Canadian High Commission / Fake Visa Scam

From: Canadian High Commission - ca.international_gc@consultant.com
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 07:28:15 +0200
Subject: From Canada High Commission
To:

Dear,

your documents was forwarded to us from Canadian immigration Canada
under the directives of your employer who spoke to me in helping you
start with the processing of your non appearance visa here in the
Canadian embassy.

Kindly send a copy of your international passport,job offer letter for
a verification on your documents here.

Beforehand,you need to know the amount for visa processing fees comes
around Rs.22700 including service tax but you can pay only Rs.18700
first then when your visa is ready within 7-8 days we will call you to
affix visa and stamp on your original passport then you can bring the
remain balance of Rs.4000.View attached file for more information and
get back to us soon to start your visa processing.

Thank you

Please read carefully because this applies to every job offer you receive!  99% of email job offers are scams!  No real company hires you without an in person, face to face interview.  An email, online or telephone interview is always a scam! No real company ever charges any money for a job for any reason including housing, couriers, insurance, visas or work permits! So, if they ask for money for ANY reason, its a scam! Saying they will refund your expenses is just part of the scams. You will just send money to a fake embassy official, travel agency or lawyer who is a really a scammer! Read:  www.scam-job-emails.tk  No real company, government or visa agent ever uses a free or public email address (yahoo.com, gmail.com, hotmail.com, aol.com, admin.in.th, etc.)  Email addresses like diplomats.com, counsellor.com, consultant.com, lawyer.com etc. are also free email addresses.  Read: www.scam-email-addresses.tk No real company, government, lawyer, travel agent or visa agent ever requests money via wire to a bank account or by Western Union or MoneyGram. Read: www.never-wire-money-to-strangers.tk No real company uses a telephone number that begins with +44 70, +44 871, +44 870, +44 844, or +44 845. Those are forwarding numbers which are not in the UK.  Read: www.scam-telephone-numbers.tk If the company does not have a website or the website does not work, it is a scam!  Do not assume a website is legit!  Read www.scamwebsites.tk There are no exceptions!  Don't let a scammers convince you otherwise!  A scammer is only as smart as his victim is naive!  If something sounds too good to be true, it is a scam! Publicity defeats scammers.  Post the scam emails you receive and warn your friends! Always "Google" all telephone numbers, email addresses and websites in any job offer to see if it has already been posted as a scam! When asking if a job offer is fake, include the entire email you received!