Scam Alerts!!!

During the past two months we have received several reports (mainly from Italy) regarding individuals who are sending by email fraudulent employment letters pretending to be “the management of Royal Caribbean International” and listing our website (www.cruiseshipjob.com) as theirs. They are using the name “CROWN-RECRUITMENT-MARINE CREWING & TRAVELING CONSULTANCY INC". The address given is:

63 Commercial Road
Swanage Dorset
BH19 1DF. United Kingdom
Tel: +44 7011139359
Website: www.cruiseshipjob.com (this is actually our website!!!)
Fax: + 44 7005-930-695

The email messages are signed by “Captain James MacDonald/Hiring- Manager”. These individuals are demanding a payment of $530 (USD) for “Courier Shipping Services fee, Agency fee, Bond fee & Insurance fee”.

This scam scheme should not be mistaken with the real official hiring agent of the Royal Caribbean Group for the UK - Crown Recruitment (www.workonship.co.uk)

We have been also receiving reports (mainly from India) that individuals offering fraudulent employment contracts are claiming to be members of our company. They write letters using our company name, our website and postal address in Canada. This letters are printed on a template scanned from a screen shot of our website. Our legal service agreement is also copied from the website and presented along with the other paperwork.

Letters are signed by a person named P. Patel (in this particular case), claiming to be a member of our staff. The scammers are asking for $1,800 US for a “visa fee”.

Please, see below copies of the "employment letter" submitted to us from one of the victims of this scam. The scammers are using our website template, our postal address in Canada and our Service Agreement (all copied from our website).