Your Certificate is ready for Collection.....

rihanna09

Hi

My daughter got this email, usually I;d tell her to ignore, but they got her first second and middle name exactly right, and she did take a brief business course at high school(doubt this is too relevant) A little confused?


Dear xxxxxx

We are pleased to tell you that your certificate for OCR - NVQ Business & Admin L1 (AB/F/AD1/C9) is now available for collection. Please allow 10 days from receipt of this e-mail before trying to collect your certificateYou can collect your certificate from the Customer Services Team at the following campus:Fordrough Campus 300 Bordesley Green Birmingham B9 5NA For details of Customer Services opening times at this centre please click here or alternatively you can contact the College on 0121 204 0000 and ask to speak to the Customer Services Team at the above campus.You will find directions to these centres on the City College website at www.citycol.ac.uk.Please note that we will hold your certificate for a period of 12 months after which it will be returned to the relevant awarding body. Once your certificate has been returned to the awarding body you will need to contact them directly to re-issue your certificate. They may then charge for the re-issue of your certificate.Yours sincerelyStudent Information Team

City College, Birmingham

Azari

Looks perfectly legitimate.

Clues:

1) Correct name
2) Relevant to something she actually did
3) Not asking for money
4) Normal, geographical, telephone number


The only thing wrong is that they should not really be asking you to click links in th email* but the links both point to "www.citycol.ac.uk" so it's unlikely that there's anything untoward on that front.


* Not because there is anything wrong with the links but people should not be encouraged to click links in emails as it makes it more likely that they will click on a 'bad' one in the future.

WhiteHorse

Other clue ... ac.uk ... academic email address is correct.

rihanna09

Hi

Thanks for the advice above guys ^
Only problem is, we live really far away from birmingham, and I know that it'd be good for my daughter to have some extra qualifications and the certificate to prove it. I've sent them an email a while ago, asking if it could possibly be sent would pay towards stamps etc, but I'm not recieving a response. Anyone know (a student maybe) who could point me in the right direction for a reply

KxMx

Azari wrote: »

Looks perfectly legitimate.

Clues:

1) Correct name
2) Relevant to something she actually did
3) Not asking for money
4) Normal, geographical, telephone number


The only thing wrong is that they should not really be asking you to click links in th email* but the links both point to "www.citycol.ac.uk" so it's unlikely that there's anything untoward on that front.


* Not because there is anything wrong with the links but people should not be encouraged to click links in emails as it makes it more likely that they will click on a 'bad' one in the future.

If you hover over the link in the original email you will see in the bottom bar the website you will actually be taken to- if it says something like ww.fjgur7689oe.com then don't click lol.

rihanna09

Ooops, I've already clicked, it just takes me to a web address ending in col.ac/ something. But an error comes onto the page, Its not a virus thingy is it?

Orrin

Looks fine to me. Why not phone them up to check and see if they can post it? If you're especially paranoid look up their phone number independently rather than use the one in the email.

rihanna09

Orrin wrote: »

Looks fine to me. Why not phone them up to check and see if they can post it? If you're especially paranoid look up their phone number independently rather than use the one in the email.

That had actually slipped my mind, Can't believe how ditzy i am Thanks for suggesting that :rotfl:
Think I will be that little extra paranoid, if the numbers match then at least its an indication that the certificate does exist!

hartcjhart

just clicked on the link and it does take you to the college web pages, no warnings cam up on my AV

rihanna09

None of the links in the email seemed to be working for me, and I've just had a post delivery status failiure in my inbox - I just sent citycol an email, the delivery status failiure has an attachment anyone know what this is? You lot have made me paranoid Lol!
P.s The number in the email matches the website one..... Think I will give them a ring on Mon x
Also have resent the email, no delivery status email as yet Fingers crossed

hartcjhart

just did this,looks ok to me

http://searcht2.aol.co.uk/aol/search?s_it=sb_uk&q=city%20college%20birmingham