For example, unsolicited job offers allegedly from the company Petrуleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) are considered suspicious.
Messages from individuals posing as employees of the UK Border Agency Customer Contact Centre and allegedly acting on behalf of an employer and requesting money transfers to the United Kingdom should be considered fraud.
The UK Border Agency is currently investigating these cases.
The British Embassy in Ukraine draws your attention to the following:
The UK Border Agency does not contact potential work visa applicants outside the United Kingdom to collect visa fees.
The UK Border Agency does not cooperate with potential employers to facilitate obtaining a work permit or to provide visa support for applications from job candidates.
The UK Border Agency will never require payment of a visa fee by money transfer to the United Kingdom in the name of an individual UK Border Agency employee.
The UK Border Agency advises all citizens who receive unsolicited job offers to treat them with caution.
We advise anyone interested in traveling to the United Kingdom, studying, or working to obtain information from the official UK Border Agency website – www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk