Private Yacht Crew Wanted

Hello everyone, I have received many au-pair scams before, but this is my first employment scam ( YAY.)
Or at least I think it's a scam.

Hello i am Mrs Thelma Perry, i live in Cray don, London United Kingdom. I am an agent to Captain Zack Jenkins, a Yacht-charter who's Looking for a serious hardworking someone that is Capable of working along side with him on the High sea assistance here in London Uk.

SALARY AND ADVANTAGES:

The salary is good as of the Working with the Yacht-charter(Captain Zack Jenkins) inside a ship on the high sea. The salary he would pay is 1300 Pounds upwards Every 23 days and a free pocket money of 120 Pounds every weekend.

There is free Accommodation, Low Tax Payment, No salary deduction. NOTE: Please take note that Captain Zack Jenkins will be in order to shoulder for your flight ticket as Long as you are ready to work and to travel down to United Kingdom. There would be a special support.

Please its not a must if you are interested in Working with him either as a chief stewards, hotel manager, deckhand and so on please just indicate. Send me a mail to [email protected] and let me know.

Thelma

Email came from [email protected].

It would be a nice job, but I am always getting sea sick anyway...

Hi Scanna,
thanks for posting - I think your intuition is correct. This has definite signs of scam to me. The wording is very strange and strikes me as similar in style to some of the other kinds of employment scams we see here, and there's something funny about the names and email addresses they are using.
I would not be at all surprised if they try to collect a fee from people who are interested in the jobs, and don't really have any jobs at all to offer.

Hi Gus, thank you for your answer. I will try to talk to them and see what they are up to. I will post everything in here, of course.

Happy scam hunting!

Here is some more information - it is definitely a fraudulent offer.

Message #1 has some very characteristic aspects of fraudulent job offers, especially note that they are offering just about any kind of job you can think of -- trying to draw in as many people as possible. The tell-tale sign is in the travel processing, this is where they are likely to charge a fee.

I am Captain Zack Jenkins the owner of a Private Yacht and Boats company in the United Kingdom, I have about 7-8 ships and I need some crews to manage them for me either experienced or those who are dreaming of sailing the world to find the experience of a lifetime. I have sailors to train them. I need workers to come work and live with me here in UK. I will be paying them a reasonable salary depending on the work they wish to do in the ship because there are so many work duty in the ship such as chief stewards, hotel manager, deckhand and so on, they need to indicate what field they would like to work as even if its not listed above. I will like you to direct them to me if truly they are really interested in taking good care of my ships even trying to learn how to use the ship and making it a lifetime opportunity. i will pay you 2000 pounds every 23 day of the month.

BENEFITS:
* The company will be paying your traveling ticket fees to the United Kingdom
* Will be assisted in the traveling processing which will be more faster.
* You will be paid 2000 pounds upwards Every 23 day of the month and weekly bonus of 120pounds.
* Free accommodation for all workers

You are kindly welcomed by getting back to me if you will like to work, manage and take good care of my ship.

Captain Zack Jenkins
Private Yacht and Boats

Message #2 is where we can be absolutely sure this is a scam:

Here is more details about the yacht
Owner: Yacht Charters by Sailing Vacations
Address: 415 Magnolia, Ste 216
Town:London
State: Mercy side
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: [email protected]
Country of Listing: Antigua
Type: Charter
LOA: 52 feet
Year Built: 1985
Speed: 8 knots
Fuel Consumption: liters/hr
Sleeps: 4 guests + 2 crew
crew: 2
BOAT PLAN:
Master cabin (double bed)
Ensuite shower & toilet
Port side cabin (two single bunks)
Starboard cabin (two single bunks)
Forward cabin (two single bunks & en suite toilet)
Shower & wc
Galley
Saloon area
Saloon/dining area
Aft lounge area
On deck recreation area
Fly deck

[I snipped some extra information here -- Gus]

Captain Zack Jenkins
Private Yacht and Boats

How can I be sure this is a scam? The answer is that I found the original website they copied their description from: http://www.sailingpoint.com/donsailing/ ... 1985ch.htm

It is also a very tiny boat (4 passengers, 2 crew) compared to the wide range of jobs they are supposedly offering.