GEC Global Employment Consultants

[joewein]

I got a query about this company from a user of Scam-O-Matic (http://www.scmomatic.com) and it raised a few red flags. Here is there letter, with questioner details removed for privacy:

A few of the red flags:

1) Sent from a Yahoo account
2) Uses a Yahoo account as a reply address
3) They want almost 5000 EUR upfront
4) Supposedly Canadian company with Dutch office uses bank account in Thailand registered in the name of a individual
5) Dutch street address is a "virtual office" (i.e. no local presence!)
6) bad English ("preleminary", "confedential", "procession fees", etc.)
7) Employment income is quoted net of tax even though actual tax amount would depend on number of dependents, which they wouldn't know yet.



From: gecukemp@yahoo.co.uk

Preleminary Confirmation of Employment Offer
** CONFEDENTIAL,NON NEGOTIABLE, NON TRANSFERRABLE**


Issued by: Assessment Division, GEC HQ, Toronto, CANADA
Issued to: XX. XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX
Offered Position: MEDICAL LAB TECHNICIAN
Country: THE NETHERLANDS
City: AMSTERDAM
PCEO no.: EMP/ THE NETHERLANDS/ PARA/ X XXXX/XX
( Kindly quote this PCEO No. for all the future communication)

Date of Issue: 03.07.2007 15:13:51 PM TORONTO, CANADA
Valid Till: 10.09.2007
Referred by: SELF
Offered Monthly Salary: EURO 4640.00 (EURO FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY) (After Tax)


Other Facilities:

1. Free (FAMILY CLASS) Accommodation

2. Transportation

3. Health Care Insurance

4. Further studies opportunities

5. Yearly paid holidays

6. Over time

7. Children Education Allowance

Other facilities as provisioned by the concerned employer

Duties/ Responsibilities:

As per the agreement

Authorized Contact Person :(For all the questions/consultation)

Ms. Angie S.
GEC ASIAN AFFAIRS CHIEF
Email: employmentonly@yahoo.com


PROCESSION FEES DETAILS:

Procession Fees of this employment opportunity is EURO 4900.00
EURO ( Euro Four Thousand and Nine Hundred ) and is advance-payable during the second stage of the application. The procession fees include the government procession charges and documents handling fees.


DETAILS OF THE PROCESSION FEES:



1. Registration and Endorsements Fees: € 1950.00

2. Visa and Work Permit Charges: € 1950.00

3. Communication and Documents Handling: € 550.00

4. Insurance Premium: € 450.00



TOTAL € 4900.00

( TOTAL: FOUR THOUSAND AND NINE HUNDRED EURO)



**GEC issues full verifiable Corporate Receipt and 100% REFUND GUARANTEE upon the receipt of the procession fees and the required documents.

**GEC refunds the procession fees paid by the applicant in the event of the failure of the process. If GEC is convinced that the applicant can't be qualified or can't get required documents like work permit or visa, the procession fees is REFUNDED. The procession Fees is refunded by Western Union Money Transfer or by SWIFT Transfer to the bank account of the applicant.


**SEE THE INSTRCUTIONS BELOW FOR THE REMITTANCE OF THE PROCESSION FEES:

SECOND STAGE APPLICATION GUIDELINES DETAILS
NON NEGOTIABLE

You are required to dispatch the following stated Documents For the Second Stage
of Application:

* Personal information of the candidate
* Documents proving the nationality of the candidate ( if applicable)
* Copy (2) of the valid passport (be sure to confirm authenticity by signing on each document)
* Two recent pictures (PP applicable)
* Copy of the educational documents
* Copy of the experience documents (from your present and/or past employers)
* Copy of your character documents (if you can't experience certification)
* Copy of non-criminal background certificate (issued by local police)
* Document proving the payment of the procession fees (original)

** You are eligible to include your immediate dependent family members and if you intend to include your immediate dependent family members , kindly send their valid passport copy (attested) along with yours. This will be helpful in minimizing the time for the procession of the documents of your immediate family members.

Kindly make the arrangement to dispatch the above-required documents to the
postal address of GEC HOLLAND OFFICE. Kindly use the COMPLETE address EXACTLY as shown below:

GEC Global Employment Consultants
Keizersgracht 62 - 64
1015 CS Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31202629637


Kindly use the following banking arrangement of GEC Asia in Thailand to remit
the procession fees. GEC doesn't accept any other form of payment. Please
note that we issue full, verifiable corporate receipt with 100% money back
guarantee. We send the receipt to you via. express courier upon the receipt of
the documents and the procession fees. Kindly remit the procession fees by WIRE
TRANSFER/ TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER/SWIFT TRANSFER only. Due to time consuming
factor, we don't accept Demand Draft, Bank Draft.

BANK : SIAM COMMERCIAL BANK
BRANCH : BIG C RAJDAMRI, BANGKOK, THAILAND
SAVING ACCOUNT NO.: 159-2-06903-7
ACCOUNT NAME : CATTALIYA KAEWMANI
SWIFT : SICOTHBK



The account holder is the Associate of GEC.

The banking arrangement has been made in Thailand at the request of the related applicants. The another reson for using the banking arrangement in Thailand is due to tax. If the procession fees is remitted directly to GEC's corporate account, the related applicant will have to pay for the bank charges, taxes and other charges . So, for the easiness of the applicants, the banking arrangement has been made in Thailand.



PLEASE NOTE: (NON NEGOTIABLE)

1.You are required to send the documents as mentioned in the guidelines above. Be sure to sign on each document.
2.No action can be taken for the further procession of the documents unless
procession fees is paid.
3.You MUST confirm the dispatch of documents and remittance of the payment of the procession fees by email.
4. CORPORATE RECEIPT and 100% REFUND GUARANTEE will be dispatched to the address given by you, after the confirmation of the payment of the procession fees.
5.It takes around 150-180 BUSINESS DAYS to complete the procession after the receipt of the procession fees and the required documents. The procession duration may take less or more time depending on your documents.
6.Kindly include the documents (passport copy) of your immediate dependant family members if you intend them to accompany you while dispatching your documents.
7.For all the details kindly contact GEC ASIAN AFFAIRS directly. No inquiries will be entertained by other GEC Offices.
8.The issues of duty hours, overtime, interviews ,etc. will be decided later on as it depends on individual case and requirements.Every effort will be made to make your posting according to your experience.

Kindly confirm the receipt of this PCEO.

[Frazzle]

It's a scam.

Try a Google for Keizersgracht 62-64 -- there's 22,000 hits :o http://www.bma.amsterdam.nl/adam/uk/hals.html has a photo of the building -- that's one helluva crowded heritage building!

Googling for "global employment consultants" finds that they have a few dozen too many websites for a truly global company. http://www.globalemploymentconsultants.com/ looks like it is probably genuine, although "Global" is a bit strong for a company that advertises a few dozen vacancies in the USA, and virtually none outside the USA. Here's a fake one: http://www.geconline.co.uk. There's lots of ads placed by fake GECs on Indian job websites. I'd say that there's a 90% chance that if you chose a GEC at random, you would get a scammer.

Surprisingly, the phone number +31202629637 appears to be a landline rather than cellphone.

[irelandview]

My friend has applied to this company and he remitted nearly euro 5000 to their Thailand account on jan 2006. After one week he received a receipt from the following address
Global Employment Consultants
Address 1: Tele 2 Tower, 7 Conge Street, Suite 1254,
City: Toronto
State: Ontario
Zip: M6E1W9
Country: CA
Phone: 001 (514 3709047)

Their emails are coming from employmentonly@yahoo.com or gecukemp@yahoo.co.uk by angie .s .I have tried their I.P address and found as below


IP Address: 72.34.36.234
IP Location: United States
Website Status: active
Server Type: Apache
Cache Date: 2008-01-12 01:02:00 MST
Compare Archived Data: 2007-11-09



Created by Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
Last Updated by Registrar: TUCOWS INC.

Registrant Contact Information:
Name: Ruben Patrick S.
Organization: Global Employment Consultants
Address 1: Tele 2 Tower, 7 Conge Street, Suite 1254,
City: Toronto
State: Ontario
Zip: M6E1W9
Country: CA
Phone: +1.41635698005
Email: info@cyberbest.co.th

Administrative Contact Information:
Name: Jarunee Amnuayphol
Organization: Cyber best Co, Ltd.
Address 1: 604/3 Room 4109 Pantipplaza Bldg, Pettchburee Rd. , Rajithevi,
City: Bangkok
Zip: 10400
Country: TH
Phone: +1.4162522785

They have collected his Bio data, Police clearance certificate, medical certificate etc during these period of two years
Now they informed my friend that he can travel within one month. So again they are asking to send euro1510.00 for his wife visa processing charge.
He is now confused whether to send money or not.

please anyone inform whether this company is genuine or not. if not genuine ....you have any proof for that ..

[poirot]

They gave you a bogus address. There is no Conge Street in Toronto.

"Zip: M6E1W9" the term "ZIP" is never used in Canada, they use the term "Postal Code". And M6E 1W9 belongs to another street (Rochdale) which is a residential area.

also, 416-356-98005 is a mobile phone from Rogers Wireless

email address employmentonly@yahoo.com is used here with the following contact details: (http://www.indiamart.com/employmentonly/enquiry.html#contact)
Mr. Johnathan Charles
Global Employment Consultants
One Toronto Center, Point Two, 42nd Street, Point 34
Toronto - 3TO 1EH, Ontario, Canada
Phone: +(1)-(514)-3709047
Email: employmentonly@yahoo.com

Note the similar but different address. The postal code "3TO 1EH" is totally fake, and the phone number is not Toronto but Montreal "514".

These are not typos but deliberate bogus addresses which point to a scam. If your friend reached these people through those Canadian phone numbers, which would then indicate that they have someone in Canada, he should lodge a complaint with the RCMP at: www.recol.ca

[poirot]

Though numbers starting with 416-356-xxxx are from Rogers Wireless, the number they gave your friend "416 356 98005" contains too many number therefore it's also fake.

[irelandview]

I THINK SOMEBODY FROM THAILAND IS OPERATING THIS SCAM WORK AS MY FRIEND SEND THE MONEY TO THAILAND. THEY ARE CLAIMING THAT THE ACCOUNT HOLDER IS THIER ASSOCIATES.

[irelandview]

how can we stopped this kind of scam. where we can complaint? can we take action against the domain register or Isit possible to complain against the bank account holder? any body can help me? i want to complain about this scam. they has taken nearly euro5000 per person.

[Baby.J]

last week I received one job offer from Angie S (GEC HQ).
I have to pay Euro5600 as processing Charge. I told them I cannot pay these much amount in one time. they agreed for 3 times installment. I send 1 email for her contact No.
she didnt give me yet. I search her name on Google. That time I found that she is fraud.

thank you very much.

[Kerala]

They offered me and my friend’s job in Oslo, Norway and took 3400 Euro each in November 2005 and never gave a job till now or never got the refund. I gave them money which I took from the bank as a loan and now the bank loan with interest is around 7000 Euro.

They have cheated hundreds and thousands of people like me. They took money from people in INDIA, SAUDI ARABIA, OMAN, and KUWAIT for the same job offer and never gave a job.

I hope some day a law enforcement agency will bring this people to justice.

I am attaching the offer letter which they send me in 2005 below.

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PRELIMINARY CONFIRMATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT OFFER (PCEO)

NON NEGOTIABLE, NON-TRANSFERRABLE
Issued to : <removed>
Issued on : 04.11.05 15:40 PM TORONTO CANADA PCEO No.: ASIA/EMP/NORWAY B 2415/06 Applied for : STAFF NURSE Country : NORWAY City : OSLO Monthly Salary : EURO 3900.00 (After Tax) Terms of Contract : 24 MONTHS Issued by : Ms.LORI MARTIN
Chief of Department of Assessment
GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT CONSULTANTS
GEC HQ, TORONTO, CANADA
Tel/Fax: + 1 514-370-9047
Authorized Contact Person : Mr. Johnathan Charles
GEC ASIAN AFFAIRS CHIEF
GEC ASIA BANGKOK, THAILAND
Email: employmentonly@yahoo.com
Tel : + 66 411 41087

This is to bring into your kind attention that GEC, upon the consultation with the employer in NORWAY and concerned NURSING COUNCIL, has decided to issue
Preliminary Confirmation of Employment Offer for the position of STAFF NURSE
(SN) in OSLO, NORWAY .

The decision is solely based on the basic information provided by you.

You are requested to contact Mr. Johnathan Charles (GEC ASIAN AFFAIRS) for further procedures of procession of documents.


Your duties and Responsibilities will be:

* To receive nursing report from staff on previous duty along with patient allocation for the duration of the placement in accordance with policies and procedures of the client.
* to inform allocated patients of name and status. Assesses health status of allocated patients, attends to immediate needs and identifies potential problems.
* to plan individual care in conjunction with Nurse Unit Manager, patient and medical officer.
* to request advice regarding function and use of equipment with which she or he is unfamiliar and the location of emergency equipment and policies.
* to implement nursing care plan according to set priorities, performing procedures in accordance with Client policy.
* to maintain a high standard of patient care to assist in meeting the physical and psychological needs of allocated patients and non-allocated patients as appropriate.
* to prepare allocated patient for surgery or ordered treatment as required.
Provides patients with relevant information as appropriate. Assists in patient teaching prior to surgery or treatment that is pertinent to post-operative treatment period.
* to adhere to orders of medical officers, Nurse Unit Manager and/or Associate Nurse Unit Manager in following post-operative or post-treatment orders.
Performs nursing activities related to the prevention of complications, health teaching and self care as appropriate.
* to follow Client policies related to patient, visitor, staff and environmental safety. Maintains knowledge and expertise in practice of all emergency/resuscitation procedures. Follows Client policies in the event of an accident or emergency. Completes incident form (in accordance with Client
policy) providing information which is legible, accurate and signed and given to the Nurse Unit Manager or Associate Nurse Unit Manager.
* to maintain frequent evaluation of health status of allocated patients. to obtain advice from Nurse Unit Manager and/or Associate Nurse Unit Manager if health problems are anticipated or identified.
* to maintain documentation related to patient care that is accurate, legible and current, and adheres to legal requirements and Client policy.
* to adhere to medical officers orders, Nurse Unit Manager and/or Associate Nurse Unit Manager directions and Client policy and state regulations regarding the checking, administration and documentation of drugs.
* to maintain confidentiality of patients records.
* to follow Client policy and protocol regarding infection control.
* to practice hospital economy in use of equipment and stores. Reports promptly to the Nurse Unit Manager or Associate Nurse Unit Manager the need for maintenance or replacement of equipment.
* to report health status and relevant problems of allocated patients to assigned staff prior to absence for meal breaks or other necessary absences.
* to maintain a satisfactory standard of courtesy towards patients and visitors; provides adequate explanation of patients health status to relatives or significant others as appropriate.
* to perform any other duties which may be required from time to time as necessary and/or requested by the Nurse Unit Manager and/or Associate Nurse Unit Manager.

PROCESSION FEES DETAILS:

Procession Fees of this employment opportunity is ? 3400.00 ( Euro Three Thousand and Four Hundred )** and is advance-payable during the second stage of the application.The procession fees include the government procession charges and documents handling fees.
** EFFECTING 1st OF JULY ,2005. (Applicable to all the applicants making the payment after 1.07.2005.)

Details of the Procession Fees:
Registration/Endorsement Charges (Government): Euro 1250.00 Employment Class Visa Charges: Euro 700.00 Employment Authorization/Work Permit Charges: Euro 450.00 Certification of Eligibility Charges: Euro 300.00 Communication Charges: Euro 300.00 Document Handling Charges: Euro 400.00

TOTAL : EURO 3400.00 ( Three Thousand and Four Hundred Euro)

SEE THE INSTRCUTIONS BELOW FOR THE REMITTANCE OF THE PROCESSION FEES:

SECOND STAGE APPLICATION GUIDELINES DETAILS NON NEGOTIABLE

You are required to dispatch the following stated Documents For the Second Stage of Application:

? Personal information of the candidate
? Documents proving the nationality of the candidate ? Copy (2) of the valid passport (be sure to sign) ? Two recent pictures ? Copy of the educational documents ? Copy of the experience documents (if applicable) ? Copy of your character documents (if applicable) ? Copy of non-criminal background certificate (if applicable) ? Document proving the payment of the procession fees (original)

** You are eligible to include your immediate dependent family members to Norway and if you intend to include your immediate dependent family members to Norway, kindly send their basic documents along with yours. This will be helpful in minimizing the time for the procession of the documents of your immediate family members.

Kindly make the arrangement to dispatch the above-required documents to the postal address of GEC ASIA OFFICE in Bangkok, Thailand. Kindly use the COMPLETE address as shown below:

GEC Asian Affairs
Contact Person: J. Charles
PMB NO. 038
22 CENTRAL CHIDLOM TOWER, PLOENCHIT ROAD, LUMPINI, PATHUMWAN, BANGKOK 10330, THAILAND
TEL: + 66 41141087

Kindly use the following banking arrangement of GEC Asia in Thailand to remit the procession fees. GEC doesn?t accept any other form of payment. Please note that we issue full, verifiable corporate receipt with 100% money back guarantee. We send the receipt to you via. express courier upon the receipt of the documents and the procession fees. Kindly remit the procession fees by WIRE TRANSFER/ TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER/SWIFT TRANSFER only. Due to time consuming factor, we don?t accept Demand Draft, Bank Draft .

BANK: SIAM COMMERCIAL BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED
BRANCH: PATTAYA, THAILAND
SAVING ACCOUNT NO.: 535-2-70319-2
ACCOUNT NAME: KWANJIRA RASAMEEJAN
SWIFT: SICOTHBK

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

1.You are required to send the documents as mentioned in the guidelines above.
Be sure to sign on each document.
2.No action can be taken for the further procession of the documents unless procession fees is paid.
3.You MUST confirm the dispatch of documents and remittance of the payment of the procession fees by email.
4. Original PCEO will be dispatched to you by express courier along with the CORPORATE RECEIPT and 100% REFUND GUARANTEE after the payment of the procession fees.
5. You MUST strictly follow the guidelines provided by GEC if you intend to enroll. There can be no option to that.


*********** END OF PCEO *****************

NOTE: This PCEO is for the person addressed above and if you aren't the person
addressed above, you aren't eligible to read. You have received this PCEO
because you requested for the application for the position of Staff Nurse in
Norway. If you have further questions, kindly address to Mr. JOHNATHAN CHARLES
by email: employmentonly@yahoo.com

KINDLY CONFIRM THE RECEIPT OF THIS EMAIL.

[Shaiju]

Hi All,

Many thanks for your comments. There seem to be a lot of people in a similar position as us. I have also paid the sums of money mentioned by everybody and now have been asked to shell out a further 1800 euros to get the final dates to join. Am still not sure what to do as you have not clarified if this is a scam or not. Please advise.

Regards

Shaiju

[poirot]

This is a scam - fraud.

[poirot]

Victims in India have recently complained of being scammed by http://www.geconline.co.uk so these thieves are still at it.
Domain name:
geconline.co.uk
Registrant:
Robert J Perry
Registrant type:
Unknown
Registrant's address:
175 Island Park Drive
Ottawa
Ontario
K1Y0A2
CA
Registrar:
TUCOWS Inc [Tag = TUCOWS-CA]
URL: http://www.opensrs.org
Relevant dates:
Registered on: 20-Feb-2006
Renewal date: 20-Feb-2010
Last updated: 22-Jan-2008

That address doesn't exist. That section of Island Park Drive is a park. No buildings.

Global Employment Consultants (GEC) - http://www.geconline.co.uk is a FRAUD - SCAM - FRAUDE

[poirot]

These criminals have to be given a little extra exposure.

This laughable statement (http://www.geconline.co.uk/Announcements-subject.php?id=11) from this bunch of thieves:
> Regrading the Agents and Representatives of GEC

Announcement No. 1
Date of Announcement : 10 August 2006
Validity of Announcement: Until further notification

It has been brought to the attention of GEC that some persons are impersonating as agent or representative of GEC. Such persons are claiming to be authorized by GEC to handle all the documents including the fees. Such type of activities have been reported in India, Pakistan, Kuwait, Nigeria and in Eastern European countries.

If you are approached by any such person, kindly demand Valid Authorization Documents issued by GEC. Kindly note that every authorized representative is provided with proper and valid authorization document proving to be the representative of GEC.

You are kindly requested to contact gec@geconline.co.uk for the verification of concerned representative/ agent of GEC.

Some of the details used by these criminals:
Global employment consultants
HQ, 30 Parley Street
Toronto, Canada.
Tel/Fax: 1-603-909-6138 (GEC USA)
Tel/Fax: 1-514-370-9047 (GEC Canada)
Tel/Fax: 31-847 505 924 (GEC The Netherlands)
Email: employmentonly@yahoo.com
http://www.geconline.co.uk
gec@geconline.co.uk

[poirot]

Receive from a victim of this scam. It details how geconline.co.uk is an advance fee fraud:
FACTS ABOUT GEC AND PROCESSING:
* THEY OFFER PROCESSING TIME 90 DAYS, FEES EURO.4000/ INITIALLY.
* ANY ONE WHO SEND A RESUME WILL RECEIVE OFFER.
* 1 YEAR THEY WILL CHEAT AND BLUFF YOU WITH DIFFERENT EMAILS.
* MONEY IS TRANFERRED TO THAILAND BY TELEX TRANFER.
* A RECEIPT IS GIVEN
* YOU CAN'T CONTACT THEM BY PHONE ONLY, EMAIL;

employementonly@yahoo.com or gec@geconline.co.uk,

*AFTER ONE YEAR, THEY WILL ASK YOU TO PAY ANOTEHR 2000 EURO.FOR FAMILY.
* AFTER ANOTHER SIX MONTHS, THEY WILL ASK YOU TO PAY EURO.250/ FOR UNIFORMS AND SHOES.
* AFTER ANOTHE SIX MONTHS, THEY WILL ASK YOU TO PAY EURO.500/ AS VISA FEES.

SO IT TOOK 3 YEARS, TO REALIZE THAT YOU ARE CHEATED.
NO VISA IS GIVEN, NOTHING WILL HAPPEN, KEEP ON SENDING MONEY,

THEIR MAIN CLIENT IS INDIANS, KERALA NURSES,

THERE IS A AGENCY AT COCHIN, gisaconsultancy WHO WORK AS AN AGENT ON BEHALF OF GEC