British flag Consulate-General of the United Kingdom in Kolkata

Address1A Ho Chi Minh Sarani
Kolkata - 700071
India
Phonelocal: (033) 2288.5172
international: +91.33.2288.5172
Faxlocal: (033) 2288.3435
international: +91.33.2288.3435
Emailkolkata@fco.gov.uk
Web sitehttp://ukinindia.fco.gov.uk
NotesBeware of emailed job offers for childcare and other similar positions in the UK. These are all frauds.

• Since November 2008, no visas are granted for household workers from outside Europe. Work visas are only granted for highly-skilled positions, most of which require university degrees.

• No legitimate employment agency in the UK requires you to pay them any money. All fees would be paid by the employer.

• No legitimate employment agency in the UK uses a free email address from Yahoo, Gmail, or similar services.

• No legitimate employment agency in the UK uses a telephone number that begins with +4470 (070). These are non-geographic numbers available to anyone in the world.

• No legitimate business requests payment via Western Union.

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paveen ponnira
Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:41 EST
British Drilling and Freezing Company Limited
British Drilling and Freezing Company Limited Private Road No 3.Colwick Industrial Estate Colwick. Nottingham, NG4 2BB +448719745338(0)115 9611300(0)115 9617338. http://www.bdf.co.uk hrdepartmentbdfdrillingoiluk@gmail.com Date:-26-12-2014 DEAR MR:-PONNIRA PAVEEN T. FILE NO:- 0997. NATIONALITY:-INDIA With reference to your application and subsequent online interview with the British Drilling and Freezing Company Limited, We are pleased to offer you employment in the Valero BDF, United Kingdom. The employment is subjected to the following terms and conditions. DESIGNATION:- BRASS WELDING. CONTRACT PERIOD: This contract will be valid for a period of Four years from the date of joining and is renewable after the completion of the first 4years. REMUNERATION AND PEREQUISITES: Basic Salary;£4,700(Monthly) HOUSING; Suitable housing facility will be provided by the company. Telephone; Telephone allowance will be given to you by the Company. Medical; Medical coverage as per company rules and regulations shall be provided by the company. Transport; Transport will be provided for official usage. Settlement Allowance; £1000 and two months upfront salary on joining. Annual Leave; Annual leave of one calendar month for each complete year of employment will be allowed. T his may be accumulated for two years and available together leave encashment may also be permitted at Management discretion. Leave passage; Return air passage airfare for economic class will be given to you and your family i.e., Wife/Husband and two children under the age of eighteen years. Joining Expenses; You and your family (Wife and Husband with Children up to the age of eighteen) will be entitled to economy class air ticket. VISA EXPENSES: You shall be responsible for the visa expenses but will be reimbursed on joining. Bonus; Bonus maybe payable at the management discretion.
Education Expenses; School fees up to Twenty Thousand pounds(20,000) for two (2) children per annum for actual fees will be your entitlement for your children Education. Expenses for uniform, Textbook, etc.; will be borne by you WORKING HOURS: You shall be required to work six hours in a day twenty eight hours in a week. TERMINATION: This contract can be terminated by either, if you desire to leave this job and the service of this company, you shall be required to give a notice of 30 working days or 30 working days salary in lieu of notice; thereof. In case of the termination of employment by the employer on disciplinary ground, no notice shall be served or compensation in lieu of the notice period is required to be given. SECRECY CLAUSE: You shall no part with any of the information to any outside person or any organization. Breach of this condition shall be considered as a serious offence which may necessitate suitable action being taken against you by the company. RESTRAINT OF EMPLOYMENT: You shall be restrained from taking any employment with any of our sister's company's competitors in the London unless company's prior permission is obtained. JOINING PERIOD :-You are required to join this job 30days from the date of acceptance. COMPENSATION CLAUSE: In case you resign or otherwise wish to leave the service of the company before completing on full year of service under any circumstances whatsoever, you shall compensate the company for: Joining expenses incurred by the company on you; and Three months’ salary (Salary that will be retained as security and after successful completion of four years shall be reimbursed). With this contract, any past contract signed by you with us, with any of our Sister companies or with any of our representative are to be treated as null and void. You shall not have any objection to work, even if you are transferred to any of our branches If you are interested and wish to accept this offer of employment, please sign the duplicate copy of this letter and return it to the management as soon as possible. In the event that we have not heard from you on time, this offer will be automatically withdrawn. I................................................ fully understand the terms of employment and the implication set out in the above letter. I now accept the offer of employment. Sign and forward to your UK- Visa Consular M. Kevin. Human Relations Dept. hrd@b-d-f.co.uk Signature & Date © 2010 - 2014 British Drilling and Freezing Company Limited. All Rights Reserved. Privacy/Policy and Terms of Use.
ASharma
Sat, 29 Nov 2014 03:55 EST
Appointment letter from Zeefirm Oil and Gas in UK
Sir,
Recently I got appointment letter from Zeefirm Oil & Gas for UK.I want to know that this is true or scam?So before further processing I require your necessary guidance.
I am waiting for your early reply.
Thanks,
lysander.london@fraudwatchers.org
Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:48 EST
felicia queen hotel is a fake job scam
Please read carefully because this applies to every job offer you receive! 99% of email job offers are scams! No real company hires you without an in person, face to face interview. An email, online or telephone interview is always a scam! No real company ever charges any money for a job even for a visa or work permit ot for a deposit for any reason! Read: www.scam-job-emails.tk Scammers will ask you to send money to a fake embassy official, travel agency or lawyer who is a really a scammer using a free email address!! No real company, government or visa agent ever uses a free or public email address (yahoo.com gmail.com hotmail.com, aol.com, etc.) Email addresses like diplomats.com [WARNING: SCAM EMAIL], counsellor.com, consultant.com, lawyer.com etc. are also free email addresses. Read: www.scam-email-addresses.tk No real visa agent ever requests money via wire to a bank account or by Western Union or MoneyGram. Read: www.never-wire-money-to-strangers.tk No real company uses a telephone number that begins with +44 70, +44 871, +44 870, +44 844, or +44 845. Those are forwarding numbers which are not in the UK. Read: www.scam-telephone-numbers.tk

There are no exceptions! Don't let a scammers convince you otherwise! A scammer is only as smart as his victim is naive! If something sounds too good to be true, it is a scam! Always "Google" all telephone numbers, email addresses and websites in any job offer to see if it has already been posted as a scam!
pitambar polei
Sat, 22 Nov 2014 04:52 EST
I gote a job felicia queen hotel offer letter it is true or fraud please help me.
DEAR  POLEI PITANBAR,
 
              WITH REFERENCE TO YOUR QUALIFICATION AND APPLICATION RECEIVED BY THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED ORGANIZATION, BE HERE BY INFORMED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SHORT LISTED FOR THE REQUIREMENT OF OUR ORGANIZATION IN VIEW OF THIS YOU ARE HERE BY CONGRATULATES TO WORK IN OUR ORGANIZATION AS {HOTEL OFFICE ASSISTANT       )    
   
YOU HAVE FREE ACCOMMODATION WITH THREE SQUIRE MEAL FEEDING.
  FELICIA QUEENS  HOTELS WILL SEND YOUR FLIGHT TICKET AS SOON AS YOUR VISA IS READY. THE TWO YEARS WORKING PERMIT VISA IS RENEWABLE BASE ON YOUR GOOD WORKING PERFORMANCE AND WISHES. ONE MONTH ANNUAL LEAVE YEARLY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT ON YOUR VISA PROCESSING WHICH WILL TAKE YOU SOME PROCESSES.
 

YOU ARE TO CONTACT AND CO OPERATE WITH (MR. PETER BECKINGHAM), THE CONSULATE AT THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION WHO IS IN CHARGE OF YOUR VISA PROCESS IN INDIA. THIS IS MOBILE NO {+91-7506601769} HIS MAIL{bthighcommissionukindia@hotmail.com}.

 

YOU HAVE A MONTH TO RESUME INTO THE OFFICE FOR YOUR APPOINTED DUTIES ON OR BEFORE   11th OF DECEMBER  , 2014.


ALL THE HARD COPIES OF YOUR DOCUMENT HAS BEEN SENT TO THE CONSULATE OFFICE. THAT IS YOUR APPOINTMENT LETTER AND UNITED KINGDOM BOARDER VISA AUTHORIZATION APPROVAL FOR THE IMMEDIATE AND EASIEST VISA PROCESSING.
ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS.
REGARDS.
MR. JAMES MAC SON,
HR ADMINISTRATOR
lysander.london@fraudwatchers.org
Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:28 EST
pembridge garden hotel is a fake job scam!
post the entire email or send it to me. Please read carefully because this applies to every job offer you receive! 99% of email job offers are scams! No real company hires you without an in person, face to face interview. An email, online or telephone interview is always a scam! No real company ever charges any money for a job even for a visa or work permit ot for a deposit for any reason! Read: www.scam-job-emails.tk Scammers will ask you to send money to a fake embassy official, travel agency or lawyer who is a really a scammer using a free email address!! No real company, government or visa agent ever uses a free or public email address (yahoo.com gmail.com hotmail.com, aol.com, etc.) Email addresses like diplomats.com [WARNING: SCAM EMAIL], counsellor.com, consultant.com, lawyer.com etc. are also free email addresses. Read: www.scam-email-addresses.tk No real visa agent ever requests money via wire to a bank account or by Western Union or MoneyGram. Read: www.never-wire-money-to-strangers.tk No real company uses a telephone number that begins with +44 70, +44 871, +44 870, +44 844, or +44 845. Those are forwarding numbers which are not in the UK. Read: www.scam-telephone-numbers.tk

There are no exceptions! Don't let a scammers convince you otherwise! A scammer is only as smart as his victim is naive! If something sounds too good to be true, it is a scam! Always "Google" all telephone numbers, email addresses and websites in any job offer to see if it has already been posted as a scam!
chetan uttekar
Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:42 EST
pembridge garden hotel appointment letter r
Sir, I jus got a mail from pembridge garden hotel where they send me a interview form which I filled and forwarded to them. After few days I got a mail where there is an attached copy of appointment letter and visa details..which I have to sign up and send to them. In that letter it was written that you have to pay the visa fees of 250 pounds after which the process will get run. I want to know it is fake or real?
Arun krishna B L
Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:00 EDT
Appointment letter from ACE HOTEL UK LONDON
Sir, please confirm the Appointment letter and the employer is real or fake, they are asking for hard copies through DHL. Please confirm the genuinity.

Messsage:
Dear ,Selected BL ARUN KRISHNA.

Further to the recent submission of your resume and credential. The entire management of The Ampersand Hotel London U.K here by appointed you as “ COMPUTER SYSTEM.” With salary package of" 2,550 British Pounds monthly" in our esteem organization. We require you to check this attachment for the copies of your Appointment Letter and contact our nominated consular in Asia Zone at British High Commission in India, immediately for your Visa Processing. The details of your nominated consular are stated below.

Director of visa affairs, Name: Mr. CLAIRE TUHEY

Official Email: (uk_embassy % consultant.com [WARNING: SCAM EMAIL])
Contact Number: +917678071197

More so, hard copies of all the relevant documents for your Visa processing had been D.H.L to our nominated consular in British Embassy India . And you are to be in your office One month from the date of appointment. Hence, candidate flight ticket will be send as soon as we received information from our nominated consular that the Visa is ready. We advise you to be a good candidate to our nominated consular and follow all his instruction. We wish you best of luck and welcome to our organization.

Thanks for your co-operation,
Mr. A Raymond
Appointing Authority.
Lysander.london@419scammersexposed.com
Tue, 26 Aug 2014 01:01 EDT
appointment letter from GE OIL & GAS is fake!
Please read carefully because this applies to every job offer you receive! 99% of email job offers are scams! No real company hires you without an in person, face to face interview. An email, online or telephone interview is always a scam! No real company ever charges any money for a job even for a visa or work permit ot for a deposit for any reason! Read: www.scam-job-emails.tk Scammers will ask you to send money to a fake embassy official, travel agency or lawyer who is a really a scammer using a free email address!! No real company, government or visa agent ever uses a free or public email address (yahoo.com gmail.com hotmail.com, aol.com, etc.) Email addresses like diplomats.com [WARNING: SCAM EMAIL], counsellor.com, consultant.com, lawyer.com etc. are also free email addresses. Read: www.scam-email-addresses.tk No real visa agent ever requests money via wire to a bank account or by Western Union or MoneyGram. Read: www.never-wire-money-to-strangers.tk No real company uses a telephone number that begins with +44 70, +44 871, +44 870, +44 844, or +44 845. Those are forwarding numbers which are not in the UK. Read: www.scam-telephone-numbers.tk

There are no exceptions! Don't let a scammers convince you otherwise! A scammer is only as smart as his victim is naive! If something sounds too good to be true, it is a scam! Always "Google" all telephone numbers, email addresses and websites in any job offer to see if it has already been posted as a scam!
ABHINAV BASAK
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 02:37 EDT
Got appointment letter from GE OIL & GAS
Sir I recieved an appointment letter in GE OIL & GAS Technology United Kingdom from Mr Mark W. Begor, HR manager of this company. They told me to contact the immigration officer named Sam Richard at uk embassy new delhi for proper guidence on visa procurement. Sir I want to know that is this real or fake?
Lysander.london@419scammersexposed.com
Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:21 EDT
VIRGIN MEDIA is a fake job scam!
Please read carefully because this applies to every job offer you receive! 99% of email job offers are scams! No real company hires you without an in person, face to face interview. An email, online or telephone interview is always a scam! No real company ever charges any money for a job even for a visa or work permit ot for a deposit for any reason! Read: www.scam-job-emails.tk Scammers will ask you to send money to a fake embassy official, travel agency or lawyer who is a really a scammer using a free email address!! No real company, government or visa agent ever uses a free or public email address (yahoo.com gmail.com hotmail.com, aol.com, etc.) Email addresses like diplomats.com [WARNING: SCAM EMAIL], counsellor.com, consultant.com, lawyer.com etc. are also free email addresses. Read: www.scam-email-addresses.tk No real visa agent ever requests money via wire to a bank account or by Western Union or MoneyGram. Read: www.never-wire-money-to-strangers.tk No real company uses a telephone number that begins with +44 70, +44 871, +44 870, +44 844, or +44 845. Those are forwarding numbers which are not in the UK. Read: www.scam-telephone-numbers.tk

There are no exceptions! Don't let a scammers convince you otherwise! A scammer is only as smart as his victim is naive! If something sounds too good to be true, it is a scam! Always "Google" all telephone numbers, email addresses and websites in any job offer to see if it has already been posted as a scam!

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