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From N3,000 monthly to N9,000 (plus). Very Ridiculous!!!

The scammers are even so silly. Is the HMRC reponsible for processing travel documents ? I believe The function of the HM(revenue and Customs) is tax related, as seen on their website http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/menus/aboutmenu.htm

About us:
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) was formed on the 18 April 2005, following the merger of Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise Departments. Work is still continuing on our office restructuring programme. We are here to ensure the correct tax is paid at the right time, whether this relates to payment of taxes received by the department or entitlement to benefits paid.

We collect and administer:

Direct taxes - paid by you or your business on money you earn or capital you gain.

Capital Gains Tax.
Corporation Tax.
Income Tax.
Inheritance Tax.
National Insurance Contributions.
Indirect taxes - paid by you or your business on money spent on goods or services.

Excise duties.
Insurance Premium Tax.
Petroleum Revenue Tax.
Stamp Duty.
Stamp Duty Land Tax.
Stamp Duty Reserve Tax.
VAT.
We pay and administer:

Child Benefit
Child Trust Fund
Tax Credits.
We protect you by enforcing and administering:

Border and frontier protection
Environmental taxes
National Minimum Wage enforcement
Recovery of student loans.
We are the parent department to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) and its commercial arm - District Valuer Services (DVS).

Further information in respect of how we run HMRC are all available from our Corporate Governance section.

I am thinking of taking it to the bank for further investigations.

These scammers really need to be punished. I wonder how many people will have innocently fallen for this.

Dear All,

I have decided to post my story here for all to beware. There are a lot of scammers out there that are willing to prey on innocent job-seeking people.

Recently, I saw an advert on one of the local jobsites (nameswitheld) indicating that The Ritz Hotel London had a series of vacancies. Initially I was wondering why a Nigerian jobsite will be advertising for job positions in a UK organization, but later I waved it aside, assuming that it could be possible since the hotel was also looking for unskilled as well as skilled workers.

I applied for a skilled position and followed due process and sent my CV with an application. Not long after, I was sent an interview questionnaire to fill and I started to believe that this could be my chance of getting a better job. I filled in the questionnaire and some weeks later they got back to me with an email containing "the employment contract letter", which stated a monthly salary of about 2,550GBP (tax free), free accommodation and feeding, etc. Initially I was overjoyed, but later I became skeptical because the offer looked too good to be true and it kind of happened too fast. Part of what was written in the email containing the letter, was that the Ritz Hotel will be responsible for my flight ticket and Visa fees and I will have to contact HM(Revenue and Customs) for the processing of the Permit etc. and I will the one responsible for paying for the Work permit. After acknowledging receipt of the contract letter, they came back saying:

".....Kindly do note that the HM.Revenue & Customs here in the UK will commence with the processing of your traveling documentation as soon as they receive the signed contract letter and a confirmation from us,We shall also proceed with the payment for your Visa and flight ticket immediately.

You don't have to border your self about the purchasing of your Visa and flight ticket, the Ritz London Hotel management has already make provision for your Visa and flight ticket through the office of HM.Revenue & Customs. All you will be required to pay for is the cost of your Residence Work Permit only which will cost you the sum of 450.25 GBP = 115,132.96 NGN only.

We hope to hear from you soonest, Also keep us updated as soon as the HM.Revenue & Customs office be in contact with you.

Regards,

Mrs Joanne Meredith
HR. Administrator
The Ritz London Hotel
Tell: +447700098778 ........"


I became very suspicious when I received a phone call from a man (pretending to speak like the woman with the above name), he sounded so Nigerian. He then started saying the HM(Revenue and Customs) will contact me .....

Well, to cut the long story short, the scam got busted when i received yet another mail from the supposed HMRC, and part of what they said was:

"..... Kindly find attached to this e-mail, the Visa & Residence Work Permit Application Forms. You are required to fill all the required fields in BLOCK letters and also attach your passport photograph on it. You are also required to scan and send back to us the scanned copy of your passport when sending back to us the application forms.

The [color=#990000]processing of these documentations would have to be in progress unfailingly on before Monday 24th September 2012 so as for them to be completed in due time and sent over to your designated address in West Africa (Nigeria).

Method of Payment:

The processing fee is to be sent to our office through our West Africa Diplomat account in Nigeria or you can also use the means of credit card online with www.westernunion.com , as we do not give out our banking accounts to person(s) who are not located here in the UK, due to the past fraudulent activities which we have encountered in the past. So therefore, kindly find below the account information of our ''West Africa Accounting Officer In Nigeria'', with which you are to use in sending the payment to our office.

Account Name: Chibundu Obinna Terry
Bank Name: Keystone Bank
Account Number: 6016886874

Note that your employer (THE RITZ LONDON HOTEL) will be responsible for the charges of your Flight Ticket and Visa, All you will be required to pay for is the charges for the processing of your Residence Work Permit Certificate which will cost you the sum of 450.25 GBP.

As soon as the payment has been made, you are to scan and send back to us the scanned copy of the (Payment Receipt) which will show as proof and confirmation of payment.

Note: You are to try as much as possible to send back to us unfailingly on before Monday 24th September 2012 the filled application forms, scanned copy of your passport and the processing fee for your Residence Work Permit so as for the processing of these documentations to be in progress, in other for them to be completed in due time[/color]........."
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The Account Name gave them away as huge scammers. The question is how will HM(Revenue and customs) UK, ask you to pay into a Nigerian's personal account the amount of money supposedly to be used for the processing of your Work permit?

I got a call afterwards from the scammer and I told him point blank that he was wasting his time as I was not interested.

Therefore, fellow Nairalanders, please beware of stories like this. Don't be too carried away by juicy contracts or employment packages. Be sensitive and most importantly always verify your facts before making any financial commitments to anyone.


Cheers!!!!!

Pray about it and wait for God.

She was on hunger strike and not fasting.

How could she have fasted for that long without breaking it at some point, even with water? ignorance!!!

Sirniyeh:

Among all the great Nigerian pastors I vividly know that would be exposed for their ritual very soon is Oyedepo. People are blind now but soon we shall all see. Pastor Akinade denied Erelu Abiye when she confessed but two human skulls and other charms were found in his private room after his death. Soon, what oyedepo did in Kaduna before he fled to lagos will be exposed. They are all rogues. Why 4.5m jet? To reach God or who? Owo awon mugun! If he has money for jet, why still collecting offering. The truth is 60% of his church members for the past 10yrs are unable to buy a car. If all the offrings and tithes for past 10yrs are saved, they will buy car. Or is it not time after 10yrs to buy car? Does it mean God has not hearken their cry? Wake up my people, dont be educated illiterates! The pastors are making riches at the expense of the church members. Open your TV, you see them flooding airwave in the name of prophets. What are they propheting? I know 10 pastors who go to ijebu igbo to collect charm in the name of holy ghost. Wake up. Watch out for the disgrace of some top nigerian pastor 2012?

@ Poster,

And what is your aim?

I think he will be judged based on before his madness started - when he was in the right frame of mind.

Also, some lunatics are actually demon-possessed, so how does God judge someone who is possessed?

How long did you know your hubby before agreeing to marry him? If you dint love him, why did you agree to the marriage?

chaircover:

Outstrip, it is the husbads responsibility to look after his wife. If he is not around then he should get someone from either side to stay with his wife in their own home. That is what responsilility and being a husband is about. You dont cart her back to her parents house so that you now have the house to yourself and get up to infidelity.

I had difficult pregnancies too and I remember that my husband used to make me amala and okro every single morning before putting on his tie and going to work  . . . . . He was the one who got me pregnant; not my mother.

The man is a stuppid man. Its just that Nigeran wommen somehow find/put themselves into corners all in the name of love and I must get married by force and that is why boys who should still be in pampers are getting women to marry them.

Well spoken!!!

Outstrip:

Go back and read it. She was having complications with teh pregnancy and her husband could not handle it. She even tually lost the baby. She is not her husband's bodyguard. theidea that she must stay there because her husband is up to something is ridiculous. If you have to play bodyguard to your husband to prevent him from cheating you are the one that will run mad and he will still cheat anyway

Don't you think it's his responsibility to look after his wife? What stopped him from inviting her mum over or his mum (whatever the case) to look after her?

Get a marriage counselor of talk to a respected married couple.

Talk to her. What is she saying? and what is her dad saying?

Y on earth will she leave her home for her mothers place because she was pregnant? Did she marry her hubby just for the sake of getting pregnant, incubating a baby and delivering it? What happened to her other roles as a wife?

Let her go back to her house and put things in order.

This also goes out to ladies out there, when a man asks you to return to your mother's house (after marriage) for whatever reasons, don't be in such a hurry to leave. He may have bigger plans. But it all depends on the man.

Toonice:

We are getting ready for office this morning and i try to iron my cloth, and my wife ask me to iron her own too.

My wife ask me to help her to iron her cloth, while she take care of some others job in the house.

But i refuse to help cause i hv done some other jobs in the house too.

Now she started talking rubbish, that helping ironing her cloth while she get busy doing some other stuff in the house is part of my obligation which i denied.

Please house especially Married men, did u help your wife to iron her cloth while she get busy prepaying your food or doing some other homeworks?

Your wife probably washes your clothes, prepares your food, takes care of your kids, does some wifly duties for you, makes your bed, lends you money if you are broke (sometimes), tidies your wardrobe, etc and you cannot do something as little as helping her iron her own clothes? I feel for your wife o! What a hubby she has got?

Hi,

I need a very reliable estate agent around Ketu axis. I am looking for an affordable 3 bedroom flat urgently around there.

Thanks!

@ Poster,

There is Chrisland school, along Ladipo Oluwole (off oba Akran)

There is Covenant Seeds also on the same road.

U can also check Around Adeniyi Jones Axis (off Oba Akran), you will find Lara Day school etc

I was overwhelmed with joy! Can't forget that day when I first set my eyes on him. I shed tears of joy!

@ Poster,

What is your definition of "best friend"? i suppose it should mean someone whom you like/appreciate/cherish above every other. Why cant you make your wife that person? Is the lady in question also married or single?

For a married man having a female best friend is not only very risky, but it is one of the most demoting things you can do to your wife. How will your wife feel knowing that she has a female "rival" whom you share your cares, concerns etc with. It's not just an unwise idea, but the truth is that your marriage will only suffer.

There is nothing wrong with having a male close pal whom is also preferably married and of like-minds with you. The wives could also become friends this way and everyone is happy.

Having a female best friend for a married man is the beginning of the downfall of his marriage.

@ Poster,

Isn't it funny that you have three hale and hearty kids and you are still not satisfied? Many people will give anything to have just one single child but are still childless due to circumstances beyond their control. You need to learn to be content with what God has given you.

My sister is blessed with 5 lovely daughters and her husband dotes over them all like his most prized possessions.

You need to look at what you have and thank God. Going for a fourth child despite the risks involved, considering your circumstance is solely up to you to decide. Is it really worth it?

Your daughter has every right to know who her father is. However, I will advise that you don't force that relationship for now. You see, time has its own way of mending broken bridges. Rahman will one day wake up from his slumber and want to meet with his daughter. Your daughter also will grow up and decide to know her father. You really owe her that.

For now, I will encourage you to concentrate on other activities. If you are not married, try building healthy relationships with other people even men. Am not saying you should go get pregnant for someone again, certainly not! However, you need to embed yourself in relationships that will boost your self esteem and that will encourage you to see your daughter from a loving perspective. Please drop that nonsense thought that she is a bastard. You have been a strong pillar of support to her these 14years so now is not the time to start brooding over the past.

It really can be hard considering her father is not involved in her upbringing however, just leave everything to God. Send her pictures when he wants to see them and don't inundate him with unnecessary calls. You don't want his wife coming after you and at the same time, you don't want to ruin his marriage with his wife starting to think that he is still seeing you. Call only when the occasion demands it.

Most importantly, show love to your daughter and all will be well.

Move on with your life and leave the past where it belongs!

u beta stay put! Don't leave till u have found something more rewarding to do.

I think u need to let their mother know what you say her kids doing. Those kids may have been opportuned to learn such "act" from their parents who may av been reckless about what they do in their bedroom (since the kids sleep in the same room with them) in the presence of the kids.

Those kids are just too young to even think about such if not by watching mum and dad and want to practice what they saw mummy and daddy doing.

very sad

@ Poster,

You are seeing the tell tale signs that there is something going on between your wife and the doc. U need to call your wife to order before she goes too far.

If you have the doctors number, I suggest u call him up. Arm yourself with evidence (i.e. a copy of the chat) and have a heart to heart talk with ur wife. If she sees the evidence, she cannot deny it. But most importantly, take control of your home and don't let that randy doc have his way with your wife.

@Poster,

I commend your courage to even discuss this matter. Also, ur desire and willingness to make ur marriage work is all u need.

In my opinion, u knw ur hubby more than anyone on this forum. If u think he will be able to handle ur telling him about ur affair in a mature way, then tell him. However, if u KNOW that he won't be able to, then keep shut!

Be mindful of whom u speak to about this matter. It is a make or break situation. Go to God in prayer, u might need to meet with a spiritual leader, who would agree with u to break the soul tie associated with ur affair.

Do all u can to stop seeing this other guy and work at restoring ur marriage.

Only God can and no human being can help u erase the guilt and shame adultery brings. Most importantly, pamper ur husband and tell him what makes u happy. Spend lots of time together, go for marriage seminars,and other activities together. Before u knw it, everything will be fine.


Also, never point accusing fingers @ ur hubby cos, u both are trying to win the same war.

It is well!

@ Poster,

You are staring at death in d face and it seems what u r saying is "come on death, am ready for u". Can u wrestle with death and survive?

Forget about that relationship dat bf of urs will kill u if u remain der!

U need to be strong and bold enuf to knw wat u really want. There are men out there who can never lift a finger against their wives, who will listen and consider their wives opinions without being unnecessarily bossy. You CAN FIND MUCH MORE THAN this!

Make up ur mind and keep praying about this. You CANNOT change any man only God can. So don't think u will change him cos u will just b wasting ur time.

I wish u wisdom in all u do! Be wise!

@hope,

Don't jump into another marriage yet. Give it time!

You don't want to end up in another broken marriage. Give urself space before u take a step u might later regret!

Cheers

Y would anyone do such a thing? D money shld be given to charity! While d pet be given away to whoever wants it.

Very sad!