is this this job real or scam?

Question

From
Richard Cobbs
Sean John Fashion Designs
Hip Hop Threadz Ltd
2nd Floor,
145-157
St. John Street,
LONDON, EC1V4PY
United Kingdom
[phone]
Opening hours
Mon-wed: 10:00-19:00
Thurs-sat:10:00-20:00




To Rochelle Fernandez (Newly appointed Secretary)
Congratulations!!! Your CV was reviewed and chosen for the secretarial position available at Sean John fashion designs . Attached is your Employment Agreement which describes the terms and conditions of your appointment .

You required a Work permit and UK Entry Clearance to be able to work in London . Sign the Employment Agreement and submit it to the work permits through email and also contact the work permits for enquiries on how to obtain a UK Work permit and UK Entry Clearance . Their contact details are :

Work Permits
2 Marsham Street, London,
SW1P 4DF
Email Address : [e-mail]

Answer 1

It is a scam perpetuated by someone for whom English is not a first language (we call this a clue). Do not respond.

Answer 2

A search on the UK company records shows over 600 companies registered at the postal code EC1V 4PY
http://www.ukdata.com/creditreports/companySearch.form?page=1

So that's just a holding address, not a real office.

You wouldn't get a workpermit for the UK for a secretarial position - there is not a skills shortage in that field.

The street address given for the work permit is the Home Office (the government department that deals with immigration). But the email address is not theirs. A government email address would have a .gov.uk ending

And look...another Yahoo question popped up in the search on that postcode! http://ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070917013042AASdQfk

it's a scam.

Answer 3

sounds like a scam to me, work permit issued by Work Permits? don't you have to apply with the British government, i certain they would have a more governmental entity name, such Department of Labor, Employment Services for Foreign Workers, they list a supposedly physical address but ask you to e-mail it? and most of all no phone or person to contact . Don 't respond especially if you did not apply for the position, there are a lot of Nigerians in London that run all types of scams, i have been getting one that states they need an American to set an account to receive payments from their American customers and all i have to do is collect and deposit the payments after i take my 10% payment, then forward the rest to them in london.

Answer 4

I would say that it is a scam just based on all of the English errors.

Never send your SSN or Bank Account information by email to someone you don't know!

Answer 5

scam. They want your personel information for identity theft. Contact your locat Attorney General office if you want to double check.

Answer 6

I would say that this is a scam. Be careful. If they ask for any money before giving the job, avoid it at all cost. :D

Answer 7

well Rochelle, did you apply to these people? and who is work permits?