Employement scam

phelixtravel.co.uk claims to be founded in 1994 but was registered this year for only one year, claims to be in London but is hosted in the Netherlands and mailserved in Russia, and is in the process of being reported for fraud.

The scammers may have spammed their offer to thousands of people, of whom a few have applied to a job posted on LinkedIn.

I received an exactly same email today.

Dear XXXX,

Thank you for contacting Phelix Travel.

Kindly download and view the attached documents associated with this email for more information about your visa application and requirements, securing a flight ticket for your trip as well as for your hotel reservation.

Please ignore the visa requirement section if your citizenship permits your entry into the United Kingdom without a visa.



Yours truly,
George Banquest,
(Corporate Travel Consultant)
Phelix Travel Limited,
116 Pall Mall, London,
SW1Y 5ED, United Kingdom.
United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 793 741 0277
Fax: +44 793 741 0277
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.phelixtravels.co.uk

and ask for depositing £ 1,517.22 GBP equivalent to ($1, 991.50USD) to a bank account he offers. so feel it's not a normal way to recruiting.

Check this

http://www.shell.com/fraud-and-scam-alert.html

Also, the Phelix Travel guy George Banquest keep persuading me Moneygram the payment to below name. it's a very cheap and old style game here. Just post it for everybody knows.

RECEIVER’S NAME: Elizabeth TRAYNOR
RECEIVER’S ADDRESS: 116 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5ED, UNITED KINGDOM.
BRITISH PASSPORT ID NUMBER: 492007341962


Dear XXXX,

In one of the documents that was sent to you by the management of SHELL titled "Travel Information" in which we were copied it states that "More so, you will be responsible for all your travel expenses made through our affiliated travel agency. These expenses shall then be refunded to you by SHELL OIL & GAS COMPANY, LTD, on arrival".
Kindly fill and send back to us the document attached to my previous email titled "Travel Arrangement Form" to enable us have your personal data and preference for booking your trip as well a complete payment for your pending bookings via MONEYGRAM as advised in my previous email.

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours truly,
George Banquest,
(Corporate Travel Consultant)
Phelix Travel Limited,
116 Pall Mall, London,
SW1Y 5ED, United Kingdom.
United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 793 741 0277
Fax: +44 793 741 0277
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.phelixtravels.co.uk


Phelix TRAVEL LIMITED / COMPANY REG NO 03942197 / VAT NO 174 0277 74

I received an exactly same email today.

Dear XXXX,

Thank you for contacting Phelix Travel.

Kindly download and view the attached documents associated with this email for more information about your visa application and requirements, securing a flight ticket for your trip as well as for your hotel reservation.

Please ignore the visa requirement section if your citizenship permits your entry into the United Kingdom without a visa.



Yours truly,
George Banquest,
(Corporate Travel Consultant)
Phelix Travel Limited,
116 Pall Mall, London,
SW1Y 5ED, United Kingdom.
United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 793 741 0277
Fax: +44 793 741 0277
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.phelixtravels.co.uk

and ask for depositing £ 1,517.22 GBP equivalent to ($1, 991.50USD) to a bank account he offers. so feel it's not a normal way to recruiting.

I received an exactly same email today.

Dear XXXX,

Thank you for contacting Phelix Travel.

Kindly download and view the attached documents associated with this email for more information about your visa application and requirements, securing a flight ticket for your trip as well as for your hotel reservation.

Please ignore the visa requirement section if your citizenship permits your entry into the United Kingdom without a visa.



Yours truly,
George Banquest,
(Corporate Travel Consultant)
Phelix Travel Limited,
116 Pall Mall, London,
SW1Y 5ED, United Kingdom.
United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 793 741 0277
Fax: +44 793 741 0277
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.phelixtravels.co.uk

and ask for depositing £ 1,517.22 GBP equivalent to ($1, 991.50USD) to a bank account he offers. so feel it's not a normal way to recruiting.

phelixtravel.co.uk is dead and phelixtravels.co.uk is in the process of being reported for fraud.