IS this a scam????

Alumni Recruitment <[email protected]>
Dec 18 (2 days ago)

to me
Dear Applicant

We are glad to inform you that after carefully reviewing your CV for the post of a Security guard our company advertised, you have been selected to join our team. There will be 2 days training and induction which will start on the 10th and end on 11th of January 2013 from 10am to 1pm each day at 20 Park Place, St James, London, SW1A 1LS

The 2 days training will be fully paid for and you are expected to come with your original documents;
ü N.I number
ü Confidential Application Form (print out)
ü Bank/Building Society/Local Post Office details (for your wages)
ü Passport /Birth Certificate/ID card (showing your right to work in the UK)
ü It is preferred that you already hold an SIA licence though this is not essential as full training will be given

The pay rate for your position will be £10.95 an hour, your shift pattern will be 9 hours a day monday to friday, there is morning shift ( 8am-5pm) and night shift (9pm- 6am) and you will be paid every fortnight (two weeks). The company will issue you a uniform on the induction/training day and you will be allocated the office site to work with other of our staff around London.

Please e-mail us back the following, on or before the 28th of December 2012;
ü Your uniform size (i.e. Shirt, Trousers and Suit Jacket)
ü The mode of payment for your CRB check (Ukash Voucher)
ü Scan and email us your (Ukash Voucher) for our record purpose

As a result of recent Government changes to the vetting and barring scheme (VBS) the cost of Enhanced CRB check is £50. Due to insurance purposes and our client’s policy we cannot accept CRB done outside the company.

The Ukash is a new safe and secure payment method that we use for effective payment for CRB fees. You can buy this Ukash in any Newsagent Shops and Off Licence Top Up Shops with a Paypoint, Payzone or epay services can issue you a Ukash voucher for £50. The Ukash voucher 19 digits numbers is what we require you to email us back for your CRB payment fees and also to ensure that your job placement is still effective. The CRB fees will only be refunded on your next wages if the report comes back satisfactory. The company will delist your name from the job placement list if we do not receive your uniform sizes and the Ukash voucher numbers.

The deadline for the submission by email of your uniform sizes and £50 Ukash voucher numbers for your CRB fees will be on the 28th of December 2012, no work placement will be offered without any of the above and you will not be eligible to come in for the two days training and induction. We are extremely very busy this period and may not be able to respond to your enquiries. We will give you any more information needed on the training/induction day and we are glad to welcome you to our company. Attached is a confidential application form, please print, fill in all relevant sections and bring it with you on the day of induction/training.


Hannah Jones
Recruitment Dept

It's a scam, and one we have seen many times over the past few months. The job itself changes, and the training dates and location change, but the rest is the same. Here is one of many other posts about the same scam: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=32769&start=15

The scammers are after the ukash voucher, which is the equivalent to cash.

If you showed up for the "training" you would find that there was nobody at the location with any idea of what you were there for, because the scammers will be nowhere near the place.

Unless you hold a licence you can't get a job in the UK as a security guard and unless the operator has a licence, he can't give you the job. He would mention it in his e-mail. They also have to perform various checks.

I won't provide further detail or a scammer will read it and improve their scam mail.