Job Offer- is it legit?

Ryliesmummy

Hi all, I'm new so apologies if I'm in the wrong place!

I've recently applied for a job as a fund-raiser (found it on Direct.gov website) and I've just had a reply, there was a few spelling mistakes and they have a gmail email address, I've goggled the charity name 'Crisis 4 Kids UK' but it doesn't bring anything up, Something just doesn't ring true, anyone heard of them?

This is the email

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Forwarded message

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<< Forwarded?
From: Charity Co-ordinator <crisis4kidsuk@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 5:54 PM << Said to contact them before 5 but they sent this email after?
Subject: Re: fundraiser job

Thankyou for your email for the job as a fundraser with ( crisis 4 kids uk). We would like you to join our team and offer you the vacancy, please call me on *********(MOBILE NUMBER), if i am on the phone please don't leave a message try and contact me again this offer is only open for 72 hrs (only) , please contact me between the 4th of jan 2011 to 7th jan, if we do not hear from you we will uffer the job to someone else as we have had hunreds of people applying, your fundraising ref code is 058518FR, your job offer will be subjected to a CRB check and terms and conditions apply.

Look forward to hearing from you
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Please only call mon-friday 9am to 5pm.

Have a very happy new year

bbl_2

Perhaps weed them out by asking for the Terms and Conditions mentioned? does seem rather odd if you cannot find it on google and does not have landline?

EDIT: Cannot find them on the official charity commisions website

http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/

PasturesNew

Maybe it's a £1.50/minute call scam.

bbl_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

Maybe it's a £1.50/minute call scam.

On a mobile number?

PasturesNew

I just Googled it, it's coming up as a Plymouth directgov advert:

JOB TITLE FUND-RAISER EXPIRY DATE 05/01/2011

COMPANY South West Utilities JOB REFERENCE PYT/28265

HOURS 40 PER WEEK, BETWEEN 10AM - 6PM, MONDAY-FRIDAY

SALARY £6+ PER HOUR

JOB DESCRIPTION Must be motivated to achieve targets. Experience is not required. Duties are collecting for a children's charity at stands in city centres. . Please leave your names contact telephone numbers and the area that you live in.

CONTACT You can apply for this job by sending a CV/written application to Recruitment at South West Utilities, crisis4kidsuk@gmail.com.

PasturesNew

bbl wrote: »

On a mobile number?

Well, we've not seen the number. Some numbers look like mobiles.

bbl_2

Yes true i guess, see that add aswell, which led me to check on the Charity Commision website, surely if legit it would be on there...?

Ryliesmummy

No it is a mobile number, the post was on the direct giv website so when I applied I assumed it was legitimate as they check them out first but now I'm really not sure, If they had a charity number why would they not include it?

PasturesNew

Ryliesmummy wrote: »

No it is a mobile number, the post was on the direct giv website so when I applied I assumed it was legitimate as they check them out forst but now I'm really not sure, If they had a charity number why would they not include it?

They don't check them out, you can occasionally find some right dodgy stuff on directgov.

Any half-baked, backward charity would at least:
- include their charity number
- be capable of compiling a simple email without such appalling errors

They're trying to create an air of urgency in the email too, so you phone them, quickly before their advert is removed. In fact, I just tried to find it on the site and couldn't immediately find it, so maybe it's been pulled already.

Ryliesmummy

PasturesNew wrote: »

They don't check them out, you can occasionally find some right dodgy stuff on directgov.

Any half-baked, backward charity would at least:
- include their charity number
- be capable of compiling a simple email without such appalling errors

They're trying to create an air of urgency in the email too, so you phone them, quickly before their advert is removed. In fact, I just tried to find it on the site and couldn't immediately find it, so maybe it's been pulled already.

It was a few weeks ago I applied so that might be why, I want to phone them but I daren't lol

PasturesNew

Ryliesmummy wrote: »

It was a few weeks ago I applied so that might be why, I want to phone them but I daren't lol

Well, if you try to follow their conflicting advice, then you can't until Tuesday.

First he says 72 hours.
Then he says between 4th and 7th
Then he says Mon-Fri 9-5

I know it's tempting, but a friend came to me last week with a similar enquiry that I investigated and it was some sham/scam.

Do what you want to do, but just don't get sucked into anything.... and report back any findings, for anybody else with the same dilemma.

My money's on: stay well away.