Job scam quick guide: it's a scam if...

  • they want you to collect and forward money in any way (a "money mule" job). You'll wind up engaged in money laundering, personally defrauded via expertly forged cheques, money orders, etc, or defrauding someone else who pays for goods that never arrive.
  • they want you to receive packages and reship them somewhere else. The goods will have been obtained fraudulently, and they're just using you to make the shipping address appear local. You will be aiding fraud.
  • they want up-front payment (either to them or someone else) of any sort for anything before you can get the job. This is advance fee fraud: there is no job -- it's just a big con to extract money from you.
  • they want you to buy any kind of "membership" or "kit" in order to start. Forget it -- it's not a real job at all: they're trying to sell you something, and they're probably making a bunch of other false claims about it if they're pitching it as a "job".
  • it's a job offer, and it's spam. There are LOTS of these scams about, as you can see.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Best Western Royal Hotel (impostor)

This fake job offer is probably part of an advance fee fraud scam: the "job offer" is just bait to make applicants pay fees.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: MISS LINDSEY COHEN. <bwrhotel@myway.com>
Subject: VACANCY INVITATION FROM BW ROYAL HOTEL.
To:

APPOINTMENT INVITATION TO THE NEW CONSTRUCTED HOTEL

Dear
Intrested Applicant.

BEST WESTERN ROYAL HOTEL ,Greenwich Manchester england.
Is at the moment searching for some serious minded international job seeker worldwide. Your email address was found on our Yahoo!Group job seeker database, as we are ready to offer out some opportunities of vacant posts in our newly completed BEST WESTERN ROYAL HOTEL AND TOWERS IN GREENWICH MANCHESTER HERE IN UK. which is about to be open for services.
This Invitation is only for those who are willing or seeking work in abroad, in this instance the United Kingdom. If you are interested in this opportunity, you should reply to this email expressing your interest.
We will start offer recruitment for both men and women in various parts of BEST WESTERN GROUP LACATIONS IN THE U.K,N/IRELAND,SCOTLAND AND OFCOURSE WALES. At this time, only individuals who are interested should reply. The management shall be responsible for your Airfare and offer some assistance for the Visa to the United Kingdom through united kingdom home office for foreign employment.
If You Are Interested, kindly send us your mail of showing interest.
as soon as possible before the closing of application schedule date.

Email (bwrhotel@myway.com) ( bwrhotel@myway.com) TEL 004407024052252 OR 07024025373
FAX 0044-66345776262 EXT 2


NB - PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MAIL IF YOU ARE NOT SEEKING AN HOTEL SERVICE EMPLOYMENT, AND PLEASE EXCUSE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE

Kind Regards,

Miss Lindsey Cohen
S.V.P Operation manager.
And recruitment supervisor.

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