Hi. I'm back after a long break. I had to come back eventually one day or another to this 'alma mater' of Canada FSW2013 immigration, thanks to islandbabe. Just so you know, I'm a recent grad of this thread, got my visa on Feb 4, thanks to the wonderful people here for their support and guidance.
I was away planning things ahead and looking for a job in Canada so couldn't visit forum for a long while. Now I had to break this long silence and since this matter is of grave concern, I mustn't contain it to myself. I'm not writing everything afresh, just pasting from the email I shared with my FSW2013 google group & WhatsApp group we share in India, bar a few personal details. The objective is to convey the message.
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Hi,
Just got a call from a Canadian number and talked some good two and a half minutes. The lady on the other side was Rachel and has got my contact from a business referral. She inquired if I was looking for a job to which my answer was yes. She wants me to come over for a meeting tomorrow morning. I came clear to the point that I'm in home-country right now (India) and will be arriving Toronto May 9.
I asked if the position can wait that long. She said they are ok with that and want to have a meeting first, also now that I have their number, I can save it and get back to them any time I feel. Meanwhile, I asked she can be in touch with me over email till the time I arrive in Canada just in case she needs more information from me. She said she's fine with that and that now she'll update the referee that I'm not in country till May 9.
By the time I realized I should know who that business contact was, the call came to and end with a good bye ans I was happy. Not surprisingly, there was no point asking where that meeting point is when I can't meet them before May 9.
This all happened while I was in the parking.
Got upstairs but all the while I had been thinking who that business contact would be and since I have no business lead in Canada. If you guys remember every time in the watsapp group I complained all my contacts are in US and nobody in Canada so far. In fact, I'll be flying to US come 23rd.
I fired up google and found this....
https://www.google.co.in/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=hGNFU5B3gsLyB7nngZgJ#q= (number removed)
[The number above is removed in wake of chances that I might still come from one of my sources and I'm not done with my investigation yet. But you got the idea, what I'm trying to say!]
In this endeavor I happen to find a link to check about numbers, area code wise, and if the callers from these numbers are up to something fishy.
http://areacodes.who-is-calling-me.info/
SPREAD THE MESSAGE IN CHAT GROUP AND FORUM. GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO SAFE-GUARD THEIR INTERESTS AND PROTECT THEM FROM THESE SCAMMERS !! WE ARE NO LESS A VULNERABLE FISH TO THE PREDATOR IN THE FOREIGN WATERS WHATEVER PART OF THE WORLD IT BE.
I'm in the process of finding out from my US contacts if someone did provide a reference for me. (which I now highly doubt, still to be sure!)
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I would suggest you guys use the second link to see if the call you get from is not from a scammer. (Of course, you would make out between a genuine call or a scam call once you get into a call or after that; like I suspected.)
Good luck!
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