Question:
is the job offer from tarmac limited UK genuine?
RAX
2011-09-13 17:58:13 UTC
I received a job offer from Tarmac Limited UK. With the scam emails today, I don't know if it's also one of them.Is there anyone have an experience on this matter?I need the answer asap.
Seven answers:
?
2011-09-13 22:25:54 UTC
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.
Kittysue
2011-09-14 03:25:53 UTC
If you were not flown to the UK for a face to face interview, or did not interview IN PERSON with a company representative in your country, then it has to be a scam NO UK company can employ a non-EU worker without proof they have conducted an intensive face to face interview with the candidate. Proof would normally be a receipt from an e-ticket either flying you to their office, or one of their corporate representatives flying to your country.



If you have never met this employer in person, then of course it's a SCAM



Tarmac ONLY recruits through their own corporate website careers section http://www.tarmac.co.uk/about_us/careers.aspx

If you did not apply directly through this site, then a scammer is falsely using their name

There are currently ONLY 4 vacancies in the company http://www.tarmac.co.uk/about_us/careers/current_vacancies.aspx?jobcategory=all



Read under Selection process

"Professional



For Professional vacancies we will ask to see a CV and supporting letter as a minimum. Further selection processes may include:



Competency and or technical based interviews

Psychometric testing

Assessment centres including a number of exercises or presentations "



So if you have not had a techical based interview, a psychometric test and a visit to one of their assessment centres, then it's even more proof this is not from Tarmac



ALL Tarmac emails are from @tarmac.co.uk - NOTHING ELSE so if you received any emails from another email address, more proof it's a SCAM





Here is the REAL company phone number

http://www.tarmac.co.uk/about_us/contact_us.aspx

When dialling from abroad you call +44 1902 353 522

Ask to speak to their Human Resources Department



A single international phone call is MUCH cheaper than losing thousands of pounds and your identity to scammers
anonymous
2016-02-29 06:30:40 UTC
Looks like it's a company, or maybe a scam. Founded in Kentucky in 1995, but in the UK since 1916? Same pictures, both sites. So what leads you to start a Yahoo Answers account just to ask about a senior level executive position? That doesn't sound quite right. Are you just trying to drum up some business?
Ed Fox
2011-09-13 19:15:09 UTC
It's a genuine UK company but why would someone in the Philippines receive a job offer from a UK company?
?
2011-09-15 07:55:09 UTC
The company is actually called "Tarmac Ltd", and they would not send out a job offer to anyone who had not previously applied for the job and been interviewed for it! Thats fairly basic!



This is a scam, the sender is clearly hoping that you will end up supplying your bank details (in order that you can be "paid your salary"), and after you've done that, they will start emptying your bank account!



File this one in the shredder!
anonymous
2011-09-13 23:45:31 UTC
That depends on whether you have applied for a job with this company and attended an interview.

If you have then it seems reasonable that they may offer you the job.

If you haven't applied for a job then obviously it's a scam.
Judy
2011-09-14 00:26:35 UTC
If you applied directly to the company, not through some email you got, and if you had a face to face interview, it might be legit, otherwise no it's a scam. If they ask you to send them any money for ANYthing, like paperwork, a visa, or anything else, it's a scam.


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