Hello Everyone,
Just couple of hours back my relative who is from India called me, and he said, he got a job offer from Company "ZACHRY Holding Company " based in Texas, and he is going to US embassy for stamping. Then I started asking few questions like which company, which place, what visa etc...
About a month back he received a email from this company and they are looking for civil engineering experienced candidates, my relative applied for that position through email by sending his profile and experience letters. They had accepted it and they conducted a one round telephonic interview and said he got selected for that position. They said they will process H-2B visa.
Then the story starts, they started sending him emails, asking for to deposit money to their account. Funny and interesting part here is they gave following details and to deposit the money directly to their account and introducing him as a US Embassy Diplomat appointed by USA.
My relative believed it and called on this number and explained that he got selected for position 'Civil Engineer' in company "ZACHRY Holding Company" and asked start the visa processing as suggested by the company 'ZACHRY Holding Company'. This guy 'Edward George' started calling my relative every day and asking for documents to fill and at the same time asking money to deposit in his account which he was provided over the phone. Here the bad part is my relative did not enquired for anything and started depositing the money which he asked and sent his copy of documents also. As on today he deposited around 8 Lakhs to their account.
Diplomat: Edward George
Embassy Of The United States Of America, India.
Phone: +917506308948
Email Address: [email protected]
Just couple of day back he received a mail again from " U S EMBASSY VISA OFFICE MUMBAI <[email protected]>" saying as following
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Dear Candidate Name,
Congratulations. Your visa has been approved today by the United States Ambassador in the U.S. Embassy office in Mumbai and we requested you to come to the U.S. Embassy Mumbai for your visa stamping on 10/04/2014, which is next week Thursday and we have received the hard copy of your Air Ticket sent to us by your management today which will be handing over to you on the day of your visa stamping and you need to pay for your Visa collecting (1,300 USD) and Cash In Transit (CIT) (1,550) Fees total sum of (2,850) Us Dollar equivalent to (171,500) Indian Rupees.
You need to deposit this money before 2days to come to the Embassy office for your visa stamping. Please don't forget the date and you need to come to U.S. Embassy along with the original copy of your International Passport and your payment receipts.
Thanks and regards,
Diplomat Edward.
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Need a suggestion and how to tackle this to get the money back from these guys.
When I surfed for this H-2B visa, it was shocked me that India is not listed in the eligible countries under H-2B program.
Please advise and suggest.
Thanks
Praveen
Just couple of hours back my relative who is from India called me, and he said, he got a job offer from Company "ZACHRY Holding Company " based in Texas, and he is going to US embassy for stamping. Then I started asking few questions like which company, which place, what visa etc...
About a month back he received a email from this company and they are looking for civil engineering experienced candidates, my relative applied for that position through email by sending his profile and experience letters. They had accepted it and they conducted a one round telephonic interview and said he got selected for that position. They said they will process H-2B visa.
Then the story starts, they started sending him emails, asking for to deposit money to their account. Funny and interesting part here is they gave following details and to deposit the money directly to their account and introducing him as a US Embassy Diplomat appointed by USA.
My relative believed it and called on this number and explained that he got selected for position 'Civil Engineer' in company "ZACHRY Holding Company" and asked start the visa processing as suggested by the company 'ZACHRY Holding Company'. This guy 'Edward George' started calling my relative every day and asking for documents to fill and at the same time asking money to deposit in his account which he was provided over the phone. Here the bad part is my relative did not enquired for anything and started depositing the money which he asked and sent his copy of documents also. As on today he deposited around 8 Lakhs to their account.
Diplomat: Edward George
Embassy Of The United States Of America, India.
Phone: +917506308948
Email Address: [email protected]
Just couple of day back he received a mail again from " U S EMBASSY VISA OFFICE MUMBAI <[email protected]>" saying as following
==========================
Dear Candidate Name,
Congratulations. Your visa has been approved today by the United States Ambassador in the U.S. Embassy office in Mumbai and we requested you to come to the U.S. Embassy Mumbai for your visa stamping on 10/04/2014, which is next week Thursday and we have received the hard copy of your Air Ticket sent to us by your management today which will be handing over to you on the day of your visa stamping and you need to pay for your Visa collecting (1,300 USD) and Cash In Transit (CIT) (1,550) Fees total sum of (2,850) Us Dollar equivalent to (171,500) Indian Rupees.
You need to deposit this money before 2days to come to the Embassy office for your visa stamping. Please don't forget the date and you need to come to U.S. Embassy along with the original copy of your International Passport and your payment receipts.
Thanks and regards,
Diplomat Edward.
==========================
Need a suggestion and how to tackle this to get the money back from these guys.
When I surfed for this H-2B visa, it was shocked me that India is not listed in the eligible countries under H-2B program.
Please advise and suggest.
Thanks
Praveen
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