Help Please! If This is a SCAM or NOT

Dear ,


I hope your week is moving well. After discussing your employment with my wife, we have decided that you match our requirements so please find the Contract Letter that is approved by the UK Home Office. I would like to receive the phone number of family members as soon as you can send it to me or you call me "anytime" if they would like to speak with me.

I received approval from the UK Home Office today to employ you, I have attached the approved contract letter issued me for your review. I need to apply now for Certificate of Eligibility (COE-UKIMG2009) as UK Home Office instructed me for our application to be quickly considered, as that is important to prove that I am sponsoring your travel down to the UK and to prove that you are eligible to take up job position in UK.



You need to sign the contract after going through it and send via E-mail a scanned copy indicating your travel date and current location (For Flight Booking which I have paid for) , to the staff at UK Home Office in charge of my application for the Certificate of Eligibility for their records and advice to us:



Home Office, UK Boarder Agency,
PO Box 3468, Sheffield ,
S3 8WA,
Contact Person, Jenifer Sheen.
United Kingdom
E mail: [email protected]



On receipt of the Form COE-UKIMG2009 by me, I shall courier it to you with hard contract copies, prepaid flight tickets and any accompanying permit documents to enable you receive traveling documents.



Do not hesitate to sign and send a scanned copy of the Contract Letter to the UK HOME OFFICE via their E-mail address above.



Note: make sure that you indicate your current location, nationality and desired date of departure.

Have a blissful day ahead and God bless you as you come.



Respectfully,

For the family.

Unfortunately, this is a scam.

The email address for the "boarder office" (people who work for the government also usually know how to spell their own department names) is a fake created in March of this year.

There is also no such thing as certificate COE-UKIMG2009, though if you google it, you will find other scams using the same phony certificate.

Can you please post the name, email address, and maybe a header from this scammer's emails?

Thanks for the reply the soonest.. im so glad that i've found this site...

one more question.. if it's a scam? then why is it that he/she doesn't send or ask me of any money?\

how to upload a picture here? because i want to ask if the contract that he sent me is fake.. thanks,,

I will delete your other post so we can keep all the replies in one place, but I noticed you posted the following phone numbers in the other topic.

+44-704-571-7571 +44-702-403-7798.

Any phone number that starts with 44-70 is a redirect phone number that is automatically forwarded to a phone virtually anywhere in the world. These numbers are frequently used by scammers pretending to be in UK. If you see a phone number starting with 44-70, it's a scam.

As Dotti said, ukbhoffice.co.uk is an email domain purchased and used by scammers. I will make sure it gets shut down soon

one more question.. if it's a scam? then why is it that he/she doesn't send or ask me of any money?

Don't worry - it'll be along shortly.

It's like a magic trick, and the longer they take to show what they're really after, the more likely you'll have been dazzled and confused by all the detail they've already told you. They want to make it look like an opportunity that's too good to miss, which it is, but only for them to get your money in their pocket, and you won't be their only intended vistim.

It is an absolute lie for the person contacting you to suggest that any UK person can apply for permission for a non-UK citizen to obtain a work visa, but it's all a complete lie and scam from top to bottom.

Thanks to all, who post their reply. ^^

Help my cousin applies for an aupair please help us if this is a scam

Hello,

How are you doing today? Thanks for your reply to the questions. I think your answers are alright.I think your answers are alright. I think you will be the right Au pair i need. I have chosen you now and will tell the other candidates not to worry because i like your profile better. I pray to God and hope i made the right choice and will not be disappointed. Like I told you in my last e-mail, I am currently registered with an Au Pair agency and travel company that assist Prospective Au Pair who intend to work in the United States.
They would assist you in getting your visa in no time because they work with the State department. They will let you know what the requirements are and the expenses. Their email is ([email protected]). Let them know you are from Mrs. Westwood. I admire your qualities a lot and would love you to be a part of the family soon. I am a very busy person so have no time to chat this week. I am going for a business summit tomorrow in Seattle so can tell my lawyer to call you if you are okay with that.

Reply soon and let me know what they say.

Kind Regards and God Bless,
Mrs. Westwood
[email protected]

is there such an agency like locate travel agency?

Definite scam.

The general rule is that you have to apply for a visa in person at the embassy in your own country.
If they come up with an obscure travel agency that offers to arrange the visa, it's very likely a scam, especially if the agency has a yahoo or gmail e-mail address.
Proper travel agencies have their own internet domain with corresponding e-mail addresses. But even then, you have to be careful.

I have no doubt that it is also a scam.

What type of visa are they talking about ? - and I don't mean 'au pair visa'. They have different designation references, and they each have different qualifying criteria, one of which specifies that it must be arranged through a vey restricted list of sponsoring organisations, which doesn't include any travel agent.

I don't want to post any details or links here, otherwise scammers will just be able to make future scams appear more realistic.

If their answer to the question 'What type of visa ?' is 'Au pair visa' then they are clueless scammers whose only interest is your cousin's money - not getting her a visa.

Another SCAM??

Wondering if you are still interested to be our Au Pair.

Robert.


On 7/31/10, robert greene <[email protected]> wrote:

Attention:

Thank you for your kind interest to be part of our family.So I will want you to follow my instruction as your host family so that you can have all your legal papers that will enable you to join us on time.

For your information,we are busy parent therefore we need your service taking good care of our Kids''',I have two of them, a girl, Linda, she is three(3) and a boy, Clinton; he is five(5).They like toys so much and carton.I want you to understand that to make the procedure fast for you to assume duty here in our home soon as possible by end of August 2010, We have just sent a mail to Our Family Travel Agency Mr. David Mace who shall apply for your Domestic Work Visa and Permit here at Visa Department and Immigration Work Permit Section UK. Our Travel Agency shall process your documents and your documents will be attested and approved here and your original copy would be sent to your contact home address in your country through courier of your choice or (DHL) and thereafter you would go with the documents to your Embassy immediate issuance of your Visa.However your one way flight ticket shall be purchased and booked on the data base for your flight take off at your airport as dated. We are ready to render our little help therefore We shall both shoulder the Expenses We pay larger part all the( Document cost) and you pay the very little charge(The Document work charge) in order to build trust and honesty among we Employer and you as Aupair Employee. Let me know if you are willing to accept Our offer. therefore you have to write email to Our Family Travel Agent Mr. David Mace, Write to him that you have accepted a Aupair Offer from Mr. Robert Greene Family of 4 Layard Road Forty Hill, ENFIELD. EN1 4BB UNITED KINGDOM Tel:+447024042786.

Write him that you want him to Kindly help you to prepare all your Required Legalized document that you need to come and work with our family here.

That you shall make payment to him for only his Work charge and for him to serve you Better. and we Shall Pay for all the documents Cost.

His Contact details as below:
Global Travels Agency
Contact Officer: David Mace
Email address:[email protected]
www.global-travels.net

SCAMMERS REALLY LOVE DON'T they?? they always send me a message,,, Help me to identify this please

Dear Applicant,


We have noted the content of your e mail. Your employer Mr. Alfred Josef
Schmitz came to our office and asked that we should treat your application
with priority.


The UK Home Office wishes to inform you that the Flight Ticket has been
confirmed, Please read the UK instructions for traveling documents.

Find below the necessary steps you will take to enable you obtain your
Certificate of Eligibility.


(1)You are to fill properly the UK Visa Application Form and leave your
sponsor's section blank for us to help you out and complete it.

(2)Send a scanned copy of your passport.

(3)Please find attached herewith appropriate and detailed information on
your inquiry for the speedy processing of your traveling documents please
read carefully.

The document is in Portable Document Format (PDF) so you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader installed in your system.



Home Office, UK Border Agency,
PO Box 3468, Sheffield,
S3 8WA,
Contact Person, Jenifer Sheen
United Kingdom.

Yes, both of those emails are also scams.

It's really not you--scammers are so active on au pair forums these days, looking for new victims, that it is not uncommon to get 10 or more scam emails for every real email.

Any job offer that involves you sending money to anyone--whether it is for visas, plane tickets, or other fees, most likely a scam. Depending on the country you are going to, you may need a visa or permit, and it may cost money--but you should not be sending that money to your "employers" or anyone they connect you with.

Scammers delay asking for money until as late as possible so that they have a chance to convince you before they make a play to get a hold of your cash. The 'foreplay' consists of them trying to make themselves appear official by asking lots of questions and asking for documents. Any who ask for a photocopy of your passport are scammers. It's a quick way to reach a decision and avoid wasting your time.

A photocopy of a passport is of no use to the proper authorities, which is why you have to apply for a visa in your home country to the foreign Embassy, or their appointed agents. The only people who think that a photocopy of a passport is a useful form of ID are scammers. All modern UK passports contain a computer chip, as do the passports of many other countries, so photocopying them is a complete waste of time.

The whole purpose of the scammer is to offer you something they know you seek desperately, and they rely on you overlooking their errors to achieve your dream.

Need Help again.. Please.. if this is true.. thanks

Dear,,

Today i and my wife have finally considered taking you as our Au Pair for 1 year starting from 25th August 2010, i sent you the Contract, Invitation & Sponsorship Letter in the attachment file.

You will need to print out the contract, read very carefully, sign the needed page and email it back to us. Also contact AER Immigration Chambers with the copies of the Invitation Letter and Sponsorship letter through [email protected] and start the application of your One Year Employment Visa immediately. More information will be found in the Invitation & Sponsorship Letter (attached).

Note: All expenses which you may incur during the processing of your One Year US Employment Visa with AER Immigration Chambers will be fully reimburse/refund back to you before your fly down to the States.

If needed any more information, do not hesitate to call or email me in time, and also know that US Employment visa takes a lot of time to process, so as to avoid delays in your starting date, i advise you to contact the AER Immigration Chambers immediately and start your application now.

We look forward to having you as part of the family, congratulations..

Regards,

Aaron Sheppard
412 Franklin Street,
San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
Tel: +1 (347) 254 7511
Email: [email protected]