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28th February 2014 #1
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Another scam/Fake visa ?
A friend of my girlfriend has paid p55,000 to some agency in the UK for this visa. Supposedly a nanny job for a rich widower. Payment to Western Union.
(more info to come...details of their address etc)
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Here it is. I'm sending a copy to my bro' at the FCO in London, plus details of the (possible) scammers.
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28th February 2014 #2
Poor lass.
This sort of scam has been going on for years.
Common sense seems to go out the window when some folks apply for jobs abroad.
You can easily check if an agency is legit by looking at the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency website. I would still be cautious if dealing with employment agencies in any country.
http://www.poea.gov.ph/cgi-bin/agList.asp?mode=all
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28th February 2014 #3
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Thanks for the link Jake.
I'll pass that on.
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28th February 2014 #4
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Oh gosh, how awful. I cannot imagine how bad some of the victims feel when they discover they've borrowed/begged/saved money for a fake visa.
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28th February 2014 #5
I feel sorry for your girlfriend's friend. My sister was telling me last time that they have a neighbour who was scammed too. She actually doesn't know what happened but she told me the neighbour has sent money via Western Union and then nothing happened. She told me that she has warned the neighbour beforehand that it might be a scam but didn't listen. I feel so sorry for these vulnerable people.-=rayna.keith=-
...When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible...
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28th February 2014 #6
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What a sad story. It's really a terrible thing to be so badly robbed by criminals who gained trust.
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1st March 2014 #9
My cousin too! She was emailed by some sort of company from UK and she was asked to pay 27,000 PHP thru WU but when she went to WU, the teller did not accept her payment because she was thinking that it was a scam and advised my cousin to double check it.
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1st March 2014 #10
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Wow...that was an amazing WU teller. Deserves an award.
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1st March 2014 #11
It's really embarassing that people might think it's British up to this scam, when you can be sure it's rarely real British people, but nationals from one of four other countries, who probably aren't even in Britain.
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1st March 2014 #13
this looks like a scan of a visit visa (see below) with her picture stuck on
other visa's
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/i...atvisa/images/
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3rd March 2014 #18
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Ok. I've now received copies of all (some OBVIOUSLY fake) documents from this victim, and they've been forwarded to my brother at the FCO.
He'll make sure they go to the correct people to pursue this SCAM.
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3rd March 2014 #21
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Here's an example of this RUBBISH.
Clearly, spelling is not their strong point.
('Dr.Tracy Wood' is the supposed prospective employer).
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3rd March 2014 #22
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Hmm, it has posted very small on here. I don't know if anyone else can see it any larger ?
If copied and saved to your pc you'll be able to view it properly.
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3rd March 2014 #23
State and Zip code i can understanding adapting forms for the EU lot but not the Americans
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3rd March 2014 #24
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...and what was that spelling ...'geniune' ?
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3rd March 2014 #25
Hmm ... thought I'd try and further enlarge the 'Oath Declaration' by simply replying to your response in #21, Graham - sometimes such a strategy seems to work ... ... other times it doesn't (don't ask me why) - unfortunately on this occasion, it hasn't. Nor [still] is it possible to make out the name of the person being attested to - even with the aid of a magnifying glass - as the printing is simply too small and indistinct!
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More nonsense.
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4th March 2014 #27
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A useful link....
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http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/fra...ruitment-scams
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4th March 2014 #29
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I have had an exchange of emails with my brother now (and he has looked at all the documents, which of course he has agreed are total nonsense).
He has given me some links and email addresses for those Filipinos who are tempted to follow a similar path as this unfortunate young lady.
I think that the gov.uk site could be usefully posted as a sticky on the 'jobs' section of this forum (if it hasn't already).
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...icks-and-scams
https://www.gov.uk/government/world/...embassy-manila
ukinthephilippines@fco.gov.uk
There is not much else I can do to help now, as our Actionfraud team (link in my previous post) will only take information from the actual victim, but for others, 'forewarned is forearmed'.
I have sent the file of documents to the British Embassy in Manila.
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