![]() And it's eye-glazingly difficult to read, even by the standards of obnoxious corporate/HR jargon writing. The “job description” is riddled with errors, even for something supposedly written by a native Italian for whom English is a second language. Jaime also received – and sent to us – a letter describing, in some detail, exactly what duties his 'Travel Coordinator” position would entail. We also have branch offices in Central and Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia and China. Head office of the Company is located in Italy, B. Our Company is the leading travel agency in Italy, France, Germany other Central and Western European countries, Ukraine, Russia, China and now we are in the process of entering North American tourism market, including the United States of America to provide our services there as well. For the first - very briefly about our International Tour Operator “Caravan Tours”.Įven though we are an Italian Tour Operator, we are engaged in providing touristic services worldwide. I am very glad you are interested in our proposal and it is my pleasure to help you to ake this position.” She also told Jaime a little bit about the company: Email from Loretta Īt any rate, the email from “Loretta” had the subject heading “The Job # 0864825501” and started out by saying “I am Loretta Bocelli the Regional Operations/Personnel Manager for the USA market. Bocelli” asking about Jaime's alleged job offer, but as of press time has received no response. ConsumerAffairs did send an email to “Ms. There does appear to be an Italian travel agency website at that address - though a quick search shows that the domain name is actually registered to a post-office box in Panama.Īnd an online search for “Loretta Bocelli” yielded no results at all. Jaime got an email, allegedly from a Loretta Bocelli with. “I made so many job applications on Craigslist, LinkedIn, job posting sites, etc., that sometimes it is difficult to recall details,” he said in an emailed interview with ConsumerAffairs. So when he received an email, allegedly from a hiring manager who'd seen his resume and wanted to offer him a job, the fact that he couldn't recall applying for a gig with that particular company didn't ring any alarm bells. Like most jobseekers, Jaime has sent out so many different applications that he can't quite remember them all. Instead, he contacted law enforcement and then us, hoping his story would serve as a warning to others. But a few things about the initial offer raised his hackles, and the more he investigated it the more suspicious it looked.įortunately, Jaime never sent them any money, nor gave them the type of personal information which proves useful to identity thieves. of San Diego, a jobseeker who initially thought he'd been offered a “Travel Coordinator” position with an Italian travel agency. This week, ConsumerAffairs heard from Jaime F. Whatever type of job you're looking for – anything from a career-track “professional” position to an unskilled temporary gig – always remember this: No legitimate employer will ever demand money from an employee or job applicant – not to pay for uniforms, not to install work-at-home software packages on your computer, not for anything. So when you're looking for work, you must always be wary of scammers who will try to sucker you in with fake job offers. A perfect service I'm recommending to all and will use again.Photo © vicky - FotoliaHere's a sad fact of modern life: every single aspect of it is infested with scammers trying to cheat honest people out of their money. In summary, Wild Race Africa and the entire team created a fabulous holiday that ticked every box. We had very easy time exploring the parks, he put his experience forward yet listened to our needs and been super flexible. From start of our 8 Days trip, he was incredibly knowledgeable about Animals, birds, and local people’s culture. In Nairobi, we met Rachel and Phanuel who took us to the office where we met Simon and clear the Balance via car payment. ![]() Simon Responded back with a receipt confirmation of payment and lodges booking reference numbers. As the company policy, we placed advance payment via Pesa-pal (Online payment). He was very much patient with my frequent, unending questions. ![]() The proposed safari lodges were quality lodges located right inside the park that help ensure we maximize our time exploring the parks. He perfectly arranged the perfect holiday tour that met all our interest. Simon listened carefully to our trip request and specifications. From the moment I placed our trip request with them, the service was beyond all expectations. We got to know about Wild Race Africa through a friend who had travelled with them before. We had a mind-blowing all-round safari experience with Wild Race Africa Safaris.
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