Dear sirs,
The story begins when I received an e-mail from a company called " Stenmar Group ltd - www.stenmargroup.we.bs " based in Aberdeen – UK, with a variety of job vacancies offered … asking to get them a resume to study and give result … (page 20&21 of the attached). I did respond with my resume to them, and I did not suspect as they have a site on the net, .. after a while I got from them an e-mail with a contract to be signed and returned to them (page 19 of same), then I did get their HR contact no from their site, and did call … the respond was, yes, the contract is true . and that I can proceed. So I signed the contract and send to them the last page of (the signed page). what made me not to suspect is that the contract, though in word format, but is locked with a password, means a protection to a valuable document. And in this contract, they asked for a copy of my passport, plus 2 photos, and I did sent to them, as they said that they will get to me the work permit and the residence approval from UK borders . they confirmed the receipt of such with an e-mail, and sent to me a form papers from UK borders to fill, sign, and send it back to them, and I did, not suspecting anything till now, and when looking carefully within the contract … I did see an article that they pay a upfront Salary for 4 months to help relocating at their complex .. so I did ask for that, after which they send me an application for this to sign and return to them, when my wife did suspect about when searching on Yahoo ask and answers about the name of this company … still I said, there might be a wrong, as till that moment, no money was asked for, and one day, I did receive from them what they claimed to be the approval of the work permit .. and was a stamped and duly signed paper with the official stamp, then I started to suspect .. because I know the UK borders, or the ministry of labor and how long it takes to get an approval from them ..
I decided to play the game to the end to see what will happen afterwards, and even I contacted the British embassy in my country (Syria) to try to get detailed information about this company but could not get a communication . afterwards I received an e-mail with a certified copy of the upfront payment approval, asking me to contact a bank in UK called " Nationwide Bank PLC", and I did, and this so called Band, did send me an application to fill for opening an account with them, and asked for money to be deposited with them, after which, when they receive the deposit they will remit the whole amount of the upfront payment and the deposit … being something I do not trust, I mean paying money to others I do not know or trust … I decided to claim about this whole matter to :
- UK borders " having some documents they send to me duly signed and stamped, which means a forged ones.
- Grampian Police department, being this fraud is from Aberdeen – Scotland.
- British Embassy in Damascus Syria, being a Syrian.
- Interpole - fraud section.
In a hope that none of the copy of documents received by this company could be used in doing any crime or theft,
Ready to send you a copy of the whole communications and documents received.
And be sure that I'm ready for any questions you may ask.
My contact no. in UK is : 07531454034
Best regards
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