Scam Alert !!! Select Consulting Ltd. (Job Opportunity in UK)

Just received today another e-mail presenting an employment opportunity in UK. The company name is "Select Consulting Ltd". At first look on the e-mail, it seems legitimate. Find below exact e-mail as received

From : Select Consulting Ltd.

Attention,

This is to inform you that we are travel agency and we are also involve in Recruitment at technical and management levels across the manufacturing, hi-tech, engineering, public and service sectors; we offer candidate sourcing and managed campaign services here in UK. We have been able to fix over 500 people with good jobs and also assist their family to relocate to job location.

You are receiving this email because you filled a job application on "Monster Job" website. We currently have 51 different job vacancies in different company that will be stated to you later along with the benefits.

Also take note that if you wish to spend your vacation any were in the world, we could make it possible.

If interested in the job application, please send your CV with a subject "Job Application" as this will enable us to get back to you on time.

Your correspondent should be sent to us through Email: selectconsultingltd@consultant.com
selectconsultingltd@gmail.com

Companies hiring now so hurry up to stand a chance.
Sincerely,
Mr. James Anthony
Select Consulting Ltd.
Providence Court,
104-106 Denmark Street,
Diss, Norfolk,
IP22 4WN. UK.
+447031819173

But if you dig deeper on the details you can easily determine that it's another type of scam. 

Points to check if the e-mail is legitimate:

 

The domain of the sender's e-mail is not showing the company name.

As a professional standard, a legitimate company that seeks for candidate to fill the job is using a company e-mail account. A company then has their own domain for their e-mail accounts and not using a free domain for their e-mail accounts in circulating e-mail relating to official transaction of the company.

 

The e-mail address is using again a different domain and gmail account.

In this part where the sender request for the CV, a different e-mail account is again presented. Isn't that suspicious?

The address belongs to a different company.

I then decided to check the address if it is really existing. I found out that it is indeed a legitimate address, however it belongs to a different company called "ERAS Ltd" . Click here to view the website: http://www.eras.co.uk/contact-us/

I also searched if the company is existing but I can't find it. There are similar company names with Select Consulting but they are located in different country. Even in the footer of the e-mail there is no website specified.

Another thing that made me conclude that it is an illegitimate e-mail is the portion where the sender mentioned the website "Monster Job". I do have an account in this website that's why at first read I didn't suspect it. When I recalled reading other e-mails I got which referenced the website "Monster Job", there is an attached reference ID and with a header similar to the one below:

Testing/QA job opening in Oman!!

From	Tli Knowledge Services Pvt Ltd
To	xxxxxxxxxx @yahoo.com

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For Internal Use of Employer (Please don't delete or modify while replying to this email) Monster Resume ID: 23273029      Personal Folder ID: 8992560

Dear xxxxxxx, Testing job opening in Oman!! Company: Leading IT Company Work Location: Oman Job Type: Yearly Renewable Contract Experience, Education and skills required: Bachelor’s degree in IT/Computers/systems Minimum 5 years experience in Testing/QA Minimum 2 years experience in banking applications Send your resume to shalini@tliknowledge.com along with the following details: 1. Present Salary 2. Expected Salary 3. Joining Time 4. Willingness to relocate to Oman Regards, Shalini shalini@tliknowledge.com

The above items are enough to conclude that it was indeed an illegitimate e-mail and is another type of scam mail.