Catherine Edward's Blog, page 30
January 8, 2018
Brittania/Britania Hotels UK Job scam - Beware!!!
Brittania/Britania Hotels UK Job scam - Beware!!!
Job Seekers beware of the latest scam. Do not trust every job offer you receive from the job portals like Timesjob.com or JobBuzz or any other source. Below is an example of a job offer I received. It came from an email id - Britannia Hotels <hr@britaniahotel.org> ; britanniahotel396@gmail.com ;
abroadjobs opportunity <abroadjobsopportunity@hotmail.com>
Dear Applicant,
In response to your bio data received from Times jobs portal India the Britannia Hotel UK has received your resume for the ongoing recruitment exercise of this season and we have found interest in it, based on your qualification/experience, In respect of the job you are applying for in this Hotel we request you to kindly find the attached Job Application Form and Online Interview Form which are attached to this mail. We request you to Print out the Forms and fill it properly before scan it back to us.
This recruitment ends very soon so we request you to get this forms filled as soon as you receive this message then send it back to us.
Regards,
Mr Terry.
Human Resource Manager.
Britannia Hotel UK.
Third Email: from Britannia Hotels <hr@britaniahotel.org>
DEAR APPLICANT,
THIS TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT YOU WERE FOUND SUITABLE TO WORK WITH US AT BRITANNIA HOTEL UK, AFTER SCREENING EXERCISE, WE CONGRATULATE YOU FOR YOUR SUCCESSFUL APPOINTMENTS IN OUR HOTEL
ATTACHED IS YOUR CONTRACT APPOINTMENT LETTER, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH IT CAREFULLY,THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR FURTHER INTERVIEW AS YOUR APPOINTMENT IS BASICALLY ON THE INFORMATION WHICH YOU HAVE PROVIDED IN YOUR RESUME BEFORE SCREENING.
YOUR APPOINTMENTS LETTER HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO YOU, WHICH WILL ENABLE YOU TO PROCESS YOUR VISA, IN INDIA WITH CONSULAR ANDREW MARCUS A SENIOR CONSULAR IN BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSION MUMBAI INDIA, AND CONTACT OF OUR CHAIRMAN THERE AT THE BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSION MUMBAI INDIA.
YOU ARE HEREBY REQUESTED TO CONTACT CONSULAR ANDREW MARCUS, AND MAIL HIM AND ALSO CALL HIM THAT YOU ARE FROM, CHAIRMAN OF BRITANNIA HOTEL UK.
THE DESIGNATED DIPLOMAT CONTACT DETAILS IS BELOW`
BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSION MUMBAI INDIA.
CONSULAR ANDREW MARCUS
Phone: +918828490542.
Email: ukembassyvfs@consultant.com (No government organization, especially an embassy uses generalized email domain. It's domain always end by .gov.countrycode. For example, .gov.in - India, .gov.uk - Britain, .gov.au - Australia)
MAKE SURE THAT YOU CALL HIM IMMEDIATELY ON HIS INDIA MOBILE NUMBER TO INFORM HIM THAT YOU GOT APPOINTMENT LETTER HERE.
ALSO, A COPY OF YOUR APPOINTMENT LETTER HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE IMMIGRATION HOME DEPARTMENT, WHERE A LETTER WILL BE APPROVED, FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR WORK PERMIT VISA, AND WILL BE SEND TO HIM.
KINDLY, DO THIS IMMEDIATELY, AND YOU SHOULD TRY TO COOPERATING WITH HIM, SO THAT HE CAN HELP YOU TO PROCESS THE VISA IMMEDIATELY AND YOU CAN RESUME WORK IMMEDIATELY ON 8/2/ 2018.
NOTE: WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR SIGNED COPY OF THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT LETTER FOR OUR CONFIRMATION TO YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF OUR JOB OFFER WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.AND YOU MUST PAY YOUR VISA FEES TO CONSULAR ANDREW MARCUS SO THAT HE CAN START YOUR VISA PROCESS IMMEDIATELY.
REGARDS,
MR THOMAS TERRY.
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER,
BRITANNIA HOTEL.
UNITED KINGDOM.
Above attachments may look legit. It has the letter head, the email address I received is from a company domain. But, I did some research, the real Britannia Hotels domain is https://www.britanniahotels.com .
I worked in Dubai in HR department and know this. No employer would take money from you to process your visa. If you are selected then you will have to sign the offer letter and forward your passport to your new employer. They will process the visa and will send you the visa with air tickets.
If they ask for you to bear the expense then it's definitely a spam.
I have attached the email body and files I received, so no one gets cheated in the future.
First Email from abroadjobsopportunity@hotmail.com:
I responded because it said Timesjob portal.
Dear Applicant,
In reference to your Job Application we
received
from Times jobs, Kindly-forward a Copy of Your
Resume / CV to
(britanniahotel396@gmail.com) before the deadline
to Know if you
are eligible for the recruitment
screening.
Regards,
Terry
Second Email: from Britannia Hotels <hr@britaniahotel.org>
Job Seekers beware of the latest scam. Do not trust every job offer you receive from the job portals like Timesjob.com or JobBuzz or any other source. Below is an example of a job offer I received. It came from an email id - Britannia Hotels <hr@britaniahotel.org> ; britanniahotel396@gmail.com ;
abroadjobs opportunity <abroadjobsopportunity@hotmail.com>
Dear Applicant,
In response to your bio data received from Times jobs portal India the Britannia Hotel UK has received your resume for the ongoing recruitment exercise of this season and we have found interest in it, based on your qualification/experience, In respect of the job you are applying for in this Hotel we request you to kindly find the attached Job Application Form and Online Interview Form which are attached to this mail. We request you to Print out the Forms and fill it properly before scan it back to us.
This recruitment ends very soon so we request you to get this forms filled as soon as you receive this message then send it back to us.
Regards,
Mr Terry.
Human Resource Manager.
Britannia Hotel UK.
Third Email: from Britannia Hotels <hr@britaniahotel.org>
DEAR APPLICANT,
THIS TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT YOU WERE FOUND SUITABLE TO WORK WITH US AT BRITANNIA HOTEL UK, AFTER SCREENING EXERCISE, WE CONGRATULATE YOU FOR YOUR SUCCESSFUL APPOINTMENTS IN OUR HOTEL
ATTACHED IS YOUR CONTRACT APPOINTMENT LETTER, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH IT CAREFULLY,THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR FURTHER INTERVIEW AS YOUR APPOINTMENT IS BASICALLY ON THE INFORMATION WHICH YOU HAVE PROVIDED IN YOUR RESUME BEFORE SCREENING.
YOUR APPOINTMENTS LETTER HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO YOU, WHICH WILL ENABLE YOU TO PROCESS YOUR VISA, IN INDIA WITH CONSULAR ANDREW MARCUS A SENIOR CONSULAR IN BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSION MUMBAI INDIA, AND CONTACT OF OUR CHAIRMAN THERE AT THE BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSION MUMBAI INDIA.
YOU ARE HEREBY REQUESTED TO CONTACT CONSULAR ANDREW MARCUS, AND MAIL HIM AND ALSO CALL HIM THAT YOU ARE FROM, CHAIRMAN OF BRITANNIA HOTEL UK.
THE DESIGNATED DIPLOMAT CONTACT DETAILS IS BELOW`
BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSION MUMBAI INDIA.
CONSULAR ANDREW MARCUS
Phone: +918828490542.
Email: ukembassyvfs@consultant.com (No government organization, especially an embassy uses generalized email domain. It's domain always end by .gov.countrycode. For example, .gov.in - India, .gov.uk - Britain, .gov.au - Australia)
MAKE SURE THAT YOU CALL HIM IMMEDIATELY ON HIS INDIA MOBILE NUMBER TO INFORM HIM THAT YOU GOT APPOINTMENT LETTER HERE.
ALSO, A COPY OF YOUR APPOINTMENT LETTER HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE IMMIGRATION HOME DEPARTMENT, WHERE A LETTER WILL BE APPROVED, FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR WORK PERMIT VISA, AND WILL BE SEND TO HIM.
KINDLY, DO THIS IMMEDIATELY, AND YOU SHOULD TRY TO COOPERATING WITH HIM, SO THAT HE CAN HELP YOU TO PROCESS THE VISA IMMEDIATELY AND YOU CAN RESUME WORK IMMEDIATELY ON 8/2/ 2018.
NOTE: WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR SIGNED COPY OF THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT LETTER FOR OUR CONFIRMATION TO YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF OUR JOB OFFER WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.AND YOU MUST PAY YOUR VISA FEES TO CONSULAR ANDREW MARCUS SO THAT HE CAN START YOUR VISA PROCESS IMMEDIATELY.
REGARDS,
MR THOMAS TERRY.
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER,
BRITANNIA HOTEL.
UNITED KINGDOM.
Above attachments may look legit. It has the letter head, the email address I received is from a company domain. But, I did some research, the real Britannia Hotels domain is https://www.britanniahotels.com .
I worked in Dubai in HR department and know this. No employer would take money from you to process your visa. If you are selected then you will have to sign the offer letter and forward your passport to your new employer. They will process the visa and will send you the visa with air tickets.
If they ask for you to bear the expense then it's definitely a spam.
I have attached the email body and files I received, so no one gets cheated in the future.
First Email from abroadjobsopportunity@hotmail.com:
I responded because it said Timesjob portal.
Dear Applicant,
In reference to your Job Application we
received
from Times jobs, Kindly-forward a Copy of Your
Resume / CV to
(britanniahotel396@gmail.com) before the deadline
to Know if you
are eligible for the recruitment
screening.
Regards,
Terry
Second Email: from Britannia Hotels <hr@britaniahotel.org>
January 7, 2018
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Review: Egyptian Nights
Egyptian Nights by L. LorenMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is the first time I am reading Loren's book and I loved it!!!
Egypt is sexually abused as a teen and when her mother finds out, things doesn't go as expected. Her mother blames her for everything that happened and her words of hatred changes Egypt. She doesn't do love and use men only for sex. When Harper walks in her restaurant the immediate attraction between them and the high sexual tension between them ignites sparks. When one night isn't enough, Egypt finds herself drawn to Harper in more ways than one. She struggles to come to terms with her set of rules, that she continues to break where Harper was involved and she just got one more trouble in the paradise.
This book may start as an erotica, but there is more to Egypt and Harper. The prologue cracked me up and I fell in love with NFG immediately. I never came across an intro like this and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The sex scenes were steamier, but hey... things happen between couples and you shouldn't judge them for that. ;)
When I started reading my initial assumption was that the story would deal with Egypt falling in love and struggling to cope with her past tragedy. However, the readers were loaded into an emotional roller coaster when Harper's nemesis show up and Egypt just happens to know him. What next? Trouble begins in paradise.
Be it the beginning where the young Egypt is abused or towards the end where she tries to handle the problem by herself, shows her selflessness. Egypt is a mature character and she proves it from time to time throughout the story. Harper is an interesting personality and it takes a while for the reader to understand him. That's mostly because the entire story is in Egypt's point of view.
It's an interesting read. It contains explicit sexual content and mentions of sexual abuse.
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Review: Stealing Coal
Stealing Coal by Laurann DohnerMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is the last book I read in this series before abandoning it. I won't say this series isn't good, but it doesn't seem to fit my interests.
Anyway, this book follows the story of Coal. He is tortured and Jill saves him, risking her ship. No one knows that she is a female as she is doing the trade on the name of her father's name. But when her ship is attacked she has no option but to turn to Coal for help. There are few things I couldn't accept. Both of them have an abusive past and the scene where Coal basically force seduce her doesn't sit well with me. Doesn't things like this takes time? This entire series mainly focuses on sex and other emotions just play supporting roles. After a while into this series it just got hard to keep track of the characters, for there is really more and more being introduced in each book.
This book is a good read for those who love erotica.
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Review: Touching Ice
Touching Ice by Laurann DohnerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I can honestly say that this is my favorite in this series. Megan is an interesting character and the thought of a space brothel with sex bots is new. It's quiet funny at places. Ice and Megan are cute couple. The initial scenes involving both of them are interesting and it often made me wonder if Ice already knew that she was a human. The fact that she knew Ice from the beginning also makes it easier to follow unlike the other books, where the women are kidnapped and forced into a relationship. The action scenes towards the end of the book is really good.
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