employment scams

My name is Violetty from ROMANIA an I want to post here some of the scams I received from jobs search sites in order to warn other people:

Thanks for your response and your willingness to travel and work here at The Langham, London and the hotel management have considered hiring you for your services.

This is an Affirmation that your experiences and qualifications were found suitably qualified for the requirements of The Langham, London and the document attached to this email embodies our Job Offer Contract Letter of the job you are about to be offered and you are expected to read the letter carefully before further procedures.

You are then hereby to send back to us as an email attachment, the last page of the signed letter and also to the Immigration Office whom will be in charge to furnish you with more details regarding the preparation of your traveling documentations you might need before your arrival here in the UK.

Immigration Office contact details;

Contact Person: Carolyn Spencer
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 70 3182 2588

For more information please do not hesitate to write back to us.

Best Regards,




Alexandra Facey
Manager, Human Resources



The Langham, London
1C Portland Place Regent Street
London
W1B 1JA
United Kingdom

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 70 3183 0503

As per the result of the screening, we are to announce to you that you have been successfully been accepted as one of the chosen international applicants at Scotiabank.

The hard copies of the contract documents has been dispatched to our nominated travel company, because they are in charge of all the issuance of Work Permit and Flight ticket to our chosen applicants.

Kindly contact WINST Travel according to their contact information as stated in the contract, you should have to indicate the following (ID# 0223), as to enable them to give you an immediate attention.

Note: 1. Your contract is valid for 12 months, a final confirmation and endorsement of your contract shall be made upon the confirmation of the Prototype copy of your work permit and flight ticket.

Note: 2. You have to make sure that you secure your traveling documents and flight ticket within 1 week of confirming Soft copies of contract / offer documents.

Congratulations, we hope to confirm and endorse your contract documents within the next 1 week, you should secure your traveling documents and flight ticket within 1 week, all the expenses which you are going to make during the processing of your traveling documents and flight ticket with our nominated travel company shall be fully reimburse upon your arrival.

Find attached below, the Contract Terms and Agreement, It is required that you go through the Contract Terms and Agreement and if it's okay by you, sign and return to us with copies of your academic records.

Yours sincerely,


James Burnett
Graduate Development & Recruitment Coordinator
Human Resources
5000 Estate Enighed
St John, VI 00830 USA
Tel:- (877) 374-0002 ext. 368
E: [email protected]
W: http://www.scotiabank.com

We have received your response to our questions sent to you in our previous email addressed to you. The management of the Landmark London Hotel found your answers satisfactory. You have shown us that you are competent and capable of delivery quality service here at the Landmark London Hotel.

The management of Landmark London Hotel will like to use this medium to inform you that you have been accepted and offered a job placement here at the Landmark London Hotel. We are acknowledging you as our latest worker. The management believe that you carry out your duties industriously.

This is an Affirmation that your experiences and qualifications were found suitably qualified for the requirements of Landmark London Hotel.This document attached embodies the Agreement Letter of the job that is been offered to you. You are expected to sign and send back scanned copy to us if you agree with the terms and conditions.

Note that you are to bear some of your travel documents processing expenses upfront to prove your seriousness and commitment to work with our reputable organization. You are to bear the cost for obtaining your Foreign Affairs certification and Work Permit/Resident Permit. While the hotel management will bear the cost of processing your Visa and flight ticket. When your travel documents are ready, we shall proceed with the securing of your accommodation here in London at the company's Staff Quarters. We must have confirmed your visa, your seriousness and willingness to join our team here in London.


Faithfully,
David Jones
Human Resources Manager
Landmark London Hotel

Sheraton Park Lane Hotel
Piccadilly London W1J 7BX
United Kingdom
+447031894668
Email: [email protected]

Dear Applicant,

We received your application regarding a job placement here at the
Sheraton Park Lane Hotel. After going through your CV/RESUME, the
Hotel Management have considered hiring you for your service. Attached
herewith is an Interview Form containing some questions which the
management would like you to answer.

As soon as we receive your response to our questions we will furnish
you with more details as regards your job application. I want to also
inform you that the Hotel Management will fully support you as regards
the procurement of visa and all other supporting documents that would
be required for you to proceed to the United Kingdom.

For more information please do not hesitate to send me an E-mail on
[email protected] or call +447031894668.

Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Martins Bauer's
Sheraton Park Lane Hotel

From LORENA H. MICHAEL
Last job - Why did you leave your last job and how long were you there for?

Qualifications - What qualifications, if any, do you have?

Criminal Convictions Certificate - Do you have a Criminal Convictions Certificate? (Police check)

Experience - Do you have experience with children the same age as mine?

Activities - What activities and projects will you do with my children? What arts and crafts do you plan? Are your favourite activities free or expensive?

Smoker - Are you a smoker, and if so will you only smoke off duty?

Swimming - Do you swim and will you be taking my children swimming?

Hobbies - What are your hobbies and do you play any musical instruments?

Stay - How long do you usually stay in posts and are you looking for a long or short-term position?

Discipline - What methods of discipline do you use and would you ever smack?

Live-in post - Have you ever worked as a live-in nanny before? Do you think you might be homesick?

Cooking - Can you cook some simple children's meals? Are you a vegetarian or other?

Duties - I may want you to do ironing for the children, get some food shopping and so on. Would this be OK with you?

T&M Technical Textiles Limited .
208 Hanover Street,
Mayfair, London W1S 1YH.
United Kingdom
Tel: +447031862446
[email protected]


T&M Technical Textiles Limited . Introduce a position of the Data Entry Clark (Representative) for the payment from the customers and other financial means. We need a book-keeper in the EUROPE such as PORTUGAL, GERMANY, SPAIN , POLAND AND Cyprus , so we want to know if you will like to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving or it affecting your present job.

The company deals in the sale of Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Lutyens and Rennie Mackintosh, and are ideally suited to most forms of upholstered furniture, antique, classical and contemporary design exhibition.

T&M Technical Textiles Limited . has established an enviable reputation for manufacturing tradition of horsehair weaving and we have clients we supply weekly in the PORTUGAL, GERMANY, SPAIN , POLAND AND Cyprus . We have been receiving orders from PORTUGAL, GERMANY, SPAIN , POLAND AND Cyprus in which we have not been able to process competently .

Since we do not have a payment receiving personnel in all the countries we listed. We have decided to recruit payment officers online hence we will be needing a Representative/Bookkeeper to process our payments in the countries listed . due to delays in processing payments from all this countries to us in the Unted State Of America or to any where we have branches in the world . Get back to us for more infomations .

WHAT WE OFFER: Two hours/day at your choice, daytime or evening time. WORK AT HOME: Checking e-mail and going to the bank Part time or full time. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS: No selling involved, no kit to buy,we won't charge you anything. MONTHLY SALARY: Minimum of EUR400 every week to a total of EUR1600 per month AND also the total amount you make in a month depends on how often you receive payments from out Clients,which can be twice a week or more,and also pay you Euros2 per day for checking your email.

COMMISSION: 10% of every money order/check that is cashed instantly"cash in hand"or "cash on counter" is what you get from the total cashed amount. MORE EXPLANATION ABOUT THE JOB: If you receive a check of €4,000.00 from our clients or costumers in the Europe ,you would cash the check or travelers check in your bank or cashing point and then take 10% which is €400,from it and then send the rest of the funds from it to anywhere in the world where the company delegates would be at that time.

OTHER FEES: All the cost for the transfer of the money to any location in the world where the R&M Technical Textiles Limited delegate would be,shall also be deducted from the total funds left with you after you have deducted your Commission which is 10% of any amount you cash and then you send the remainder of the funds as you shall be instructed.

IMPORTANT: You must be over 30years of age, and also have a CITIZENSHIP of Europe AND ALSO WE WELCOME OTHER CITIZENSHIP OUTSIDE LISTED COUNTRIES ABOVE,SO FAR YOU HAVE A WAY TO GET THE FUNDS CASHED FOR US AND ALSO YOU STAY FULL TIME IN Europe . If you meet these conditions please contact us back via E-mail at ( [email protected] ) to receive a Representative Contract agreement and make sure you fill the form below ;-

FIRST NAME .....................
SURNAME..................
ADDRESS.................
CITY ...........
STATE....................
ZIP CODE............
COUNTRY................
PHONE NUMBER (S) ........................
GENDER.............
MARITAL STATUS........
DRIVERS LICENSE ID....................................
PASSPORT ID ..................................
AGE..........
NATIONALITY..............

Note: We will never ask you for anything more than that which we have stated above. No bank names, No bank account number, routing number,credit card, passwords etc. If anyone asks for those on our behalf please do not give out this info.This is to ensure your security and non involvement in cases of Identity theft.
Thanks.
Gerald Joines .

So,don't send them money. One of them used my personal mobile phone . Verify,please on Google every name and address adding the word "scam"
All the best to everybody

Welcome to ScamWarners violetty and thank you for posting these warnings. They certainly will help other people.

The telephone number alone tells the story that it is a scam. 44 70 xxxx xxxxx xx

Hello to all!

Please help if this is also a scam..thanks! The following emails had been exchanged:


_______________________________________________________________________
We appreciate your interest in working with us and we have open an
application file with reference number 0020/UK/SEPT/OCT/4084 We have
gone through your CV and We found the post of Counseling Officer for
you with salary amount of 3,500 GB Pounds per month.The destination is
London.

Benefit:
The company will provide free accommodation ,Flight Ticket and many
more benefit you will see in your

Appointment Letter.

Working Schedule:Working Days & time: Monday to Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00PM (GMT)

Saturday & Sunday: Off Day

Shift Time: Three daily shifts, Morning, Afternoon and Night.

Contract Period: 2 Years contract and it can be extended if only you
wish to remain with our company

As a notice of acceptance of job offer , we shall send you appointment
and invitation letter for you to sign and return the sign copy back to
us for record purpose . so therefore kindly let us know if you are
satisfy with the salary rate above in order for us to proceed further.

We await to hear from you asap.

Regards

Mr David Bauer
_______________________________________________________________

P

Follow-up emails from the same Mr. David Bauer:


_________________________________________________________________________
We want to use this opportunity in congratulating you in advance for
accepting to join our company and how soon do you want to come or can
you make it down here within the next two week as we are urgently in
need of you to arrive here as soon as possible .If you know it is
possible for you to arrive here within the next two weeks , kindly
re-confirm the following details for the processing of your
appointment and invitation letter.


*Full Name:
*Contact Address
*Passport Photo Page:
*Date of Birth :
*Phone Number

Kindly provide us the details listed above for us to proceed further
and kindly keep record of your application reference number and we
hope you are not attached to any company presently so that you will
focus on your job application as we are highly in need of you to
arrive here soon, if not kindly let us know now before you sign any
contract agreement with us.If yes we suggest that you start writing
your resignation now to whom ever you are working for, so that you can
pay more attention to your newly job ,if only you are really serious
about this job offer..

We await your immediate response to this mail

Regards

Mr David Bauer

There's more: Please help...but thank God that I haven't been asked yet to pay anything.

_____________________________________________________________________________________
Attached is the appointment letter , you are to carefully go through
this appointment letter and make sure you have a thorough
understanding of the terms and conditions contained therein because
your signing it.This translates to your acceptance of the terms and
condition contained therein and they will be binding on you throughout
your contract with us.You are to sign the appointment letter by
printing out only the last page of the appointment document, then fill
the appropriate spaces provided and send back to us via email for
record purpose.

Since you are convince ud that you are ready to work with us and let
us know if you can arrive here within 4 week from now.We don't need
to delay much time as your service is highly needed so therefore after
receiving the Sign appointment letter , we shall proceed with the
preparation of your traveling document. We hope that by this time next
week..You will be making preparation to depart if you follow our
instruction carefully.

Congratulations on your success

Regards

Mr Bauer

It reads like a "textbook" scam. What is the email address you received this from?

Thanks for the reply.

<[email protected]>

and below is the signed contract sent to me.

Management
David Bauer
Recruituing Department
+447045756678

thanks...please help.

It's a scam.

The English tells me that the person writing to you is African, not from UK. As Bubbles said, it reads like a textbook scam, meaning it follows the exact same course and story as dozens of other scams. In fact, you can see the scam letter here, used 6 months ago--the scammer just changed the details but used the same base letter.
http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=15957

The phone number alone is enough to tell us it is a scam. Phone numbers starting with 44-70 are free redirect phone numbers that can be forwarded to phones anywhere in the world. They are used by scammers who are pretending to be located in UK when they are not. In reality, calls to that number are being forwarded to the scammer's true location in Africa or Malaysia.

You can see more information about 44-70 numbers here: http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16485

Please drop all contact with this scammer immediately. Ignore any future attempts to contact you.