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from company admin@***office.com.ua
reply-to sky****company@mail.com
subject SUSPECT: immediate employment
SKY ***** OIL AND GAS. Is a publicly traded American company with valuable oil and gas assets in the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of central West SKY **** OIL AND GAS, Inc, Has immediate employment opportunities.
We intend to invite experienced Individuals/Expatriates or Consultancy firm who are capable of rendering expertise services in various fields of Engineering, Construction and Installation, NDT , Geology, Project Management, Welding and Fabrication, Plant/Start-Up, Maintenance, Mechanical/Technical/Design Engineering, Information Technology, Administrative, Commissioning and Medical Experts.
ENTITLEMENT, BENEFITS AND PACKAGES:
A very attractive net salary paid in US$, Sterling or Euros equivalent depending on employee home country and currency preference with annual salary review. Quality single or family housing accommodation (up to 5 people) in company community.
1. Free medical/dental care in UNITED KINGDOM and other surrounding company
countries for employee and family.
2. Excellent educational assistance benefits with family status employment.
3. Paid airfares allowing full flexibility with holiday travel.
4. Personal effects shipment and excess baggage allowances.
5. Full access to some of the finest and social recreational facilities in
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA, UNITED KINGDOM and subinates WEST AFRICA COUNTRIES.
1. Life Insurance and Paid vacation.
2. Employees who would not want to remain in the USA office will be granted
transfer to the UK or other affected countries.
3. Official vehicle/Maximum security in work environment and housing community.
Note:
All job recruitments are done in the USA offices(SKY *** OIL AND GAS). ALSO Applicants will be responsible for him/her visa and all other necessary travel documents (company policy), that will enable him/her to come over to his job community (here). We also ensure to stand in favor of your name and plead with the consulate office of the USA High commission to assist you making sure that visa and all the travel documents are issued to you smoothly.
JOB STATUS:
Full-Time and Half Time .
SALARY INDICATION:
GBP6, 7500 USA DOLLARS (Seven thousand five hundred Dollars) and above pending on work experience and field of specialization.
Capable and Interested Candidates are to E - mail resumes and details of experiences to:-
Dr. Hugh.W. Thompson
(Personnel Manager)
(RECRUITMENT OFFICE)
sky*****company@mail.com
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Beware of Checkmypconline SCAM!! 0800 520 0304
ReplyDeleteI was contacted by someone claiming to represent Microsoft. They asked if my computer was running slowly or showing any other problems. I said that it was taking a long time to load. He confirmed that Microsoft was worried about the problems and would put things right. I asked how much it would cost and was told it was free. A supervisor spent quite some time going over everything and then talked me through various operations which produced lists of data which showed occasional "warnings".
I don't know what that would be like, but I can try to imagine, clearly it would be fookin' horrible! I do think you're making a bit of an assumption though. The people I spoke to are just one particular species of criminal, the world is full of criminals.
Paying someone to fix a non-existent fault is one of the oldest tricks in the book. For computer users, the scam often starts with an unsolicited phone call from someone claiming to be from a technical support company like Microsoft.
After a vague description of a generic problem, the drill is for the smooth-tongued technician to direct you to a web page (www.checkmypconline.com), where a remote control session can then be initiated. With full access to your PC, the remote scammer can pretend to fix problems, fabricate new ones and install malicious software. The unsuspecting victim is required to pay for this privilege, and may even be offered the chance to cough up an annual subscription for keeping the computer ‘safe’ for a fault-free future.
Cold calls about your PC from chekmypconline.com by you have never dealt with should set off alarm bells immediately, not least since the technology to detect a problem on your PC, over the internet, without your knowledge, does not exist.
This operation took over an hour. I said I wasn't happy to go ahead until I could get some background on the company. I played dumb, kept him on the line for 30 minutes, foxed him by asking if they would use a laser, if it was dangerous etc. just turning the tables as much as possible. Anyway after half an hour exactly the phone goes dead.
After investigating it further I found that Saurabh Rajput is the bloke, who is doing all those by running it through Impeccable Solutions in Gurgaon.