Probe after firm vanishes with job-hunters’ money
AN investigation has been launched after job hunters paid for training in the belief they had a job — only to find their supposed employers had vanished into thin air.
After being told they had been given the job, which was advertised in Bolton’s JobCentre Plus, applicants were then told to complete an online induction test, costing £100, to secure a qualification for communication skills needed for the post.
But months later there is still no job and still no answer when enquiries are made. Two women who paid for the “qualification” have now spoken out in the hope no one else will lose their money.
Police say the allegations of an elaborate scam have been passed on to Action Fraud, which is the UK's national fraud and internet crime reporting centre and which has launched an investigation.
JobCentre Plus, in Blackhorse Street, removed the job advert as soon as it received the complaints.
The advert, which had been posted in the JobCentre in Blackhorse Street, Bolton and on online job sites, was for a customer service post at a company called Cowl Finance, allegedly Bolton based, with an annual salary of £21,000.
Source; Bolton News
