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Phishing Scam?

Rob_Wills
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West Union Group
Has anyone received e-mail or telephone calls from this company offering employment?
They have a website http://www.westuniongroup.com/
Has anyone received e-mail or telephone calls from this company offering employment?
They have a website http://www.westuniongroup.com/
Rob
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I would say it reeks of a SCAM - the UK contact details give a road/street name, with no number, and the telephone number appears to be for a mobile phone. However, the domain registrant information show the domain has been registered since 2003:
Domain Name: WESTUNIONGROUP.COM
Registrar: 1 & 1 INTERNET AG
Whois Server: whois.schlund.info
Referral URL: http://REGISTRAR.SCHLUND.INFO
Name Server: NS23.SCHLUND.DE
Name Server: NS24.SCHLUND.DE
Status: ok
Updated Date: 05-aug-2008
Creation Date: 04-aug-2003
Expiration Date: 04-aug-2009
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domain: westuniongroup.com
created: 04-Aug-2003
last-changed: 05-Aug-2008
registration-expiration: 04-Aug-2009
nserver: ns23.schlund.de
nserver: ns24.schlund.de
status: CLIENT-TRANSFER-PROHIBITED
registrant-firstname: Andreas
registrant-lastname: Vollenweider
registrant-organization: West Union GmbH
registrant-street1: Torstr. 177
registrant-pcode: 10115
registrant-city: Berlin
registrant-ccode: DE
registrant-phone: +49.3024724252
registrant-email: [EMAIL="info@westuniongroup.de"]info@westuniongroup.de[/EMAIL]
admin-c-firstname: Andreas
admin-c-lastname: Vollenweider
admin-c-organization: West Union GmbH
admin-c-street1: Torstr. 177
admin-c-pcode: 10115
admin-c-city: Berlin
admin-c-ccode: DE
admin-c-phone: +49.3024724252
admin-c-email: [EMAIL="info@westuniongroup.de"]info@westuniongroup.de[/EMAIL]"You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"0 -
yeah I'd say scam, the site is a basic template you could get for free, there is no branding. And there contact numbers are Mobiles. Steer ClearNever Say Die I've tried it and it doesn't actually make people die0
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The phishing scam bit is at the end of the "Application Form" where they ask for bank details.
It would be doing the public a great service if the authorities for once did something useful - set up bogus bank accounts to catch this group as it is based all over the World and must be making £billions from unsuspecting vulnerable people who are desperate for work.Rob0
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