Can anybody tell me if this letter from UK is a hoax/fraud?
Dear Nurse, We are an American family working and living in London United Kingdom. My name is -------- I have a wife and a daughter. My wife ----- and my daughter ------ who is Four years old. I work with Gallery Group UK a reputable Oil and Gas company in the United Kingdom. I work as the project manager in the company. We have received your contact details from www.Naukrigulf.com My wife is sick with cancer, she is in pains because of the nature of my Job, I find little or no time to be at home for her Therefore am contacting you today for us to discuss the possibility of hiring you as her personal nurse. You will be with her always and give her the attention she desires, take her to the hospital and regulate her medically. You will be required to travel with her to Germany by Sept 2010 for her surgery after that be with her. We have agreed to pay you 4100 Great British Pounds for this service. your weekly salary is 1000 Great British Pounds You will need to be in this service for a minimum period of 24 months. You will have accommodation with us as well. If you wish to take up this position please write me back You are to fill in the below gap in bold letters and send it back to us to enable I and my wife look into it alongside our family lawyer to see if you are eligible to take care of my wife medically. You are to provide us with your: Full Name... ................................................... Age:................................................................. Mobile Address:............................................... Residence Address:............................................ Permanent Mailing Address Current Mailing Address Tel/Mobile Number(s) Your Nursing qualification OR Cv/Resume or any document that will show that you are eligible to work as a nurse. What is the name of your country?...................................... What is your nationality?...................................................... What is your Country of Nationality? Is it different from your Present Location? If yes please state your Current resident Country. A copy of your picture should be scan and send to us through an email attachment so that we will know who we are dealing with:. Scanned copy of your Valid International Passport should also be provided to us for the obtaining of your Visa Materials and other travel document that will enable you come down to UK immediately for your job as your travel visa, work permit and your air ticket only will be provided by us. Regards, ------------ Dear , I hope your week is moving well. After discussing your employment with my wife, we have decided that you match our requirements so please find the Contract Letter that is approved by the UK Home Office. We have attached all the terms and condition that governs my family which you have to follow with due respect, this will enable you stay and live with us happily here in UK while taking care of my Wife Medically. Any controversy that arises out of or relates to this agreement, or the breach of it, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the United Kingdom Arbitration Association or with our family lawyer. If you are not ready to be my Wife's Nurse, please do well to decline this offer with immediate effect for us to reserve the position for some other serious and committed Nurse applicant coming for the post. See above the attached picture file of my House and Sitting Room where you are going to stay and my family picture for picture identification. Please do well to go through the attached PDF contract agreement letter, read it carefully and after accepting the terms and condition, you are required to sign a page and send it back to us. I have informed the UK Home Office today that we have employ you, I have attached the approved contract letter issued me for your review. I need to apply now for Certificate of Eligibility (COE-UKIMG2010) as UK Home Office instructed me for our application to be quickly considered, as that is important to prove that I am sponsoring your travel down to the UK and to prove that you are eligible to take up job position in UK before they send your reference to the nearest British Consulate in your country. You need to sign the contract leter after going through it and send a scanned copy indicating your travel date (For Flight Booking which I will pay for) , to the staff at UK Home Office in charge of my application for the Certificate of Eligibility for their records and advice to us: You have to immediately send email to the UK Boarder Home Office for the preparation of your travel Visa without delay as we have earlier informed you that your travel Visa is Free. Here are the contact details of the UK Boarder Home Office. Name: Wilson Goodman. Office Adress: UK Border Age
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Yes it has all the typical ingredients of a scam letter, 99% of them are from Nigeria. Someone posted an almost identical one a few months back. Ignore it and anything else with similar wordings in the future.
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I presume your not in UK. Ask yourself why wouldn't this person look more locally for a nurse? Never send personal information by email to unsolicited mail. No home address,telephone number or copies of passport. These people are good at creating false identities and you could wind up with debts you know nowt about. same applies on social networking sites also. Report it as spam.
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looks a fraud to me. Identity theft? Did a search on gallery group uk and nothing found. Also £1000pw seems way over the top even for a private nurse in London. If it seems too good to be true........ !!!
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This is a Nigerian scam to steal your money and your identity. DO NOT respond or send any information Gallery Group is not a real company - it's a fake company name used in numerous job scams http://www.consumercomplaints.in/complaints/gallery-group-uk-amp-dana-petroleum-c154787.html so the family cannot work for a fake company An American working in the UK cannot sponsor a foreign worker, nor can any individual or family. Only a corporation already registered by the Home Office can sponsor foreign workers http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier2/ict/sponsorship/registerofsponsors/ then click on the document on the right "Register of Sponsors - Employers" -- if they are not listed there they cannot sponsor you. NO exceptions. You cannot work as a Nurse in the UK unless you come as a student and complete the Overseas Nursing Programme. Until you do so, you cannot be offered any sort of nursing job in the UK You do not send any emails to anyone. there is no UK Boarder Home Office - it's the Home Office Border Agency. The employer applies for a Certificate of Sponsorship - not a Certificate of Eligibility, which does not exist. It takes 12-14 weeks for the Home Office to approve a Certificate of Sponsorship. The employee does nothing at this point but wait for 3 months for an original letter to be sent to their home address. No nursing job in the UK pays 1000/week. You would be lucky to make 2000/month
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