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.

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Omni Royal Hotel Canada

Yet another "Canada Hotel" scam. The sender is not associated with Canada at all, let alone a Canadian hotel. He's actually in Africa: the originating IP address is 212.60.73.25 (Gambia Telecommunications company). When I've responded to such scams, the first thing they've wanted out of me is a scan of my passport. If you're silly enough to give them that, then they'll probably start asking you for various fees. I've never bothered faking a passport in order to see what they do next, but if you're the kind of person who likes to bait Nigerian scammers, then please do tell.

Images have been removed from this spam.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: canada hotel <royalomni@walla.com >
Date: 03-Mar-2007 23:03
Subject: WORK AND LIVE IN CANADA
To: [redacted]


         OMNI ROYAL HOTEL CANADA.
The management of Ominicity Hotel In Montreal, Canada wish to use this medium to adverise that we have Job Vacany in our Hotel . Due Ato the expansion in our services and the opening of new outlets the hotel needs both men and females workers to fill in different categories of job openings.Currently , Canada is Exprience a decline in Labour force as such we seek Serious minded and honest prospective applicants should apply .Hotel shall be responsible for Air Ticket and also excercise in your visa processing.


 
   
Regards,
Mrs Rose
Hotel Manager.



5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I got an e-mail
From: Evan Simpson Evan.Simpson@princehenrys.org
To: info@omni.com
Sent: Friday, 15 August, 2008 6:53:27 PM
Subject: JOB OFFER

I am Mrs.Veronical Zupancic of Omni Royal Hotel Canada.Employment
opportunities for 18 years and above .Hotel will be responsible for
his/her
flight ticket,accommodation aswell as the visa fee.Applicant will be
responsible for the cost of ImmigrationClearance Certificate (428 CAD)
Canada Dollars at Canadian Immigration Bureau.Send your Name
infull,Address,Sex,Age,Phone/Fax,Country.

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Subject: JOB OFFER
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Anonymous said...

I got an email

HOTEL FINDER

MONTREAL QUEBEC , CANADA

1050 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2R6


Thanks you very much for your response, the entire staffs and the management of Canadian omni hotel.
We are using this golden employment opportunity to thanks you for your interest in working with us, we hereby required your valid international passport information together with your full name, country of your origin for immediate sending of our hotel forms and agreement letter to you.




which you will fill and submit it to immigration assessment office headquarter here in Canada, for your visa processing which will take place finally through the collaboration with the Canadian embassy in your home country after the assessment of your visa documents over here in Canada ok,



we also wish to use this medium to enlighter you that our hotel management authority has accept your job application made under our job site in canada early this year 2008.



Our hotel management great these opportunities for workers to fill in different categories of job openings, which we listed in our hotel’s job list and details as contained in our next/follow-up mail. The recruitment is due to expansion in our services and the opening of our new outlets. Our hotel management advertises our job openings through the medium of Yahoo Microsoft job site in Canada which is the most universally and frequently used.



For this reason, our hotel management authority demands that you choose one of these job openings in the list according to your educational background and specified capability in all the job areas where there are openings.



Hence, our hotel managment authority require your full information such as your full name(s) scan copy of passport number(s), selected job and conutry of origin



As soon as we receive all these information, the hotel management will send our hotel forms and agreement letter to you, which you will fill and submit it to the online immigration assessment office headquarter here in canada for your visa processing which will take place finally through the collaboration with the canadian embassy in your home country or presently living country after the assessment of your visa documents over here in canada ok,




PLEASE YOU REQUIRED TO OPEN YOUR ATTACHMENT FILES AND GET MORE INFORMATION AND JOB LIST DETAILS SALARY SCALE looking forwardly for your feedback. THANKS
DR PAUL GILL
THE HOTEL MANAGER

This is the email i got from them, but its true that i sent my application last 4th qrt of 2008 and they replied me this..i just want to know if this is fraud or not.

please advise.

Spotter said...

Yes, that's a fraudulent letter. Whoever wrote it does not have English as a first languate. It is not from Canada.

Anonymous said...

i also got an email from he same omniroyalhotel@yahoo.ca which said i could work at the place and i also want know if it is a fraud or not.

Spotter said...

Yes, it's a fraud. The real hotel doesn't use Yahoo! for its email.