[OUTSTANDING]

Why keep hush about knowing his name?

I am not interested in paying for information, i am sure we can find it out ourselves, we just thought that people might want to assist in finding Mr Quinn and in turn we would be happy to supply whatever info we find out.

[Bluey]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/investigates/2007/08/23/drive-these-net-cheats-off-road-89520-19675333/

Drive these net cheats off road
There's something particularly mean about ripping off people who are only trying to earn a few honest quid.

Unfortunately, there's no shortage of scumbags prepared to do it - like the people behind Jobs For Drivers, which offers freelance courier work paying nearly £25 per hour.

Its website, jobs-for-drivers.co.uk, claims to "urgently require selfemployed owner drivers for courier and delivery work".

Applicants are told to provide a "current verification check" and are recommended a firm called Complete Referencing Services.

As Claire Andrews from Jobs For Drivers said in an email to potential drivers: "This is a company we have used and have found very reliable and extremely quick."

Mick Cooper, from Derby, sent CRS a cheque for £49.65 in April and got an "activation" email from Claire at JFD soon afterwards. That's the last he's heard and he has never had any work from JFD.

The same goes for Caroline Buckley, from Bedford, who said: "I want my money back." We've heard from several victims - and internet forums are full of similar complaints.

It turns out that JFD and CRS are one and the same. Both sites were registered this year to a "David Horn" and emails from both firms were sent from the same server. Curiously, the CRS site bears striking similarities to a nowdefunct male escort site called crsemployment.co.uk, which was also registered to Horn.

Horn is likely to be either a false name or a patsy - as the brains behind the scam tried hard to cover their tracks. Neither JFD nor CRS are registered with Companies' House and their postal addresses are mail drops.

The CRS address in Brighton forwarded all mail, including cheques, to a Patrick Quinn at a business centre in North London. He rented office space there earlier this year but has since left. "I'd love to know where he is," the manager told us. "He owes me money and has done a bunk."

She says Quinn has an Irish accent and is in his mid-30s with brown hair.

Is Quinn up to old tricks? Two years ago, a nearidentical scam surfaced in Northampton. Victims paid for a reference but got no work. The site was registered to a Patrick Quinn.

The last anybody heard from him, Quinn was in Alicante, Spain.

A spokesman for Brighton and Hove Trading Standards said they had tried to shut down the websites.

"We've so far been thwarted by the lack of help from the Californian company that hosts them. We are doing everything in our power to bring these companies to book."

[Bluey]

The jobs for drivers website is hosted by

http://www.easyspace.com

Contact links for that company

https://support.easyspace.com/faq.php?do=article&articleid=270

[OUTSTANDING]

thanks for the link but i am aware of this article and have spoken to both Journalists behind it who were very helpful.

[denis_boy]

[Unemployeddriver]

This company is definitely dodgy, yet the website still exists, and so does the "Become a driver" link! I have sought advice from Hertfordshire Trading Standards, and they have suggested I should write to Westminster Police, since the last "proper" address for J4D was on their territory: 29-30 Margaret Street, London, W1W 8SA.
According to the Royal Mail website this address does exist, but who is there?

[edwardgallivan]

Send me there website address and i'll investigate them.

do you know there address in London.

regards edward

[Bluey]

[sleepy southpaw]

give "JOBS FOR DRIVERS A MISS" . I paid to join the company and register, IT WAS A SCAM. NO JOBS, BUT YOU LOSE YOUR MONEY. I SUPPOSE IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IS A SIMILAR NAME , BUT i DOUBT IT. I HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO FELL IN TO SAME TRAP AS ME. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY.

[scotia001]

Beleive me, it is a scam. I paid for my background check and never heard from them again, ever after trying to phone as a pretend customer wanting to send a parcel. The address quoted is a dea d mail box and the company doesn't exist there either.

[aitchmere]

Hi, avoid these sheisters. This company has been advertising for a long time. Basically they will get you to part with money for a supposed Criminal Background Check, which does'nt exist. There is no driving jobs, no nothing. All contact is made via email. The phone number given to you will never answer. STEER CLEAR AT ALL COSTS.
Hope this helps,
Matty.

[bob9970]

i think this is another scam they r asking for name and address iwhen i answered this ad left my phone number on 2 e-mails and any genuine employer would phone u i think? only communication was thru e-mail so be aware

[gumgirl333]

after hours of searching for a driving job, and yes, I've probably registered with them, and no I won't be parting with any money, I came across this article:

http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2007/08/patrick-quinns-jobs-for-driver.html

Patrick Quinn's Jobs for Drivers scam
BY NICK SOMMERLAD ON AUG 23, 07 07:52 AM IN WORK
THERE'S something particularly mean about ripping off people who are only trying to earn a few honest quid.

Unfortunately, there's no shortage of scumbags prepared to do it - like the people behind Jobs For Drivers, which offers freelance courier work paying nearly £25 per hour.

Its website, jobs-for-drivers.co.uk, claims to "urgently require self-employed owner drivers for courier and delivery work".

Applicants are told to provide a "current verification check" and are recommended a firm called Complete Referencing Services.

As Claire Andrews from Jobs For Drivers said in an email to potential drivers: "This is a company we have used and have found very reliable and extremely quick."

Mick Cooper, from Derby, sent CRS a cheque for £49.65 in April and got an "activation" email from Claire at JFD soon afterwards. That's the last he's heard and he has never had any work from JFD.

The same goes for Caroline Buckley, from Bedford, who said: "I want my money back." We've heard from several victims - and internet forums are full of similar complaints.

It turns out that JFD and CRS are one and the same. Both sites were registered this year to a "David Horn" and emails from both firms were sent from the same server. Curiously, the CRS site bears striking similarities to a now-defunct male escort site called crsemployment.co.uk, which was also registered to Horn.

Horn is likely to be either a false name or a patsy - as the brains behind the scam tried hard to cover their tracks. Neither JFD nor CRS are registered with Companies' House and their postal addresses are mail drops.

The CRS address in Brighton forwarded all mail, including cheques, to a Patrick Quinn at a business centre in North London. He rented office space there earlier this year but has since left. "I'd love to know where he is," the manager told us. "He owes me money and has done a bunk."

She says Quinn has an Irish accent and is in his mid-30s with brown hair.

Is Quinn up to old tricks? Two years ago, a near-identical scam surfaced in Northampton. Victims paid for a reference but got no work. The site was registered to a Patrick Quinn.

The last anybody heard from him, Quinn was in Alicante, Spain.

A spokesman for Brighton and Hove Trading Standards said they had tried to shut down the websites.

"We've so far been thwarted by the lack of help from the Californian company that hosts them. We are doing everything in our power to bring these companies to book."

[gumgirl333]

seeing as I might have saved you all £50 why not donate a tenner to the send georg on holiday fund. Alicante sounds nice.

[Capt Von Hartless]

Sorry to be hartless..but if your paying to get a job..your thinking is all wrong. I told BT to bugger off because they asked me to pay money to get money of my bill...in the end it dawned on me..they want my custom they should offer me their services (in your case get you a job so they get a cut of your wages like all good recruitment agencies) at a reduced rate. I know the analogy is a bit warped but hey..I try!.

[samix11]

www.samannsummers.moonfruit.com

Get 10% commission on sales when you host a party

OR

Earn £40 - £60+ per night, and work whenever you are free!

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[priestess]

The are looking for different category drivers at
http://www.nowhired.com/category/drivers-delivery/region/w-us/
If you're looking for drivers jobs try searching there. The website is quite new and not all know about it so it might be easier to apply there. Good luck to all drivers!

[Sara1981x]

[Sara1981x]

You're all idiots!! We need idiots to pay for our big houses.

[Lupy]

I don't understand why a driving company are asking for CRB checks anyway. You only need one of these if your going to be in contact with children or vulnerable adults.

Enhanced CRB is £36 and standard are around £29 so 50 quid is ridiculous! Also, when you apply for a CRB, they send a copy of the certificate to the company and also to your home address so you know it's been done.

Did any of you recieve a copy?

Also, you DO NOT need to update them every two months. I update my worker's every year but I pay for it for them as it is a mandatory regulation of the business i run.

Sounds like you guys are paying for their lovely holiday homes in Alicante!

[Sara1981x]

Never argue with an idiot they will bring you down to their level.

[lucyj2007]

£23 p/h works out to be £50,000 per year... if it was that good we'd all be doing it.

[blondie61]

i looked at something like this - and googled it and it came back it was a scam - sorry to all who fel for it x