Thomson Cruise Line

I am from Singapore... tell me if this is a scam or not. please!
it sounds too good to be true.

Dear

This is to confirm receipt of your respond to our online interview questions asked in our previous mail to you. Our Human Resource Department in charge of recruitment has found your credentials and answers to our questions satisfactory after due consideration. We wish to congratulate you and use this medium to inform you that you have been offered a job placement for two year in our company, Thomson Cruise Line London. Attached to this mail is our Letter of Employment for the job offered to you. You are expected to sign and forward scanned copies to us if you agree with the terms and conditions.

Note that you are to bear the cost for obtaining your Seaman Certificate and Z-Card from the UK Immigration Office and other supporting immigration documents.The Seaman Certificate and Z-Card is a required certificate to obtain a job in a cruise ship. You need to get the certificate to enable the issuance of your visa and other relevant documents to aid your coming to the United kingdom to resume your duty post. The hotel management will bear the cost of your flight ticket, accommodation,feeding and Resident Permit. You are to forward a scanned copy of your signed Agreement/Contract to the Agency for confirmation that the Thomson Cruise Line, London employed you, so as to enable them proceed further with the processing of your Seaman Certificate and Z-Card Cert. and other supporting Immigration Documents.

You are advised to contact the Agency immediately your contract is signed to enable them process your documents in record time.

Name: Miss Serita Grigore,
London Travel Agency,
The Great Hall, Stockwell Close,
Bromley, br1 3uh, United Kingdom.
Phone: +44-701-299-8727
Email: [email protected]

Note that you are expected to resume your duty post on the 13th of April,2013. Keep me updated with your proceedings.

Regards,
Mr. Rahadi Ahmad
Thomson Cruise Line London
Columbus House,
Westwood Business Park,
Westwood Way,Coventry, U.K.
Phone Number: +447031919908
Email: [email protected]
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Hi ayuniaman, Welcome to Scamwarners. This is a scam. I am really glad you caught onto it before losing any money to the thieves.

The london.com email address is a free email service provided by mail.com. Also the telephone number starting with 44-70 is a redirect number, which means it is not coming from the UK, but is designed to look that way. The person using that number could be anywhere in the world. The email address ending in wss-id.org is another free email service.

Legitimate companies do not use free email addresses and redirect telephone numbers.

Apparently this same scammer has posted several advertisements around the internet. This google search shows results tracing to the same email address: https://www.google.com/search?q=thomsoncruiselinerecruitment%40wss-id.org&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Thanks for posting the information, hopefully it will also help somebody else from becoming a victim.

Also you would not apply to a travel agency in the UK to get a visa for the UK. Nor does the writing look like that of someone educated in the UK. It looks more like that of an African.