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Is this a scam
informix
#1 Posted : Monday, January 04, 2010 8:12:13 PM
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When you come, bring the following with you;

-Original certificates and testimonials
-Your National ID card
-Two color passport size photos
-Your bus travel tickets (for refund of your travel expenses)

You are required to send an interview fee of Ksh. 600 only in Bankers cheque PAYABLE TO ALPHA INITIATIVE, P.o Box 97105 - 80112, Mombasa.(attach your ID copy) so as to reach us not later than JANUARY 16TH, 2010.

NB. ALPHA INITIATIVE is our recruitment agency that will conduct the interview at our premises on the said date.

You are advised to send the cheque in a sealed envelope through POST OFFICE EXPRESS MAIL or ordinary mail. EMS and registered mail will not be accepted.

Please confirm your attendance by e-mail as soon as possible. (subject line-ATTENDANCE)

Looking forward to meeting you on that day.

Kindly Advise

There is a voice in the Universe urging us to remember our purpose for being on this great Earth. This is the voice of inspiration, which is within each and every one of us.
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#2 Posted : Monday, January 04, 2010 8:48:33 PM
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600/- does not seem a lot... on the other hand... that would attract lots of suckers... Wish you the best
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett
Njung'e
#3 Posted : Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:46:50 AM
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It's there in the writing....

You are advised to send the cheque in a sealed envelope through POST OFFICE EXPRESS MAIL or ordinary mail. EMS and registered mail will not be accepted.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
sparkly
#4 Posted : Tuesday, January 05, 2010 4:08:29 AM
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Who asks you for money to give you a jobo? Its the other way round, you sell your skills for money. Targetting desperate people.
Life is short. Live passionately.
akowally
#5 Posted : Tuesday, January 05, 2010 6:10:28 AM
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Yes it is, pole...
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#6 Posted : Tuesday, January 05, 2010 1:04:36 PM
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..''Your bus travel tickets (for refund of your travel expenses)''...

My dear,this is a scam! why on earth would they want to refund your bus fare if it's an interview??

If 6,000 people applied and fell for it,the cons would make a cool 600,000Ksh just like that! Be afraid...be very afraid!!
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#7 Posted : Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:42:49 PM
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Mad scam... !
"If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are"
mukiha
#8 Posted : Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:30:19 AM
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If in doubt, don't

If you have to ask, then it's most probably a scam

....and if you ask me, any organisation that asks people to pay for a job interview is either a scam or not worth working for!
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
mukiha
#9 Posted : Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:32:21 AM
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....just like the con-estate-agents who ask you to pay a viewing fee to show you a house. Kwani nyumba ni kama wild-life that I have to pay to see it?
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
theslim
#10 Posted : Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:19:30 AM
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it is a scam.It happened in nai last year.
The would be interviewees were to be picked at KENCOM by a bus which never turned up. They had paid 1k for interview arrangements and processing of blah blah.
twas in the news.
the early worm is eaten by the early bird
akowally
#11 Posted : Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:31:08 AM
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No serious company will charge you for an interview ...
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#12 Posted : Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:38:10 AM
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theslim....you are on point, this has happened before.
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poundfoolish
#13 Posted : Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:06:49 AM
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but there is always a market,read connable pple, for scams..
I believe in this town even if you sold blown up paperbags, youd still get buyers..
BGL
#14 Posted : Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:03:06 AM
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In our society which i can define as a *man eat man society*, desperation breeds gullibility but the problem is that there is no legal recourse. Such a situation only makes the con artists to create even suave ways of achieving their own ill motives. Make no mistake, you can be conned!!! I have been a victim and i know how it feels but i learned a lesson and moved on.

Look at this, Bernie Madoff conned the best brains in the investment world by targeting a specific niche of clientele. However, he rots in prison for the next 150 years with no possibility of parole. In Kenya, when you con people you go away Scot free and to add insult to injury you purchase a home in one of the poshest suburbs in Nairobi where you rub shoulders with the high and mighty in the society.

Another case study is this Kamukunji MP who conned people intending to buy cars.... Has anything happened to him even when he punched a journalist who was following the story???

My point is while desperation should breed CREATIVITY, in Kenya it breeds hardened con-men and recently con-women and even a larger population of gullible people who will jump into any con-trap any day. So, God help us as a nation.
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informix
#15 Posted : Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:13:30 PM
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The Advert was from Best Jobs Kenya
Technobiz
http://www.technobiz.com

Address: P.o Box 97105 - 80112
Mombasa
Coast
Contact: Manager
Email: technobizjobs@gmail.com


Company description:

Technobiz is a leading importer and distributor of computer software and hardware in kenya and neighboring countries.

Vacancies:

1. - Computer Operators

To be advised on appointment.
Location: Mombasa - Coast
Salary: Ksh. 56,192.13 PM
Date: 1 December 2009

There is a voice in the Universe urging us to remember our purpose for being on this great Earth. This is the voice of inspiration, which is within each and every one of us.
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#16 Posted : Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:25:20 PM
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it is a scam!!!!!!! dont even bother, my friend was conned like that in december, have you googled about the company etc?
When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.

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#17 Posted : Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:08:57 AM
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I wonder if the jamaas are nigerians in disguise???
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett
thuks
#18 Posted : Tuesday, January 12, 2010 12:57:10 PM
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Why won't they accept registered mail yet the sender pays? why refund bus fare which could be more than Ksh600 which they are charging as interview fee? ASK NO MORE... SCAM!!!!!!!!
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quagmire
#19 Posted : Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:01:07 PM
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everybody seems con-vinced its a scam.that should convince you.
giggidy giggidy
E2D
#20 Posted : Thursday, January 14, 2010 7:01:56 AM
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@informix, halafu u'll start cursing wakenya or wazurians that u were not warned...Kenyans are smart mzea. me i was once walking on the streets of nai, aga khan walk (precise) abt 5pm towards Coop Bank Hse. Kajamaa approached me n asked me for some coins(50 bob) in the name of bus fare to Dandora.the guy was almost in tears that he was going to miss the earliest bus n fare wud definately double if it gets late for him.he was carrying some brown envelope. i figured out probably 1 of the million nairobians rushing for mats after job interview.i gladly chucked 100 bob n gave him and advised him not to be taking mats to D if he cant afford instead opt for RVR which only cost 20 bob.the jamaa almost went to his knees for a thank you.that was that. the following day, same time, same street walking into uchumi aga khan.same guy in same attires as jana carrying the same old envelope approaches me jst b4 i get in and makes the same same old stmt as yesterday.when i asked him abt wat happened the other day, jamaa realized s'thing was wrong.chucked his phone frm his pocket,put the phone in his ear as if to answer a call then vanished...
pple be ware!lest we 4get.
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