uk employment offer

Hello, i got this email from a company that stats that it has vacancy and i got there email through an employment site, but when i got this email and checked the ATTORNEY name and the owners name they both showed weird and some showed they are scams and when i traced the IP of where the email was sent it was in US and where they say its in UK and also the street adress i found there was couple of people here stating in there blogs or forums with the same adress.
so can any body help me and tell me is it a scam or no ?
sorry for talking alot.
thanks

underneath is the email i got:


We wish to inform you that after alot of deliberations, we have decided to employ you. I am attaching herewith a Contract/Invitation Letter for you to go through. If you accept, you would have to sign and date at the bottom and send a scanned copy to me via e mail as attachment.

Also regarding the procurement of your travelling papers, we have contacted your embassy here in UK and also the UK Border Office to ask them for guidelines for your travelling papers procurement and they have informed what they need from A & W Restaurant your HOST for the procurement of your travelling papers and also what they need from you as the EMPLOYEE. What they need from us, we will arrange it and send it to them so that they can commence the procurement of your travelling papers. For you, they requested that you should provide your International Work Scheme Card to confirm that you are eligible to work in UK and ofcourse i know that you do not have such document been that you have not worked in UK before.So for the vital document needed from your side, we have enquired and found out that it can be gained from the Ministry of Works here in UK and i have also contacted them so they directed me to the below Attorney whom they said will help you secure the document from the Ministry of Work.Also they said that the documents will play a vital role in the process of your travelling papers procurement as without it, they will not accept us procure your travelling papers. So what you have to do if you accepts the offer is to contact this attorney with this below information so that she will help you procure this vital documents and bear in mind that the procurement of this papers and it cost is on you as that is only what we need from you which as soon as we receive the document from you, we will forge ahead on the procurement of all your travelling papers Flight ticket/Visa/Work Permit/e.t.c. as that entirely in on us and certainly is will cost huge amount of money. Note that whatever the International Work Scheme Card cost you, we will reimburse it back to you when you arrive here as we really need you to do it now yourself so as to full confirm you Zeal and Seriousness in coming to work with us.

THE ATTORNEY TO CONTACT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WORK SCHEME CARD.

Name: Barrister Webster S. Alexander (Esq)
Designation: Ministry of Works Senior Attorney.
E-mail: [email protected]

So regarding this matter, you are advised to contact her immediately you receive this email with the signed contract letter and we will also be going to her office as soon as possible to do what is required from our side. Send her an email with a copy of the signed contract letter and she will get back to you with the needed requirements for the procurement of this vital paper (International Work Scheme Card) and also bear in mind that we will be taking care of all of your travelling papers expenses (Visa/Flight ticket/Work/Resident Permit) apart from the Internationals Work Scheme Card but will reimburse you back when you arrive here.

You can always give me a call anytime on +447062046900.

Anticipating your arrival soonest.

Mr Richard Solomon
Manager, A & W Restaurant UK
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +447062046900
Website: www.awrestaurants.com

This is definitely a scam. They are piggybacking off A&W restaurant, which is a legitimate business. However the email contacts are from the London.com and live.co.uk domains. Anybody can get an email address with that domain. The phone number is also a redirect, which is often used by scammers to hide their true location. The language of the email suggests it was written in Africa.

Anybody who falls for the scam will pay an endless series of fees to the attorney for various "documents" which the victim must obtain to get the nonexistent job.

This is definitely a scam. They are piggybacking off A&W restaurant, which is a legitimate business. However the email contacts are from the London.com and live.co.uk domains. Anybody can get an email address with that domain. The phone number is also a redirect, which is often used by scammers to hide their true location. The language of the email suggests it was written in Africa.

Anybody who falls for the scam will pay an endless series of fees to the attorney for various "documents" which the victim must obtain to get the nonexistent job.

thanks a lot i sensed that from the ways they said certain things and also they didn't even give a law firm for the lawyer and they sent an attached contract that didn't have any rules in addition it looked cheap thanks again Scott

hello yazan,

thank you for posting your feedback!i also got exactly the same email you"ve posted.I was also very skeptical about this and i searched till i came across your post.Did they asked you to send money for the work scheme card?

hello yazan,

thank you for posting your feedback!i also got exactly the same email you"ve posted.I was also very skeptical about this and i searched till i came across your post.Did they asked you to send money for the work scheme card?

Well I didn't go through in it I sent them that I'm spanish citizin which allows me to work in UK with no work scheme or anything.to see what they would reply and they replied with ok we got ur contract agreement and that I need to contact the lawyer.
Hope u didn't fall for the scam

There are other giveaways. The style of language used and simply that they clearly don't know your name.

There are other clues but I understand we shouldn't discuss them publicly as it can educate and improve the scammers. PM me if you want to know more.