About 100 people were Monday duped into travelling to a non-existent office in Nairobi for “job
interviews”.
interviews”.
The
young smartly dressed and eager job seekers had been told they had been
shortlisted to be interviewed for administrative and clerical openings
at Jade Financier Consultants at “Geomaps Centre, fifth floor, southern
wing at 10am”.
An email to the applicants from one
Laura S. Mshindi said before coming for the interview, each one should
send Sh200 to a number, 5173 3500 0016 8020, to pay for their credit
rating because “the financial consulting company never employs people
who have been in default in their financial dealings before.”
The number does not exist as the countywatchkenya found out after sending Sh10.
However,we spoke
to an official of Metropol Credit Reference Bureau, a business
information and credit management company, who said the whole thing
looked like a “scam”.
On Monday, desperate job seekers,
some from as far as Lamu and Kisii counties, were turned away by guards
at the Upper Hill building.
One of them, a young woman from Nairobi who identified herself as Getrude, said she had seen the job offer on Facebook.
She
said it was posted by Ms Laura Mshindi and said, among other things,
that applicants should not be older than 35 and would begin their new
jobs on January 4 at a salary of Sh24,000.
EAGER SEEKERS
She, however, said she had not sent the Sh200 as she “opted to pay it in person”.
She, however, said she had not sent the Sh200 as she “opted to pay it in person”.
“I sent my CV to mshindi999@gmail.com and
mshindi@financier.com and got a reply that I had been shortlisted for an
interview on December 28 only to come here and find it was a scam,” she
said.
“The email even asked us to bring a Certificate
of Good Conduct as the financial institution deals with very sensitive
and confidential data on behalf of banks and other financial
institutions,” she said.
A guard at the Geomaps Centre told the countywatch
“People started streaming here as early as 6am for interviews at an
office that does not exist in this building. Some were crying that they
had come with the hope of new jobs, having slept on the road. I think
they have been duped.”
Efforts to contact Ms Laura Mshindi both on email and on the Facebook page were futile.
This
comes barely three months after nearly 20,000 people were promised jobs
by East Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Safe Promotion International (SSASP
International) that offered two or three appointments with curious
titles such as Assistant Single Parent Manager and Assistant
Widowed/Widower Manager.
The company’s top officials
were arrested in Nairobi on September 2 after they were unable to prove
the authenticity of their organisation.
They were handed over to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.so be careful dont fall a victim.
Even if you are a graduate or not, still it is not easy to look for a job that will fit your skills.
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