SCAM JOBS!

General
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during my routine of applying for jobs, stumble on a UNICEF advert in WhatsApp looking for intern.
without doing a deep research I email my doc to beat the deadline date.
Leo at 8:00pm I receive an SMS from one gitau-+254711358260 telling me I check my email. true to his word I got this.



UNICEF KENYA

to me
7 hours ago

Details

Congratulations,

I am glad to inform you that you qualified to work with UNICEF Kenya based on your impressive academic credentials following your application. UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. We have spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. We improve the policies and services that protect all children and aim to make the world a safe and inclusive place for children to grow.

We cover the following thematic areas;

Adolescent development

Child protection

Children with disabilities

Communication for development

Environment and climate change

Gender equality and

Social inclusion

This year’s internship and Part time job opportunity at UNICEF is sponsored by various partners and well wishers across the globe. Our aim is to recruit and facilitate competent interns and part time employees to help achieve our goals for the next 12 months as part of giving back to the community in which we operate.

This activity shall be undertaken in all the counties listed below: Nairobi, Kisumu, Mombasa, Kilifi, Kwale, Kisii, Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Kakamega, Bungoma, Busia, Vihiga, Siaya, Migori, Homa-Bay, Nyamira, Narok, Uasin Gishu, Nakuru, Bomet, Nyeri, Meru, Turkana, Trans – Nzoia, Garissa, Kitui, Machakos, Makueni and Embu.

Our Human Resource Department had reviewed your application and accorded you an opportunity to serve as one of our staff based purely on your impressive academic profile. In this regard, you will be required to attend a MANDATORY two days training and Medical assessment that will be conducted in each of the Counties listed above on 19thand 20th May 2018 (Saturdayand Sunday). Medical assessment will run from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM while training will begin immediately after lunch from 2:00PM to 6:00PM on the two days. Your medical test result will be handled privately by specialists and will benefit both yourself and the organization in several ways regarding your special needs as an employee.

The specific training venues in all those Counties will be communicated on Friday 18thMay 2018. This two days activity will be conducted in at least three constituencies in every County listed above. We shall provide food, accommodation and transport services during the period. Job posting will be done in three phases depending on your availability after the training;May, June and July.

You will be required to avail yourself with the following items on the training day,

Copy of academic certificates

Copy of your ID or Passport and

Passport size photo (colored)

The aim of this training is to equip you with requisite knowledge and skills regarding the activities of UNICEF. It shall be conducted by our HR Department together with a team of experts from our partners and consultants. You shall learn your roles and responsibilities, your work stations, work schedule and much more. Interns shall be paid a Daily stipend of KES 2,150 and given free accommodation in our rented apartments in their places of work together with transport allowances. Part time employees on the other hand shall receive a Basic salary ofKES 38,600 exclusive of all relevant allowances and accommodation. This is therefore subject to state taxes and any other deductions. This contract runs for one year. We may consider you for a permanent employment thereafter based on your competence during this period.

Our interns shall choose either to work on weekdays or weekends. If you choose to work on weekdays, you will be required to attend our field activities for at least three days a week while if you decide to work on weekends, you shall attend our field activities both on Saturdays and Sundays. You will work in any County favorable to you after the training.

Your medical assessment costs KES 5,400. The organization shall pay for you KES 2,700 (half the cost). You are supposed to pay the remaining KES 2,700. You are therefore required to pay KES 1,000 either to our Nakuru Branch Office situated on 1st Floor at Sansora Plaza, along Kijabe Street in Nakuru town or through MPESA to0711 358 260 (Victor Kiptoo Koros– Operations Supervisor). This payment must be done by latest 15th May 2018 (Tuesday) at 1:00PM. The remaining KES 1,700 shall be deducted directly from your first salary (for part time employees) or first stipend (for interns). This partial payment of KES 1,000 will secure you a chance for medical assessment and must be done within the time frame allocated.

Kindly note that you will lose your chance if you don’t submit your partial medical examination fee to secure you a chance for the exercise. Medical examination is the most important process in the induction process.

If you send your fee using someone’s phone number, ensure you also send your full names.

We may send you further directions through the email or through text message before or after the specified deadline so kindly keep checking your email to be on the loop for any important or urgent communication from us.

Regards,

Dr. Monicah Maingi

UNICEF, Kenya HR - DPT

P.O.BOX 44145 – 00100,

Nairobi, Kenya.

UN Offices

Block ‘F’ and part of ‘E’

Gigiri United Nations Avenue,

Limuru Road

Nairobi, Kenya.

checking if they ever advertise any internship job there was none so moral of the story when the deal is too good think twice.

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You rarely pay fees to this U.N agencies and if you do it’s always through their official bank accounts ata kama ni ksh 10.

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huyo ni mikora . wakate pesa yao yote after wamekupea kazi

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Hahahaha UN Conducts either face to face interview at the Complex or Via Skype and two Application is Online via Inspira. The scammer is either a temporary contractor yaani mtu wa mkono or a former employee and yes they will invite you for the interview at Gigiri and everything will seem okay until they tell you 5 of you qualified and they need chai Kidogo for you to get employed. You will be told to come with cash to Meditarraneo restautrant next to US Embassy handover cash Ksh 250,000 and they will give you all the contract docs even medical Cover and they medical exams. Shock on you will be the day you will report to work only to be turned away at the gate since you have no appointment with anyone.

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Boss, Mimi I was told that Eabl job I should pay 6,000/- for the medical and 5,000/- to backdate my Resume on their database. Was to earn 400,000/- pm but on further investigations, found out that my ’ inside person’ has and had never worked for Eabl. The whole process was to be finalised in a week. I was to join by 27th

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Same batch of fools called me telling me nimequalify along with 2 other guys kupata job ya 70k pale Kenya Railways. I only need to give them chai ya 25k nipate job guaranteed.
I am not desperate so I texted them 25k middle finger emojis…(yes I had that much time)

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hiyo ndio inaitwa near shave hebu imagine 400,000/- hapo si umepita proffesar na madoc hata majudge hawakufiki hehe

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siny eye atamalisa sisi!

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wee hapo naeza anguka bana seem true to be true.

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Na CV nilirusha ilikuwa ya kifala because hata haikuwa updated.

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Kuna fala Karibu awache job yake after landing one of these ‘lucrative jobs’ …
I had to beg him and even called his relatives to intervene…I was so shocked that someone I had all along regarded to be level headed would fall for such a scam

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My uncle was almost conned by those Kamiti guys back in 2012 but I managed to change his mind.

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First I’ve heard that a job requires one to do medical. Kwani ni polisi where they count your teeth?

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If you ever get a job requiring you to pay for the interview or those medical tests just leave it

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I once told a lady friend she was being scammed. She agreed at the time but I later realised she still kept contact with the guys and kept sending them money in the hope that she would get the U.N. job. Yaani, you have a feeling you are being conned, but since you’ve already parted with so much money, you continue to part with more convincing yourself that it can’t be a scam because you’re way too smart to fall for such a scam. The brain is a funny organ

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Bana nnlishai fanyiwa all kind of blood and urine test na nka cheat mary jane na alcohol

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I guess it makes sense for healthcare prior to getting the job but I’m sure the company always pays.

Do you get random drug tests? That one I know happens a lot.

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a friend of mine paid someone who was known to him 20k to start working at the Coca-cola company the following week. Shock on him, after kutoka pale Coca-cola, the guy never picked his phone again

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If you are super good in your trade utapata kazi anywhere anytime.

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I was also conned on the same, how can I do now…?