate SCAM. Same exact situation happened to me starting on 9/3 when Melissa Henri applied to my job posting on Care.com. She had me talk to Elle from Penelopnannies.com and said she was her nanny coach. Elle sounded very knowlageable and great and talked up Melissa. Mellissa of course said her family had been in a car accident and she was staying on for 2 years but Elle could help me find a nanny for $5,500 instead of $8,500. Once you pay she will string you along for a few days and during that time your card is being charged everyday and then the comunication stops. Ours was charged $1,500 a day for a total of $10,500 before I noticed. Thankfully the credit card company will reverse these but Please Stay away from Penelopenannies.com and this girl Elle. It is a very elaborate scam involving multiple people.

I would urge anyone who has had experience with this scam to please report it here by filing a "Scam" complaint with the FTC to hopefully get this website shut down: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/Information#crnt&panel1-1

I had the exact same experience via Care.com with a supposed nanny who had me talk to her nanny consultant Elle at Penelope's nannies and then decided to stay with her current family after the parents had a car accident. Total scam. Beware. I've reported them to the BBB.

Anonymous wrote:I contacted a sitter on care.com and she was amazing but she said she only worked through this girl Elle who would need to vet me. I spent a week trying to get in touch with Elle and dreaming about this incredible nanny. Once i connected with Elle, Anna emailed saying there had been a car accident involving the parents of the family she worked with and she was going to stay with them. I was so sad. I emailed Elle to say that anna wasnt avaibel and she said she'd help me for half her rate. Is this a scam??? Please tell me what you all know. xx

This is EXACTLY what happened to us except the dream nanny on Care had a different name. Fascinating. So, yeah, that confirms it. Scam.