I would like to verify if the emails I have received were true and legal.?

first email is a job confirmation from Mandeville Hotels Resort:


Attention Applicant:


This Hotel Management has received your Message regarding the (Front Office Assistant) Job you requested. so we have considered hiring you for your services, However, as regards to your flight ticket that will be handled by us, and also other relevant documents you will need to proceed into the UK will be sent to you through our lawyer, but you have to know you will Pay For your work permit while processing. Your Work Permit will cost you 500 Great British Pounds, so if you agree with these terms and conditions then you have to fill this brief form below and send to our lawyer. He is responsible for the preparation of your contract/invitation letter. His details are below the form.


Full Name:


Marital Status:


Mobile Number:


Home address:


Present Job:


Present Job Salary:


Job Granted to you by this Hotel Management:


Job Salary:


INTERNATIONAL FAMILY CHAMBERS UK


Name: BARRISTER DAVID TRUEX


Designation: Attorney and Solicitor


Email: barristertruexdavid06@gmail.com


Address: International Family Chambers, 218 STRAND, LONDON


The Mandeville Hotel


Mandeville Place


London


W1U 2BE


Hotel Manager


Mr Jean y. Jonah


Tel: +447045789845





Second email is from a lawyer asking me to sign a contract letter:


Attn:Client:


See Contract/Invitation in Attachment


Mandeville Hotel has authorized me to send you this email.


I am attaching


herewith a Contract/Invitation Letter from the company,for you to


go through. If you accept, you would have to sign and date at the


bottom and send a scanned copy to me as e mail attachment.


Information For Travel.


The company managment went to the UK Immigrations Office here in London to


inform them about their decision to employ you and to also seek their


approval/permit as they are the legal authorities vested with the


power to permit/approve foreign workers.


You have to contact them


immediately you sign the contract letter. Send a copy to them and


also request them to furnish you with details of how you can get


your work permit and travel documents.Also you should know that


your employer,would share travel costs with you,they will pay them


for your Flight Ticket and some other relevant documents, and the


little you would spend is the cost of obtaining your Work Permit


okay. Here are their contact details:


UK TRANSIT TRAVEL Agency


252 High Street, Orpington, Kent BR6 0LZ.


Email: travelstransit@gmail.com





Send them an e mail with a copy of the signed contract letter and


they would get in touch with you so that you can travel down


soonest to resume duties.


Best Regards


Barr. David Truex





Third email is after I send them a scanned contract letter:





Dear Applicant :


We have received correspondence of signed contract agreement/invitation letter to further prompt processing of your traveling documents. Find herewith attached information's required for the procurement of your traveling documents. Applicants to whom we have confirmed contract agreement letter of invitation from individual employee his/her permitted to go through the required Visa/Work Permit Documents carefully and you are required to complete the requirements to enable us finish the processing and send it to you, and also to the British Embassy in your country for your Schedule date of interview. Please note that the cost of Visa and Prepaid Flight Tickets has been undertaken by your employer and we have received payment for DER quota approval in relevant categories


This will enable us commence and finalize all your necessary traveling documents as we need to expedite on immediate procurement of your visa and other supporting documents in record time.


YOU ARE TO GO TO ANY WESTERN MONEY TRANSFER OUTLET CLOSE TO YOU AND MAKE THE PAYMENT OF 499.99 GBP TO OUR ACCOUNT OFFICE AND GET BACK TO US WITH THE SCAN RECEIPT


Note: This Fee is for your working permit processing


Account Name: Mrs Balls Woodridge


Account Management Department UK Transit Travels


Payout Address Location: 252 High Street, Orpington, Kent BR6 0LZ, United Kingdom


All documents should be filled completely and scan to us in the next 24 hours for immediate verification and confirmation.


Get back to us with the payment and the filled documents.


UK TRANSIT TRAVELS





I hope I could get some answers the soonest the possible because I am very desperate to have a job in abroad. Thank you and God bless!|||The question is why have you received these emails? Where


they unsolicited?


I would avoid anything that asked for cash up front.


Why don't you ring the hotel. The number from their website


www.mandeville.co.uk is T: +44 (0)20 7935 5599.


Also it looks fishy because the supposed hotel and solicitor have


email addresses at gmail. Why is this when the hotel has it's own


domain. The hotel email should be something like


info@mandeville.co.uk.|||This sounds very much like a scam.....|||Looks like a scam. Always check the email properties of where this sort of thing is coming from. Did you apply for any job like that? If so, these are just scammers fishing around trying to rip you off. I know this is a bad economoy, but don't fall for anything like that.