It turns out some­one has been send­ing out employ­ment offers around the world promis­ing a job at the Hol­i­day Inn Kens­ing­ton Forum in the UK. The let­ters are signed “Alex de Carvalho”.

For the record, I am not the Alex de Car­valho in ques­tion. I do not work for the Hol­i­day Inn, I do not live in the UK, and I am not related to the per­son who is send­ing out these letters.

This 419 scam has been doc­u­mented at the fol­low­ing links:

http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36023

http://www.419scam.org/emails/2010–02/14/01009521.29.htm

For more infor­ma­tion on what a 419 scams and advance-fee frauds, see the fol­low­ing: http://www.419eater.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_fraud

And that’s just the way the cookie crum­bles.

UPDATE: There’s a good thread on Yahoo! Answers about this: http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100601231817AAml806

You may also con­tact the hotel directly:

LONDON KENSINGTON FORUM
97 CROMWELL ROAD
LONDON SW7 4DN
ENGLAND
Hotel Front Desk: +44–871-9429100
Hotel Fax: +44–20-73731448

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