Wednesday, February 22, 2012

BOGUS EMAIL ALERT: EMPLOYMENT SEEKER BEWARE: AN EMAIL ASKING FOR 33 EURO ALLEGEDLY FOR DOCUMENTS PREPARATION IN IRELAND

A COPY PASTE COMMUNICATION FROM YAHOO EMAIL RECEIVED MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20,2012 4:05 PM  and WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2012 3:29
Message flagged Re: Let us help you with the documents preparation 

FROM: DOCUMENTS SERVICES

In order to apply for a work permit in Ireland you need to have the proper documents which should be sent to the address of your employer in Europe in order for him / her to file them for your work permit. We can help you with the preparation of all the required items for that purpose.
The price of the complete application package is 33 Euro ,which includes preparation and formatting of a Covering Letter, graphic styling of a EUformat CV and filling in of an AF (application form) for obtaining of work permission. In case you use our company, we will register you in the European Union labor department office as a bonus.
One work day after the official confirmation of the payment you will receive the prepared documents on your email . we will send a copy to your recruiters too
Let us clarify the steps you need to follow for the documents preparation
step1 /  the fee for the service is 33 Euro
step 2/ as soon as you pay we will start the procedure;
step3/ as soon as we confirm your payment we will contact your job agents
step 4/ as soon as we contact them they will provide your personal details along with the employer's details
step 5/ as soon as we get all the details we need we will prepare the documents           
step 6/ as soon as your documents are ready we will send the documents to your job agents
step 7./ as soon as your job agents receive the documents  they will review them
step 8/ as soon as they  review them and approve our work we will send the documents to you
step9/ the ready –made documents have to be sent to the address of the employer
step10/ after  sending the documents to the address of the employer  you have to wait for the response and keep in touch with the job agents. 

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Notice the manner of writing. Look at the construction of the letter, the positioning of the commas at the second paragraph. The letter demands of formatting of a covering letter, yet the letter cannot command respect. There was no mention of any name of company. 

According to the email recipient he responded:
My sound discretion dictates that an applicant should not be made to pay. This applicant is still facing a blank wall. This ends our communication. 



Another suspicious area worth note-taking was in a previous letter, mailed Friday, February 17, 2012, 4:56 PM in which, they demanded urgency and has put a deadline which the recipient ignored, but still sending hope for employment through email still persisted several days after. The sample is shown below:



YOUR DEADLINE IS TOMORROW.

All applications in Europe have short deadlines, fixed by the employers, and they need to be observed. This shows serious and responsible attitude towards the application. 

We would like to underline that observation of deadlines is extremely important and you need to observe them by all means. Early preparation of these requirements is strongly encouraged, since once deadline is missed we cancel the application altogether and our policy is not to work again on applications with missed deadlines.

We encourage you to contact them and immediately coordinate the preparation of your application package with them!!!

We are awaiting your further actions towards your application!!!

If you encounter any difficulties, please, contact us.

You may reply this letter or contact our Recruitment Consultants online at their yahoo messenger ID:   EUWORKHELP   or through Real-time online chat:  
 http://london-pro-agent.com/chat/connectb8.html

Our office hours are Monday to Friday from 06.30 am to 03.00 pm GMT (London time). You are welcome to contact us.

Yours sincerely,

Monika Steward
The Team of London Pro Agent Co


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Helpful tip: 
Be discerning and careful when communicating with suspicious mails. Never share private information when in doubt. More so if you receive mails not included in your contacts. You might have inadvertently applied job postings on the internet. Some of the advertisers might be scams. Do not fall prey to these predators.



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