Friday, April 5, 2013

Is the job opportunity sent by Russell hotel in London sent through email is valid or not?

Q. I got an email from a certain "Miss.Wendy Ann Tarzian" she tells in her email that she's inviting me to join the job opportunity in Russell Hotel in London by simply sending my CV on this address: russellhotel.london@yahoo.co.uk. can anyone at Russell Hotel London tell me if this invite is valid or just another phishing scam?

A. 100% SCAM
1 - NO hotel or legitimate business uses a free yahoo email. The real hotel is owned by the Principal Hayley Group and ALL emails come from @principal-hayley.com, nothing else
2 - The REAL hotel is named Hotel Russell, not Russell Hotel
http://www.principal-hayley.com/venues--hotels/hotel-russell.aspx
3 - NO hotel would ever offer a job over the internet. You would need to have at least 2 interviews AT the hotel
4 - Hotel workers at NOT on the Shortage Occupation List and do not qualify for sponsorship. So if you are not an EU/EEA citizen there is NO way the real hotel could offer you a job
5 - I just rang the hotel and they do not have any employee named Wendy Ann Tarzian
6 - The hotel NEVER sends out random emails - they only accept applications from people who have downloaded the application from their careers website http://www.principal-hayley.com/about-us/careers.aspx

Mark it as Spam and Delete it

Is an email offering a position with the Metropole Hotel, London, UK offered by a Mary Ellen Hayes a scam?
Q. I have been the recipient of a job offer through email at the Metropole Hotel, London, UK with the proposition of free air fare to London-offered by a Mary Ellen Hayes @Yahoo.com. Is this a scam of some kind? Would you be aware of others who have received similar position offerings ?

A. 100% scam.

There is no job and no legit company called that name.

Any phone number that starts with +44-70 or anything similar is not based in the United Kingdom. It is from a UK based cell phone redirect service that can be answered by anyone anywhere in the world. It is a favorite service of scammers who want to pretend to be in the United Kingdom but are really half way around the world from there.

There is only a scammer trying to steal your hard-earned money.

The next email will be from another of the scammer's fake names and free email addresses pretending to be the "government visa official" or "travel agent" and will demand you pay, in cash, via Western Union or moneygram.

Western Union and moneygram do not verify anything on the form the sender fills out, not the name, not the street address, not the country, not even the gender of the receiver, it all means absolutely nothing. The clerk will not bother to check ID and will simply hand off your cash to whomever walks in the door with the MTCN# and question/answer. Neither company will tell the sender who picked up the cash, at what store location or even in what country your money walked out the door. Neither company has any kind of refund policy, money sent is money gone forever.

Now that you have responded to a scammer, you are on his 'potential sucker' list, he will try again to separate you from your cash. He will send you more emails from his other free email addresses using another of his fake names with all kinds of stories of great jobs, lottery winnings, millions in the bank and desperate, lonely, sexy singles. He will sell your email address to all his scamming buddies who will also send you dozens of fake emails all with the exact same goal, you sending them your cash via Western Union or moneygram.

You could post up the email address and the emails themselves that the scammer is using, it will help make your post more googlable for other suspicious potential victims to find when looking for information.

Do you know how to check the header of a received email? If not, you could google for information. Being able to read the header to determine the geographic location an email originated from will help you weed out the most obvious scams and scammers. Then delete and block that scammer. Don't bother to tell him that you know he is a scammer, it isn't worth your effort. He has one job in life, convincing victims to send him their hard-earned cash.

Whenever suspicious or just plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, all email addresses, even sentences from the emails as you might be unpleasantly surprised at what you find already posted online. You can also post/ask here and every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find before taking a chance and losing money to a scammer.

6 "Rules to follow" to avoid most fake jobs:
1) Job asks you to use your personal bank account and/or open a new one.
2) Job asks you to print/mail/cash a check or money order.
3) Job asks you to use Western Union or moneygram in any capacity.
4) Job asks you to accept packages and re-ship them on to anyone.
5) Job asks you to pay visas, travel fees via Western Union or moneygram.
6) Job asks you to sign up for a credit reporting or identity verification site.

Avoiding all jobs that mention any of the above listed 'red flags' and you will miss nearly all fake jobs. Only scammers ask you to do any of the above. No. Exceptions. Ever. For any reason.

If you google "fraud visa job scam", "fake UK hotel job Western Union scam" or something similar, you will find hundreds of posts from victims and near-victims of this type of scam.

Cookbook cafe in Intercontinental hotel London UK?
Q. Hey has anyone eaten in the cookbook cafe in the Intercontinental hotel London? If so did u enjoy it?

A. It's a decent option for breakfast / brunch (which is served buffet-style) if you're staying in the hotel or nearby, but otherwise I wouldn't go out of my way to eat there. It's best suited for dining during the day, not a special evening meal. Service can be slow.

You can read some reviews here:

http://www.london-eating.co.uk/28347.htm
http://www.toptable.co.uk/venues/restaurants/?id=3796

If you're looking for a nice breakfast / brunch spot, check out the places on these lists:

http://www.london-eating.co.uk/occasions/breakfast.asp
http://www.london-eating.co.uk/occasions/brunch.asp




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