It has been brought the attention of Network Recruitment Partnership that email fraudsters are trying to scam job seekers out of cash for a bogus job offer posing as Network Recruitment Services Ltd. An example of the e-mail content is as follows:
Dear .....,
We are glad to inform you that after carefully reviewing your CV for the post of a Warehouse Assistant our company advertised, you have been selected to join our new team . There will be a 2 day induction and training which will start on the 22nd and end on 23rd of February 2012 from 10am to 1pm each day at the Congress Center ,Council Chamber 5th floor,23- 28 Great Russell Street, wc1b 3ls, London, the nearest underground station is Tottenham Court road. The two day training will be fully paid for and you are expected to come with your original documents;
Passport /Birth Certificate/ID card (showing your right to work in the UK)
Utility bill (showing current address)
N.I number
Bank/Building Society/Local Post Office details (for your wages)
The Confidential Application Form (print out)
The pay rate for your position will be £8.00 an hour, your shift pattern will be 12 hours a day, 5 days on and 2 days off, there is also Full time and Part time positions to choose from, there is morning shift ( 8am-8pm) and night shift (8pm- 8am) and you will be paid every forth night(two weeks). The company will issue you a uniform on the induction/training day .
Please e-mail us back the following, on or before the 15th of Febuary 2012;
Your uniform size (ie Shirt and Trousers )
The mode of payment for your CRB check (Ukash Voucher).
As a result of recent Government changes to the vetting and barring scheme(VBS) the cost of Enhanced CRB check is £55.Due to insurance purposes and our client’s policy we cannot accept CRB done outside the company.The Ukash is a new safe and secure payment method that we use for effective payment for CRB fees. The post office, newsagent shops and off licence top up shops with a Paypoint,Payzone or epay services can issue you a Ukash voucher for £55.The Ukash voucher 19 digits numbers is what we require you to email us back for your CRB payment fees and also to ensure that your job placement is still effective. The CRB fees will only be refunded on your next wages. The company will delist your name from the job placement list if we do not receive your uniform sizes and the Ukash voucher numbers.
The deadline for the submission by email of your uniform sizes and £55 Ukash voucher numbers for your CRB fees will be on the 20th of Febuary 2012, no work placement will be offered without any of the above and you will not be eligible to come in for the two day training and induction. We are extremely very busy this period and may not be able to respond to your enquiries. We will give you any more information needed on the training/induction day and we are glad to welcome you to our company. Attached is a confidential application form, please print, fill in all relevant sections and bring it with you on the day of induction/training.
Recruitment Dept
Network Recruitment Services Ltd
This organisation has nothing to do with Network Recruitment Partnership and is not associated with us in any way whatsoever.
We would recommend that anyone receiving an e-mail as detailed above does not reply or action the email in any way.
Note that there are no contact details, names or numbers on the email and that the fraudsters have requested payment via UKash Vouchers as this is an untraceable method of money transfer.
Network Recruitment Partnership have reported this email attack to the revelant bodies and it is currently under investigation.