HELP! BRITISH TRAVELSS!

Hi All!

I have just received a job offer from Liverpool Bay Oil & Gas Company. Its look like a scam to me. They have forwarded me to brtish-travels.org to process my visa and send money through Western Union!

Please let me know! Looks fake to me but then i went to the company website and mailed to [email protected]. But they said its genuine...Please see the correspondence below!


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Dear xx,

Thanks for your notification.

This is real go ahead and sign forward us a copy and a copy to the British Travels Ltd

Regards
Liverpool Bay Oil & Gas Company
Po Box 105 Liverpool, L3 9LQ
United Kingdom
HR: +44 701 295 8964
E-MAIL: [email protected]

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On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:33 AM, > wrote:
Dear Sir / Madam,

I, xx, had applied for a job of "Diesel Mechanic" online on a job site (Monsterindia.com). I have received a reply form "Engr William" of your company. Please see the coresspondence below. I wish to know whether this is a genuine mail or a fake one because I have doubts myself!

I have also attached the letter of appointment.

Please let me know.

Thanking you.

Yours sincerely,

xx
United Arab Emirates

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Dear xx,

Congratulations over your success!!!

This is an Affirmation that your Experiences and Qualifications where found suitably qualified for the requirements of LIVERPOOL BAY OIL & GAS COMPANY – UK, your CV documents has Already Qualified / permits you to work to LIVERPOOL BAY OIL & GAS COMPANY – UK.

Now, you have to contact the BRITISH TRAVELS LTD for the acquisition of your work/residence permit papers which will empower you to live and work in U.K. also sign the Contract agreement and send to BRITISH TRAVELS LTD.

THE EMIRATES TRAVELS LLP CONTACT DETAILS BELOW:


BRITISH TRAVELS LTD

ATTENTION: JOHN HEMPLEY

CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICER

Tour Operators, Travel Agent

Head office Coningsby Road Unit 1-3, Park PE3 8SB PETERBOROUGH, ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM

TEL/FAX: +44 7012958124

E-MAIL: [email protected]

CC: [email protected], [email protected]

WEBSITE: http://www.british-travels.com


Update us with the process between you and the LIVERPOOL BAY OIL & GAS COMPANY – UK incase of advice where necessary, and ensure you provide them their requirement quick for the fastest process from their office.

Also remember that any Expenses you make on the process of registering your documents shall be refunded back to you immediately you submit your expenses report to us via email. Also be informed that once the process is completed your hard copies will be delivered to any postal address of your choice.

Congratulations!!!

Regards.
ENGR. WILLIAMS BARBER
Chief Recruitment Officer
Liverpool Bay Oil & Gas Company
Po Box 105 Liverpool, L3 9LQ
United Kingdom
HR: +44 701 295 8964
E-MAIL: [email protected]
[email protected]
Website:www.liverpoolbayoil.com
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And this is the mail I received from British Travels!:
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REF: UK VISA/WORK PERMIT PROCESSING REQUIREMENT

Attn: Raghvir Singh,

Dear Client,

With reference to priority instruction received from our client: here in
UK(recruitment agency), Please be informed we have reviewed and
authenticated your documents including the hard copies of your appointment
papers which has been deposited on our desk for onward transmission to
your postal address.

Regards to the conversation with the human resources of your employing
company, based here in UK concerning the processing and issuance of your
working permit/entry visa we confirm further details as follows.

In order to commence processing your working permit/entry visa into UK,
you have to complete the copy of our applicant working / entry visa
registration form (IMM/22). Return as scan e-mail attachment, along with
the below identification documents:

1, COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT.
2, 2 PASSPORTS SIZED PHOTOGRAPH (COLORED OR BLACK.WHITE)
3. COMPLETE VISA FORM AS ATTACHED BELOW.

You have to complete the registration form and send along-with
pre-requisite processing fee as stated below:

A. WORK PERMIT FEE = £155
B. COURIER DISPATCHMENT FEE = £150
C. RESIDENCE PERMIT FEE = £200
D. ENTRY CLEARANCE = £100
E. RELEASE DOCUMENTS= £50

TOTAL: £655

Send above total fee strictly via western union or international money
gram to the attention of the visa-processing attorney:

FIRST NAME: ALAN
LAST NAME: DAVE
LOCATION: LONDON
COUNTRY:UNITED KINGDOM
AMOUNT : £655.00

Candidates who cannot pay through the above options due to country
restrictions should contact us via email for a bank account info.

Once the transfer is completed kindly scan the western union or bank
transfer receipt as evidence of remittance, so that we can proceed
immediately the issuance of your work permit/entry visa within 3 UKworking
days and also secure your job position, accordingly.

Note: in accordance with the contract agreement with your host employer
all expenses incurred in the process of obtaining your visa work and
residence permit shall be refunded back to you once your visa and work
permit has been confirmed.

We will send you by courier service the original work permit/entry visa
and all the hard copy documents via your forwarding address, please
indicate your preferred postal address while reverting with the work
permit requirements.

Thanks in advance for your kind understanding and co-operation as we
whilst immensely for your soonest co-operation.

TRULY YOURS,

MR JOHN HEMPLEY
CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICER
BRITISH TRAVELS LIMITED
TEL/FAX: +44 7012958124
www.british-travels.com
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It's fake. Travel agents do not arrange work visas, do not ask for payment by Western Union, and do not have phone numbers beginning +44-701.

ETA: The whois record of the domain shows obviously that it's fake. It is going to be reported for fraud.

Both the "company" website and the "travel agent website" are a week old, registered using clearly fake details.

What this means is that the scammers are simply playing both fake roles, using one role to convince you the other is real.

Domain Name: LIVERPOOLBAYOIL.COM
Registrar: ONLINENIC, INC.
Whois Server: whois.onlinenic.com
Referral URL: http://www.OnlineNIC.com
Name Server: NS1.EU5.ORG
Name Server: NS2.EU5.ORG
Status: ok
Updated Date: 14-aug-2012
Creation Date: 14-aug-2012
Expiration Date: 14-aug-2013
Registrant:
liver pools [email protected] +1.9500349944 +1.9500349944
liver pools
100 sendin rd
bomaka,bomaka,US 034889

Domain Name: BRITISH-TRAVELS.COM
Registrar: ONLINENIC, INC.
Whois Server: whois.onlinenic.com
Referral URL: http://www.OnlineNIC.com
Name Server: NS1.NAZUKA.NET
Name Server: NS2.NAZUKA.NET
Status: ok
Updated Date: 15-aug-2012
Creation Date: 14-aug-2012
Expiration Date: 14-aug-2013
Administrator:
enuranc iinc [email protected] +1.9480034878 +1.9480034878
enuranc iinc
20 ekenna rd
beneama city,beneama city,US 80999

As the other forum members have indicated the scammer is hoping to steal your money by means of a false non-existant employment opportunity. For future reference, any re-direct phone number beginning with 4470 is a huge warning sign. A better explanation about them can be seen viewtopic.php?f=26&t=13567

Woaah Thanks a lot guyz...I almost got duped into thinking this could be real looking at the company's website!! Thank God I posted this issue here...Something seemed fishy because of the money transfer and british travels site...and so I did! Thanks a lot everyone!

Btw @Dotti, how did you get all that website info?? Is there any way we can look for ourselves??

Yes. Just type "whois british-travels.com" on the command line.

Or you can go to a site like this one: http://centralops.net/co/DomainDossier.aspx and put in the domain name you want to check out. Then just check domain whois record.

But, even if you research on your own and avoid the scam, please do come back and post them here, to alert other potential victims and our site killers, who will work to get the fake sites closed down.

Thanks a lot! I sure will! This is a great website...Thumbs up to all of you!

Yes. Just type "whois british-travels.com" on the command line.

btw which is this command line you say?

It's where you type commands to the computer and it runs them; for instance you type "ping 4.2.2.2" to check if your Internet connection is working at all. To tell you how you get a command line, I'd need to know what operating system you're using, including whether you're using KDE/Gnome/xfce/whatever if you're running Unix.

Ah ok...I use Windows 7... so that means CMD prompt right?

Yes. I don't know much about whois programs for Windows but I'm sure they're out there.

Using the website I listed above will give you the information, without using a command prompt, and regardless of your browser.

Both sites are now dead.