WARNING: Scam Ahead
Stop. Think. Research.
Does $9,200 Canada Dollars as a monthly pay sound good? How about Hazard/Inconveniences: $860 .00 (Monthly), Car Maintenance: $600.00 (Monthly), House & Furnishings: $3,500 (Yearly), Entertainment & Recreation: 750.00 (Monthly) and Travel & Events: $950.00 (Monthly) in addition? Not bad, huh? Oh yeah, and a work permit for Canada taken care by a Diplomat Attaché, currently in India on assignment, in 7 business days.
Well, stop dreaming, folks. Sorry to pope the bubble, as the above is an excerpt from an Agreement Letter in a fraud case I’ve been investigating recently.
No platforms, no sites, no social networks are safe from scammers anymore. I won’t mention romance scammers this time, only job-related scams. Meta aka Facebook especially is known for them. Posts appear hourly. Sadly enough, Meta administration advises, those posts don’t go against Community Standards, and refuses to delete them when reported. Imagine, people put comments: I am interested. Out of Desperation? Naivety? Greed? Blind trust for printed words? I think, ignorance.
This time a scam I’ve come across originated from LinkedIn.
A message came:
First thing I did was to check if the company existed. It does! Their team handles everything from asphalt repairs for residential homeowners to commercial paving on huge lots, in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Are paving specialists in dear need for 250 University graduates? That I was going to find out.
A resume was sent to indicated email address. The real company’s email address has @jcpaving.com, not @jc-paving.com. I mastered a fake resume pretending to be an accountant from a small city in Russia. Actually, I was torn, whether to create a resume of a nuclear scientist or of an orthopedic surgeon, but settled on accounting resume.
The reply came in two days, signed by a Dr. Chris Anthony, Human Resources, with phone number that has Alberta (another Canadian province) area code. The real company doesn’t have a branch in Alberta. I was asked “to fill in the attached file to this email and give brief but concise and intelligent answers to our preliminary interview questions, this is an important criterion in our overall final selection.”
In the attached form there was a company’s logo, a copy of the real company's.
While I was filling in my intelligent answers I kept thinking, what a Dr would be doing in HR department of a paving company. Shoot, I should have gone with a neurosurgeon’s resume, just to keep even with a Dr in HR.
All was well. The form filled in, a Russian passport stolen online, done, sent. A copy of Diploma had been asked for too, but I made an excuse and asked to give me few days. I didn’t Photoshop it yet!!
Next, came a contract form for me to sign, listing all those wonderful amounts I already demonstrated at the beginning of the article. And concluded with this statement : “This Letter of Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of Canadian.” Brrrr.
There were also instructions on further steps. Company will pay accomodations and air tickets for myself and my 5 dependants. All I am to pay is visa processing fee as “all foreigners must pay for their visa fee why we reimburse them when they resume their duty.”
“Your file will be sent to our Canada visa attached officer who has been assigned to us by the Canadian Immigration Visa Home Office Canada. He is currently in India on a diplomatic assignment, he will help you and process your Canada visa/work permit at Canada Embassy New Delhi India and send it to you once completed. “
Have you noticed India been mentioned? That’s where scammers are located. That’s where my payment for visa will be going.
The signed contract, Photoshoped Diploma sent. Waiting for the next email from Dr HR.
And it came without delays. With more instructions, to “contact Diplomat William Gardenll Boucher at Canadian Embassy India, he is the Diplomat Attaché in charge of all foreign applicant visas, he represents a higher percentage of expatriate status with employees relations to this procedure, he will help you and process your Canada visa and send to you and also schedule an appointment with you for your Bio-Metric and 10 finger scans in your country.” Awesome, all fingers covered.
I signed the attached Appointment Letter and returned it right away. As well as contacted the Diplomat, asking to provide the next steps using the provided email address: [email protected].
In ONE minute, there was another email from Dr HR, with a request to forward a copy of my signed Appointment Letter to Diplomat. Excuse me? How would Dr HR know, I forgot to attach the copy for Diplomat? The answer, it’s the same person, Dr HR and Diplomat.
Here it came, the swift reply from Diplomat William. After I submitted the required documents, I was to pay “Registration, processing and handling charge is $540 US Dollars which is र44,677. Rupees Equivalent (THIS FEE IS FOR REGISTRATION, PROCESSING AND HANDLING CHARGES). This fee is a consideration commitment for your visa Application form so that you will be recognized by the Canada visa Authorities and it MUST be paid by you as the name appears in the appointment letter and completed Visa Application Form.” “Please Note: This fee is to be paid by you to any of the Authorized Account Officers who will then pay it to the embassy on your behalf and send you your receipt for future reference because the applicant is to pay visa Registration, processing and handling fee through agents by consulate order.”
That’s all? I was anticipating amount in thousands USD. Paid to an Officer? Of course. That would be Dr HR aka Diplomat.
The process of obtaining a work permit takes about 5 months from the day of application in fact, not 7 business days as Diplomat advised. All fees are paid online, $155 CAD for Work permit (including extensions) per person , for example. The application would be processed by a regional immigration office, not by a special assigned officer, let alone a Diplomat. A Canadian employer must have LMIA approved with government to be able to hire a foreigner. There wasn’t a word about LMIA license in this case.
Folks, do the research and a thorough check on work permit application process, on average salaries in the field, on companies offering the employment to foreigners. Huge unreal salary amounts are flashed with intent to lure and take job seekers’ attention off any contradictions and inconsistencies that are always present in fraud. Too many people fall victims to job related fraud, way too many.
Be safe.
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Natalia Grin
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Scam fighter//Souls rescuer//Thinker//Researcher
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Dear Nafisur Rahman, I want to congratulate you on your appointment. I wish to inform you that we have gone through your resume and signed the contract agreement, we are satisfied working with you. However, according to your resume, your work experiences are quite impressive. And now your eligibility to work in our company has been confirmed in the office by the Company's Management. So, you are expected to get all your travel documents ready with you through the assistance of the instructed Canadian Immigration Attache' who is currently working at Canadian High Commission in New Delhi India. You can bring your family along but not more than 5 members will be allowed. Your file has been grouped in diplomatic preference through our company efforts by providing all the necessary required documents to our Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Center which concern is about foreign workers through the Canadian Immigration Attaché, who is currently in India on a Diplomatic assignment, that's why you will not experience any difficulties in getting your visa. All the necessary approval has been done, an appointed Immigration Attaché has been assigned from our immigration home office here in Canada, to guide you through and get your visa without any delay or get denied on your entry visa. Your Visa process is No Appearance, you don’t have to visit the Embassy for your visa process, your diplomat will help you and process every stage of your visa processed, he will schedule an appointment with you to enable you to visit the embassy in your country once your process is completed for your Fingerprint and Bio-metric and hand over to you your visa. Note: The entire traveling documents and formalities required by you should be obtained from the Canada High Commission, according to Canadian Immigration Service. Your file will be opened through the office of the Canadian Attaché in the Canada Embassy India on your behalf to fasten up your visa process as soon as you meet the Embassy demand by registering with them. We have agreed that all cost of your visa should be paid by you, which is in accordance with the Contract Agreement Letter. Moreover, the Company Management shall send you Flight Ticket when your visa is ready, and the housing accommodation has been provided to you. Although, the cost of visa expenses encored on the cause of procuring your papers shall be reimbursed within a couple of days of your arrival in the company in line with the Company policy on international applicants. You are expected to give us a progress update on your visa processing between now and 3 days after receiving this appointment letter. This Appointment letter MAYBE revoked if you are unable to secure your travelling documents and Visa before the date you are expected to resume duty. Attached to this mail is your Appointment Letter. You will be given a 2-weeks familiarization course on your arrival here before you proceed with your appointment. Work guidelines’ will also be provided. Taxes will be paid by us. Your monthly starting salary is $9,200 Canadian dollars and your first increase will be from 6 months of resuming your duty. Award is available for those who show extra concern for their duty. You are to advised to contact Diplomat Murphy Wood Harvey at Canadian Embassy India, he is the Diplomat Attaché in charge of all foreign applicant visas, he represents a higher percentage of expatriate status with employee’s relations to this procedure, he will help you and process your Canada visa and send to you and also schedule an appointment with you for your Bio-Metric and 10 finger scans in your country. Canada Immigration Attaché Contact details below. Contact person: Diplomat Murphy Wood Harvey E-mail: [email protected] WhatsApp number: +919233729422 Office Hours: 9 am - 6 pm Days: Monday – Sunday Contact us immediately and endeavor to update us on your successful processes with them for liaison purposes. Respect is reciprocal therefore your attitude and manner of approach should be taken into consideration to enable speed processing of your documents. Best Regards, Dr. Peter F. Walker Human Resources Tel: +1-204-808-5651
Hello there I think I'd have fallen for the same scam because I'm already trying to relocate to Canada Via PNP program and finding a job would ease the procedures and I would like to tell what happened to me Ms. Natalia I think it is worth it to share a similar experience I noticed during the last couple of days some one namely Dr. Ahmed reviewed my profile on linkedin during his search for a prospective candidates and since I'm also looking to relocate to Canada on PNP programs through a valid job offer I had sent my CV and cover letter to him. Moreover, after a couple of days I received an email from someone namely Dr. Chris Anthony pretending to be the HR of the Company with the following contact Tel: +1-204-808-5651. and email ID <[email protected]>. Also they had sent me an application with a form covering few questions to be filled-out and all the questions are in capital letters and according to my experience forms have different format compared to what I received I suspect that this form is a scam and the whole thing is a scam, but anyway if it had happen with some please explain more Please if you came across the same case and the you contacted the numbers of the contacts mentioned above please share your story please don't ignore this comment and share your experience
Thanks Natali for sharing this and many thanks for enlighten the people of such critical crimes. I confirm what you shared, as my friend just sent me the fake company email to send my resume,and noticed that they are emailing from a fake fishing email. I would publish this via LinkedIn as my friend got scammed from this fake criminals through LinkedIn. Keep Up the good work of spreading the awareness! Thanks Nat✌🏻
Hi Natalia. I am currently communicating with the same scamers. They are using the same details you posted. I just sent my documents today and im waiting for their response. Thanks for alerting me. I was gonna lose my money
Ms Natalia - Can’t imagine they Plagiarized even my ‘Wheelchair 🦼Etiquette’ story as well But our VM Village Judey Buttted him right out for me and suggested I put a photo of me at the end; No two of you could look alike-Hmmm! — Thanks to you and Judey you’ve given all of us a cautious voice — Jay
It couldn’t be more comprehensive than this. Thanks for the sensitization👍🫡
Thanks a lot. I have been a victim. They used the same format but for mine, the job was located in Australia. Best regards Mephi!!
You are doing a great job here, because those scamers are in every platform, telegram
Thanks very much for the updates, the most important thing is dispatched yourself from been gluttonous, thanks
Thank you for this. I see that these scams are getting much more sophisticated.