Fake offer in the name of reputed Company
Complaint 304997 Details

Fraudsters playing in the name of Allseas[UK] with offer of employment for money.

I had applied for the project manager position posted on Odesk (www.odesk.com) a freelance working platform/website) by the company called Allseasgroup, with its address as
ALLSEAS,
7 Albemarle Street
London W1S 4HQ

United Kingdom (www.allseasgroup.com), The job was posted by so called Mr Frank Schram, a corporate recruiter of the company. The posting had about 50 responses across the globe. Later Mr Frank asked me to send the detailed CV to [email protected] for the review which I did.
About 15 days after my application I received the communication from that mail ID signed by Mr Frank attached with an online application form, stating that my profile was short listed for the position applied (project manager) and requesting to fill the details in the application form and return, that also I did.
Couple of days later I received a mail from Mr Frank, that my application was accepted by the company for the project manager position, and he will be directing Mr Erik Fransen, a HR manager in the company for the further action.
Two days later I received a mail from Mr Erik (with mail ID: [email protected]) with an employment contract offer for the project manager position in Allseas group company with email signature as
Erik Fransen,
Human Resources Manager,
Tel:+44 7053 855 339
ALLSEAS,
7 Albemarle Street
London W1S 4HQ
United Kingdom, where it was mentioned that I will be placed in London for 6 months for training later will be posted at Houston, Texas. On the same, I received a call from Mr Erik with number (002347059017722) that happens to be from Nigeria, (at this point I suspected the offer as I was expecting a call from his London number) requesting to review, sign and return the offer letter.
But just to clarify my doubts I replied to his mail asking clarify on his location and the call number I received, but for 2 days I didn’t get any response. Just to keep the communication alive I signed and returned contract offer via email.
A day later I received the mail from Mr Erik mentioning that he would be directing his immigration lawyer Mr Alan Baines to assist me in getting the work permit and the visa.
On the same day I received mail from Mr Alan Baines {([email protected]) who claims to be an immigration lawyer with 12 years of experience as immigration lawyer in UK}, mentioning that he is been assigned as immigration lawyer to me to assist in getting the work permit/visa along with GATSA forms (UK visa application form) and requesting to fill the details and return ( his contact details: telephone number, +447042058553 Fax +448704954878 )
Here Mr Alan mentioned (recommended) about an insurance company by name NORWICHLINK ASSURANCE (www.norwichlink-assurance.com and), asking to by travel insurance for one year and requesting to send a mail to [email protected] to get the details. He insisted to buy this policy before visa application process (which is really not needed) and to be purchased from this insurance company.
When mailed to [email protected] for details, I got the response from Mr Patrick Burrows, Customer Care Unit, Norwich link Assurance with insurance plans and finally Mr Alan suggested to buy plan A (with £ 960 ) for one year. Mr Patrick directed his account department for making payment for the insurance. Next day I got a mail from Mr. Marvis Amadin, Manager Accounts Department ([email protected]) with account details for making payment (here observe the change in mail ID it’s with Gmail tag)
Here I started getting suspicious, though I sought clarification from both Mr Alan and Mr Erik on this, Mr Alan replied with saying that he is been in the field from the past 12 years and the process for visa application keeps on changing and now its mandatory to buy the travellers insurance to be submitted along with GATSA forms and a passport photo copy.
This lead me to check legitimacy of this scheme and got some important information about this insurance company (which does not exists) and Mr Alan’s contact number which was listed in fraud case list.
Finally I concluded that this is totally a fraud case created systematically (if noticed on email ids of Mr Frank and Mr Erik, which reflects company Allseas tag). Also check that Nigeria number found a fake person. Called the company (London and Netherlands) found this one as a structured fraud.