Question: Job application response fraud?
I applied for a job on gumtree and got the following response, please kindly tell me if you think this is fraud:
Dear XXX
We are glad to inform you that after carefully reviewing your CV for the post of home/hotel cleaners our company advertised, you have been selected to join our new team in London Bridge. There will be a 2 day induction and training which will start on the 7th and end on the 8th of March 2012 from 10am to 1pm each day at The xxxx London Regents Park. xxx xxx xxx xxx London NW3 3ST 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)
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 £9.75 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 and you will be allocated the office site to work in London Bridge area.
Please e-mail us back the following, on or before the 24th of February 2012;
Your uniform size (ie Shirt, Trousers and Suit Jacket)
The mode of payment for your CRB check is Ukash.
As a result of recent Government changes to the vetting and barring scheme(VBS) the cost of Enhanced CRB check is £52.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 of 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 £52.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 if the report comes back satisfactory. 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 £52 Ukash voucher numbers for your CRB fees will be on the 24th of February 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 your induction/training.
Mr XXX
Recruitment Dept
xxxxxxx Ltd.
Tel/Fax: 08704xxxxxx
Answer:
Of course it is a scam. Paying to get a job?!!???
DO NOT go through with this
First of all, no potential employer is going to request a CRB until after they have interviewed you and know they want to offer the job to you.
Second, an enhanced CRB check ONLY costs £44, not 52. Check the Direct.gov website
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/S…
The CRB hotline number is on the top of that page in a box on the right side. Call them to see if you have to pay through Ukash or if you pay in person when you appear with your documents for the actual CRB
its a scam, CRB would never be done over mail, ussually in person with a manager of some sort or in worst case over the phone(but i would be carefull still)
the whole thing seemed legirt untill the last two paragraphs, which are completely fake and you are probably better of appliing in person rather then over internet.
Leave well alone...