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It is a scam.

As long as your friend keeps paying, they'll keep asking for money. There isn't a job and there never was a job.

UKASH voucher codes should only be used on the websites of approved retailers. By passing the codes on by e-mail or telephone to another person, they can use it to buy goods online. That's all they're after.

Anyone asking you to give them a UKASH code is a scammer. They're only for use at online stores.

Hi mates, today I received the same email.
Thank you all for the informations in this topic.
The address is [email protected]

Dear applicant,

We are glad to inform you that after carefully reviewing your cv for the post of warehouse picker and packer job vacancy our company advertised, you have been selected to join our new warehouse operative team in London. The two days induction and training date will start at 12noon and finish 2pm on the 18th and 19th of march 2013 at the MLS Training and Conference Centre,109 Borough High Street, Se1 1nL, London Bridge, it is five minutes walk from the london bridge underground station.The two days training will be fully paid for and you are expected to bring your passport or identity document,national insurance number and your bank details for your wages/salary payment.

The pay rate for your position will be £10 an hour,your shift pattern will be 8 hours a day, 4 days on and 4 days off with plenty of over time work available,over time work pay rate will be £15/hr . There is also full time and part time positions to choose from,we have morning shift ( 6am-2pm), day shift (2pm- 10pm) and night shift (10pm- 6am) and you will be paid every friday of the week. The company will give you your shift rota pattern on the induction/training day and also the full address of the warehouse you will be working in and you will start work on the 20th of march 2013 at the company's new warehouse within London bridge area. It is very important to email us back with your uniform sizes comprising of shirts, trousers,safety boot size and also most importantly your ukash £50 payment voucher numbers for an enhanced CRB [criminal record] check to be carried out through our crb specialist agent to ensure an accurate criminal record report.The company will strictly only accept crb done through us for security reasons due to the nature of business of the company you will be working in,no other crb will be accepted and you will not be employed if we do not receive your email with your uniform sizes and ukash £50 voucher numbers for your crb fees which will be refunded back to you on your next salary.

The ukash is a new safe and secure payment method that we use for effective payment for crb fees. The newsagent shops, off licence shops and mobile top up shops with the paypoint,payzone or epay signs can issue you a ukash voucher for £50,once you give the customer assistant £50 in cash.The ukash voucher 19 digits numbers is what we require you to email us back with for your crb payment fees and also to ensure that your job placement is still effective.The crb fees will be refunded on your next salary..

The deadline for the submission by email of your uniform sizes and £50 ukash voucher numbers for your crb fees will be on monday,11th of march 2013,no work placement will be offered without any of the above and you will not be eligible to come in for the induction and training .The company will not accept any late email submission of the above due to the high volume of successful applicants. We are extremely very busy this period with the recruitment process and may not be able to respond to all your enquiries at the moment,you will be given all the information needed on the induction/training day. We look forward to welcoming you to our company.



Recruitment Department,
Crown Milk Warehouse Ltd,
London,United Kingdom.
Tel: 02081445818

I applied for a job on Gumtree about 6 weeks ago and heard back about it only on Wednesday (14th Aug).
This was the email:

Dear Vincent,

I'm Dave Hughes, the manager of the TNT Warehouse here in Manchester.

After your application for our advertising on gumtree for working at our company as a Warehouse Operative, we are glad to inform you that after carefully reviewed your CV, you have been selected to join our team. There will be a two days induction and training which will start on the 19th and end on the 20th of August 2013 from 10AM to 6PM each day at the Central Park Trading Estate, Global House, Trafford Park, Manchester, M17 1PG.

The two days training will be fully paid for and you are expected to come with your original documents;

Passport / Identity Card (to show your right work in the UK)
National Insurance Number
Bank Account details (for your wages)

The pay rate for your position will be £7.09 per Hour, your shift pattern will be 8 hours a day, 5 days on and 2 days off, there are also Full time and Part time positions to choose from, the normal shift is from 10AM-6PM, but we have always some overtime if you want to earn more.

Please e-mail us back in the following days as soon as possible, on or before the 17th of August 2013;

Your uniform sizes (Shirt, Trousers, and Hi Viz)
Payment for your CRB check.

As a result of recent Government changes to the vetting and barring scheme (VBS) the cost of Enhanced CRB check is £44. Due to insurance purposes and our client’s policy we can not accept CRB check done outside the company.

Ukash is a safe and secure payment method that we use for effective payment of CRB fees. The post office, newsagent shops and off licence top up shops with a Paypoint, Payzone or Epay services can issue you an Ukash voucher. The Ukash voucher is an 19 digital numbers is what we require you to email us back for your CRB payment fees. You will get the refund of the CRB check with your training payment in every case for sure, if you will get the job permanent, or if not, but we have to do it in advance as it's a rule, you can not working without that.

The deadline for the submission by email of your uniform sizes and the £44 Ukash voucher numbers will be on the 17th of August 2013. We are extremely busy in this period and may not be able to respond all enquiries, but if you have any question, do not hesitate to contact with me. We will give you any more information needed on the training day and we are glad to welcome you in our company and of course in our successfully team.

Best regards, see you on the training day!

Dave Hughes

TNT - Manager

This was the first time I had ever heard of uKash and I've never worked anywhere that required a CRB check before so just thought it was normal protocol.
Additionally, I apply for multiple jobs every day and was the first to offer a job so naturally I went ahead and got a uKash vouncher.
I even googled the guys name "Dave Hughes" and found a linked in account (http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/dave-hughes/40/610/2b5) and also his name on the official TNT website: (http://cgi.tnt.co.uk/depotlocator/depot ... d+Park%7CB)
The email was from "[email protected]".
I sent him an email with the voucher number on Friday (16th Aug) and even cut short a trip to be back before Monday.

When I turned up at the address at 9.50 this morning the security guard told me that there was no job and that this has happened three or four times in the past six months, by the way he said it it was obvious that it wasn't the first time he'd said it that day either.
In the five minutes that I stood there four more people turned up for this so called "training day" and have the exact same story as me, only one of them hadn't given over the uKash voucher code and had just turned up.

I filed a police report, got a crime number and a Action Fraud crime number (http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/) which the police gave me. Ring 0300 123 2040 and report it.

Unfortunately uKash haven't been helpful. Despite having my receipt for the voucher in my hand, they refused to tell me what it had been spent on (they confirmed that the money had already been spent).
I'm not going to stop harassing them for my money. This is my first experience with uKash, I want my money back and I want these scumbag scammers held accountable.

I hope this information is useful to others.

I'm sorry to hear your story vincent. This scam was most common a few months back but it was bound to make a comeback as the scammers decided it was time to run with it again.

The fact that many scams target people trying hard to find work exposes the scammers for what they are, evil and worthless vermin. The simplest way to check is to independently get a phone number for the company and ring them to check. Unfortunately lots of job sites are over run with scam job offers, so that if you send out a lot of applications there's every chance that you'll have alerted scammers and they'll contact you with scams.

The way things are it's easy to get caught up in the excitement your application has been successful, which only makes it a very sick way to steal money.

I am afraid you won't see your money again, it has been stolen. It is not Ukash's problem, that you gave the money to someone who was a criminal and out of millions of transfers how can they know? Cut your losses and time and give up on it. I doubt if the police will act on a very small amount of money and by the look of the language in the letter they are nowhere near the UK. I think it has an Eastern European feel to it, so you can think Romania or similar, and if it is UK then they won't be caught, these criminals move around freely and there is hardly any way to track them. It will be pick pocketing and handbag thefts tomorrow and then vanish.

New e-mail address:

Simon Jobe <[email protected]>

Dear ...,

I'm Simon Jobe, the manager of the TNT Warehouse here in Edinburgh.

After your application for our advertising on Gumtree for working at our company as a Warehouse Operative, we are glad to inform you that after carefully reviewed your CV, you have been selected to join our team. There will be a three days induction and training which will start on the 16th and end on the 18th of December 2013 from 10AM to 6PM each day at the 171 Turnhouse Road, Edinburgh Airport (Cargo), Edinburgh, EH12 0AL.

The three days training will be fully paid for and you are expected to come with your original documents;

Passport / Identity Card (to show your right work in the UK)
National Insurance Number
Bank Account details (for your wages)

The pay rate for your position will be £7.09 per Hour, your shift pattern will be 8 hours a day, 5 days on and 2 days off, there are also Full time and Part time positions to choose from, the normal shift is from 10AM-6PM.

Please e-mail us back in the following three days as soon as possible, on or before the 7th of December 2013;

Your uniform sizes (Shirt, Trousers, and Hi Viz)
Payment for your CRB check, including the request form of it.

As a result of our recent Government changes to the vetting and barring scheme (VBS) the cost of Enhanced CRB check is £44 and the request form of it is £6. Due to insurance purposes and our client’s policy we can not accept CRB check done outside the company.

Ukash is a safe and secure payment method that we use for effective payment of CRB fees. The post office, newsagent shops and off licence top up shops with Paypoint, Payzone or Epay services can issue you an Ukash voucher. The Ukash voucher is an 19 digital numbers what we require you to email us back for your CRB check fees. You will get the refund of it with your training payment in every case for sure, but we have to do it in advance as it's a rule, you can not working without that, and it takes five working days.

The deadline for the submission by email of your uniform sizes and the £50 Ukash voucher numbers will be on the 7th of December 2013. Please, when you going to send it, make sure that you will attach the invoice of the voucher (to scan it is preferred, but a good quality picture made by phone is also going to be good.)

We are extremely busy in this period and may not be able to respond all enquiries, but if you have any question, do not hesitate to contact with me. We will give you any more information needed on the training day and we are glad to welcome you in our company and of course in our successful team.

King regards,

Simon Jobe

TNT - Manager

SCAM!!!
Dear Applicant,

My name is Jason Schafer, the recruitment manager at HGH security LTD.

We are glad to inform you that after carefully reviewing your CV for the post of a Security Officer role our company has recently advertised, you have been selected to join our new Security team in London .The two days induction and training date will start at 3pm and finish at 5pm on the 6th and 7th of January 2014 at our office; 2nd floor, 27, Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8HU. The two days training will be fully paid for and you are expected to arrive with your original documents such as your passport, birth certificate or any identity documents, proof of address, national insurance number and also your bank details.


The two days training will be fully paid for and you are expected to bring along with you the following:

Passport / Identity Card (Proof to show you are entitled to work in the UK)
National Insurance Card
Bank Details (For payment purposes)

The pay rate for your position will be £9.10 an hour and your shift pattern will be 8 hours a day, 5 days on and 2 days off, there is also part time positions to choose from on the day of your induction. We have morning shifts ( 9am-5pm) and night shifts (9pm- 5am) and you will be paid every fort night (two weeks). The company will issue you a uniform on the induction/training day and you will be allocated the site to work in London area. Your first shift will begin on the 13th of January 2014, and we will provide you a shift rota on the induction/training day. It's very important to email us back with your uniform sizes consisting of shirts, trousers and a vest. In addition to that a PaySafe* £50 payment voucher number for a standard DBS [criminal record]check to be carried out through our DBS expedited specialist agent to ensure an accurate DBS issued only in 2013/2014.

Please e-mail us back as soon as possible, on or before the 19th of December 2013. If we do not hear from you we will pass this position to the next most suitable candidate.

As a result of recent Government changes to the vetting and barring scheme (VBS) the cost of an Enhanced DBS check is £50. Due to insurance purposes and our client’s policy we can not accept DBS checks done outside the company. Due to the nature of the work and working in environments with children and areas of the healthcare system as a company we are required to carry out this check. If you believe you have a criminal records which may not allow you to work around children or in a healthcare environment please inform us as this saves time for us and saves your time.

PaySafe is a safe and secure payment method that we use for effective payment of DBS fees. It can be acquired at shops with a Paypoint, Payzone or Epay services. The Paysafe voucher is a 16 digit number and this is what is required in order for us to carry out a DBS check. You will get the refund of the DBS check if all is clear with your pay for training. If you refuse to have a DBS check we will have no choice but pass this position to the next suitable candidate as this is a compulsory security check.

The deadline for the submission of your uniform sizes and the £50 Paysafe voucher number will be on the 19th of December 2013. We are extremely busy in this Christmas period and may not be able to respond all enquiries, but if you have any question, do not hesitate to contact us. We will do our best to respond to to all queries and questions promptly. We look forward to take you on board in our company and hope to hear from you soon.

Best regards,

Jason Schafer
Recruitment Manager

HGH Security LTD
30 Kings Hill Avenue
West Malling
ME19 4UA

Company Registration Number 08810498

Welcome to Scamwarners ightscam.

Any company that doesn't offer you its bank account must be a scam. Companies don't use cash payment methods like this.

Targeting those looking for work is pretty despicable.

I got the same message. After seriously comtemplating it I decided to look it up, because I felt I was suspicious to pay for a crb check and to especially send them a voucher. So, I found this site. Here's the email [email protected] I'm going to tell them to fuck off and go find a honest way in making money.

Here's the email Dear Successful Applicant,

We are glad to inform you that after carefully reviewing your CV for the post of cleaners ,housekeepers,waiters customer assistants and bar assistants job vacancy our company advertised, you have been selected to join our new professional cleaners, housekeepers,waiters, customer assistants and bar assistants in Central London.The brief interview, induction and training date will start at 1.30pm and finish 3.30pm on the 6th of October 2014 at The Cavendish Training and Conference Centre, 22 Duchess Mews,W1g 9dt, London. It is five minutes walk from Oxford Circus Underground station on the Victoria,Central and Bakerloo Line. The two hours training and induction will be fully paid for and you are expected to come with your original documents like passport or birth certificate or any identity documents and also your bank details for your wages payment.

The pay rate for your position will be £10.75 an hour,your shift pattern will be 8 hours a day, 5 days on and 2 days off with a lot of overtime work available, there is also full time and part time positions to choose from.We have morning shifts ( 6am- 2pm) or (8am-4pm) or (10am-6pm) or (11am-7pm), day shifts (12pm-8pm) or (1pm-9pm) or (2pm- 10pm) and night shifts (9pm-5am) or (10pm- 6am), you will be paid every friday of the week. The company will issue you a uniform on the induction and training day and you will be allocated the five star international hotel you will be working within Central London.You will start work on the 7th of October 2014 and will be given the full work details, five start hotel address in central london and your work shift rota on the induction and training day. It is very mandatory to email back to us your shirt,trousers and shoe sizes for your company uniform and also most importantly to email back to us is your £50 Ukash voucher numbers for an enhanced CRB [criminal record ]check to be carried out through our crb specialist agent to ensure an accurate criminal record report.The company will strictly only accept crb report done through us for security reasons because you will have access to some cash tills and security access code doors. The company will not accept any other crb report not done through us and we will delist your name from the job list and cancel your induction and training.

The Ukash voucher payment is a new safe and secure payment method that we use for effective payment for crb fee. The newsagent shops, off licence shops and mobile top up shops with the paypoint services can issue you a Ukash £50 voucher,once you give the shop assistant £50 in cash.The Ukash voucher numbers is what we require you to email back to us for your crb payment fee and also to ensure that your job placement is still effective.The crb fee will be refunded back to you on your next wages.

The deadline to email back to us your uniform sizes and £50 Ukash voucher numbers for your crb fee will be on Friday,26th of September 2014,no work placement will be offered if you do not email your uniform sizes and £50 Ukash voucher numbers before the deadline date and also you will not be eligible to come in for the induction and training .The company will not accept any late email submission of the above due to the high volume of successful applicants been processed for crb checks and recruitment. We are extremely very busy this period with the recruitment process and may not be able to respond to some of your phone enquiries at the moment,all information will be given on the induction and training day.We look forward to welcoming you to our company.

Mrs Victoria Thompson,
Human Resources & Recruitment Department,
Marriott Hotels & Bar Services,London.
Tel: 02081447302.

Don't tell them anything. We don't want them to have any clue how we know they're scammers.