Legit Job Offer...or SCAM?

Thanks everyone, for your helpful information. I too received an invite to become an "Assistant Manager," from Hiring Coordinator Ann Smith. Here's her response to my simple inquiry (for the mere mentioning of me using my "personal account" for even one minute was a huge scam alert flag. (1) what is the name of your company? and (2) what is your direct contact number?

***** Ann Smith's reply ********
We are glad to receive your response. Our enterprise is entitled SMS Company. My name is Ann Smith and I`m a hiring coordinator. Thus, if you have any issues regarding our opening or hiring process, please contact me via email and I would answer you at the earliest convenience. Since I travel a lot, you could be got in touch with some delays, please don`t worry about them.
So here are the job particulars:

You would be working at home. No traveling is involved.
Your major responsibilities include: keeping up the connection with the local customers, elaborating some internal and tax reports (you would receive the examples), timely distributing the payments from the customers to our free-lancers, opening a new office branch in your area. All the details would be clarified during the training process.

At first, you would have to walk through the 2-week training period that would be covered by the company at the rate of $1800 for 2 weeks. Afterwards, you would become our full-time employee and you would be paid $4500 per month.

To distribute the payments you would get access to our corporate account as soon as you become a full-time employee. While you go through the training, you would have to use your personal account.

Hours of work: 9am to 3pm Mon-Fri (while you are training); 9am to 6pm Mon-Fri (full-time).

If you agree with the conditions, please find attached our employment agreement. You should print it, fill it with a pen, scan it and forward to me via email. Also we need a copy of your ID (driver`s license or passport).

You can contact me by +1(315) 636-0202 . This is the US area number, that we rent with redirector to minimize expenses of our potential employees.

Our website link is http://www.sms-pty.com

Looking forward to hearing from you,
Ann Smith

***** End of her response *****

Good for you! The website link at the bottom of 'her' email startled me. I though (at first) that you were C&P one of mine. Did yours come through CareerBu1lder as well?

I received an email reply from her today as an answer to 'what time should I call" and "what is a direct number to Australia." The reply was "see www.sms-pty.com.

This is a NEW website for our correspondence. She had been directing me to www.sms-comp.com.

The pty website is not even finished, from my view. The photos at the top (it's nearly identical to the comp one) don't load and show an exclamation mark in the frame.

Welcome to the board!

MotherLode

This is a money laundering scheme. Very successful. They recruit people, wire money to them from people and organizations whose bank accounts have been compromised, and have their "employees" send the money overseas(Kiev) via western union. If you work for them, be prepared to have a talk with law enforcement folks...

Hilton Isle of Man, Hotel,
Central Promenade,
Douglas,
United Kingdom IM2 4NA

Dear <name>,


Following careful review and consultations with reference to the resume forwarded by you, We wish to inform you that we have come to the conclusion of the recruitment screening exercise and I am glad to inform you that you have been shortlisted to be part of the team that will be working with us on the contract mentioned in previous correspondences. To ensure a seamless integration into the team, your designation has been chosen in line with past experiences/designation from previous employment.

In this mail, you will find an employment agreement duly signed and issued on your behalf by Hilton Isle of Man Hotel. Note that you are employed by Hilton Isle of Man Hotel UK, but you will be undergoing a one year probationary period at our sister Hotel, Hilton Branson Convention Centre Hotel, Missouri, USA. This implies that although you will be going first to the USA, you are to report directly to me if you have any concerns regarding this process and I will look into whatever concerns you might have.

You will also find a Visa application form accompanying this mail as a PDF attachment. On acceptance, fill the visa form and return it alongside the signed agreement as scan email attachment. You are to include a scanned copy of the picture page of your international passport and a passport photograph. They will be needed in applying for your Labour Certification, Visa and Employment Authorization Document (EAD).

It is mandatory that you must have an Active Security Clearance issued by the Department of Homeland Security. If you do not have this clearance, you are to apply immediately to the US Department of Homeland Security via the USCIS Belfast Office here in the UK with a copy of the signed employment agreement for advice on how to get this clearance; therefore it is a matter of urgency that you preceed immediately with this.

USCIS Contact Person: Joseph Baldwin
E: [email protected] On it - Michael
M: +44 (0) 7024017944

If you have any concerns, then let me know for clarification. Note that the processing of all the necessary papers take quite a bit of time and we have barely seven weeks before we are due to report to the US so you are advised to follow up immediately as Hilton Isle of Man Hotel would not hesitate to look for replacement to anyone who is not as responsive as required. If for any reason you would not be accepting the contract, please do well to inform us immediately.

Regards,
Patrick Wyfells
HR Manager,
Hilton Isle of Man Hotel
M: +44 702 401 6924
+44 702 401 8598

Welcome to Scamwarners Pradd.
That is indeed a scam, and a typical example. Both phone numbers are free ones that redirect calls to another phone anywhere in the world. And if you are outside the UK, you aren't eligible to work in the UK.