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Thread poster: Tina Colquhoun
Tina Colquhoun
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Feb 21, 2013

A job posting has just been circulated for something called the Vancous Hotel in London. This looks very much like a scam. Beware!
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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This has been around Feb 21, 2013

for a while, the only change is the name of the hotel and, as far as I know, the photo belongs to another hotel...
 
Tina Colquhoun
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Not London Feb 21, 2013

Yes, those palm trees look unconvincing posing as Central London!
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Another name... Feb 21, 2013

http://www.proz.com/forum/scams/240340-jobs_offered_by_la_queens_hotel.html
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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And another one... Feb 21, 2013

http://www.proz.com/forum/scams/205310-scam_e_mail_sent_after_checking_proz_profile.html
 
Berit Anderson
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No such postcode Feb 21, 2013

I also had a reply from them. I Googled the address but it doesn't exist. Don't know what they'd get out of such a scam...
 


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