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Is this company a scam?
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Basically I have been looking for any sort of work for a few months now and I seen a vacant position and I applied then about a day later I get this email back
good evening,
We are glad to inform you that after carefully reviewing your CV for the position of Sales Assistant.Our company advertised, you have been selected to join our new team in Glasgow.shopping center
We have sent this email to those who fit our job requirements.Our client is looking for 5 people to start asap all over Edinburgh (Town Centre) on the 07 of july. The job is for Sales Assistant Monday to Friday (8,30 am - 18,00 pm) with 1 hour break. We offer competitive payments starting from to £8,50/12,50 /hour ( around 45-60 hours weekly), overtime is available .We will pay you weekly by bank transfer or check.
We offer a course for 2 months 3 months NVQ level 1, 2 and 3 with a degree recognized throughout the UK. And several offers that may delight you.
Please email us back the following documents:
* Copy of passport / ID card (showing your right to work in the UK)
* Proof of address (bank statement or utility bill in your name)
* Copy of the ukash (for the CRB check)
As a result of recent Government changes to the vetting and barring scheme(VBS) the cost of Enhanced CRB check is £60. Due to insurance purposes and our client’s policy we cannot accept CRB done outside the company.
The mode of payment for your CRB is by Ukash.
Kindest Regards,
Danyel Symsu
Willis Group LTD
The only thing thats putting me off is the sending out a £60 voucher, I haven't heard of any company doing this and I dont need to do it anyway as I have my CRB check here. I've searched the internet for "bad things" about the Willis Group but so far haven't found anything but its still the send out £60 voucher that is leaving me feeling a bit tentative, and the fact they havent given me a phone number to call
What says DS?
good evening,
We are glad to inform you that after carefully reviewing your CV for the position of Sales Assistant.Our company advertised, you have been selected to join our new team in Glasgow.shopping center
We have sent this email to those who fit our job requirements.Our client is looking for 5 people to start asap all over Edinburgh (Town Centre) on the 07 of july. The job is for Sales Assistant Monday to Friday (8,30 am - 18,00 pm) with 1 hour break. We offer competitive payments starting from to £8,50/12,50 /hour ( around 45-60 hours weekly), overtime is available .We will pay you weekly by bank transfer or check.
We offer a course for 2 months 3 months NVQ level 1, 2 and 3 with a degree recognized throughout the UK. And several offers that may delight you.
Please email us back the following documents:
* Copy of passport / ID card (showing your right to work in the UK)
* Proof of address (bank statement or utility bill in your name)
* Copy of the ukash (for the CRB check)
As a result of recent Government changes to the vetting and barring scheme(VBS) the cost of Enhanced CRB check is £60. Due to insurance purposes and our client’s policy we cannot accept CRB done outside the company.
The mode of payment for your CRB is by Ukash.
Kindest Regards,
Danyel Symsu
Willis Group LTD
The only thing thats putting me off is the sending out a £60 voucher, I haven't heard of any company doing this and I dont need to do it anyway as I have my CRB check here. I've searched the internet for "bad things" about the Willis Group but so far haven't found anything but its still the send out £60 voucher that is leaving me feeling a bit tentative, and the fact they havent given me a phone number to call
What says DS?
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Scam.
Sorry, but you haven't - CRB checks are non-transferable - so it isn't of any use to you.
Check duedil yourself and see what you think, they would appear to be a legitimate multinational. Whether the email is legit is another matter, make sure its coming from them and not someone posing as them.
I hope you get a genuine offer soon.
So is this a sales assistant job or a degree course? And is the suggestion that you could obtain a degree in just a few months while also working as a sales assistant?
Odd and pretty illiterate English too. I wouldn't send any money.
Also, "We will pay you weekly by bank transfer or check." Is the writer British (as also in "center")?
Are we to think there will be time for a CRB check before the OP starts work tomorrow in Glasgow, or maybe Edinburgh? :rolleyes:
It may be that the company mentioned is perfectly legitimate, but it seems extremely unlikely that the email came from one of its employees.
Who needs interviews?
Really?
Really?
I mean,
Really?
Where exactly is "all over Edinburgh (Town Centre)"?
Why are Willis Group Ltd doing it when retail isn't their thing?
Criminal record checks in Scotland are through Disclosure Scotland, they're unlikely to be calling them "CRB checks".
Do their contact details look remotely genuine?
OP - as has been said, I don't know if the company is legit or not, but that e-mail is definitely suspicious, to say the least.
Identity theft being the cake & £60 moron fee being the icing on it.
Scammers / Phishers trade-off the reputations of reputable organisations. I'm confident that one phone-call to the real Wallis Group will reveal this email did not come from them, and they've never heard of Danyel Symsu.
Do NOT send this person anything.
whoever made up that so-called job position should be ASHAMED of themselves ..... as i very much doubt a FIVE YEAR OLD would be taken in by the hilarious nature of the make up of it!
TRASH IT
Why would a large company use a system like that?
If you can copy and paste the email properties (obliterating the "To" details, I'm sure someone can tell you its origin.
Agreed!
http://scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&p=145853
http://www.teenhelp.org/forums/f22-education-careers/t117355-scam-jobs-careful/
http://www.welshbikers.co.uk/forum/the-welshbikers-cafe/employment-scam/
and even UKASH warn against it
https://www.ukash.com/en-GB/Security_Alerts/
Everything about it screams 'scam' - send them £60 and I'm pretty sure you'll never hear from them again.......unless there's another 'fee' that you have to pay before you start 'work'.
I can't stand these leeches who try to scam people who are genuinely seeking work and can't afford to lose a fiver, never mind £60.
What?!? No interview?
This bit really confused me. In the beginning it says Glasgow, now it's Edinburgh.
Now if we overlook the fact that their geography is crap, there's also a slight confusion over the date. The hours are Monday - Friday 8.30am to 6pm, but you're starting on a Sunday allegedly.
The hours are confusing as well. The European Working Time Directive limits you working to 48 hours a week. You can sign a waiver that releases you from this, but a person cannot be refused a job if they don't wish to sign it. Now 45 hours will be pushing the limit a little. Also, if the store is open from 8.30am - 6pm and you're working for the full 60 hours, how can you get overtime (unless it's of a weekend). Yes, it's nit-picking but a 'real' employer would be more explicit about the hours, not to mention it's like they're 'selling' the job after you've applied to make it more enticing.
Also, I've never heard of an employer paying by cheque (notice they use the American spelling) in recent times. It also fails to state when you would be paid.
Huh?!?
Now all the things they're asking you to e-mail can be used for identity theft and/or fraud. A real employer would ask you to bring proof of it to the interview or on your first day at work if it was in doubt.
Also, it takes a while for an enhanced disclosure so even if you paid last week I doubt you'd have it returned yet. I doubt there is a legitimate employer anywhere, that would want payment via Ukash. I've heard of employers asking you to pay for your own disclosure (there was an airport that hit the headlines for it a while back), but I've never heard of it being paid by Ukash.
I googled the name alone and in connection with the Willis Group and pulled nothing up (apart from a load of DS links to this thread) and some other non-related stuff.
It's almost certainly a scam.