I visit Victoria every year and have never heard of this hotel. I checked on the website indicated in the previous answer (although a general search of the internet failed to find the website) and noted several cautions.
The phone numbers indicated are not numbers for Victoria, BC. The toll free number is one I have never seen. The prefix 080 is not one I have ever seen for a toll free number in Canada. The other phone number has an area code generally associated with a cell phone, not a land line. There is no phone book listing for the hotel.
The external links on website do not work, only those that show the hotel itself although the only thing shown is interior pictures, there are no pictures of the exterior of the building. Several of the other links, including for reservations do not work which would make it difficult for the hotel to have guests, even if they acrually had rooms.
The website refers, in it's description of itself, as "the royal Scot" which is a real hotel in Victoria however I have stayed there several times and, unless they have changed a lot in the past year, they do not have all of the facilities mentioned.
The address 42B Quebec Street is suspicious as although there is a Quebec St all numbers I have seen are 3, not 2, digit.
The room pictures provided appear to be of a variety of styles, unlikely to be in the same hotel, and several of the images seen through the windows are not from Victoria. A couple show ocean views that are not from the area and, for a hotel located on Quebec St, impossible due to it's location. It appears that whoever designed this website used a variety of pictures from other hotels to create it.
There is one picture of a hotel courtesy shuttle. The only problem is that shuttles serve as advertising for the hotel and this one has nothing indicated on it to show any connection with any hotel. It appears to be a car dealer courtesy shuttle used for people who bring their cars in for repair. I may be wrong but the picture is fuzzy which tends to indicate that it was taken on a street somewhere of a shuttle or the image was deliberatly blurred, in either case very suspicious.
As time goes by people running cons become more creative and certainly this is the most creative I have ever seen. Do not respond to any email offers or the online employment application form as it is my opinion that you will end up losing money and your personal information.
Thanks alot I have discoverd that they decieve people also to ask them send money and cheat them. Thanks alot for you best answers.
Ahmed Amin
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Hello all, I have two questions, the first one about a hotel in Victoria. It is called " Havas royal Hotel?Does anyone reported this at all i know a friend who spent a lot of money lately if this is scam can anyone please help me on this one. Yes he did recieve an email from havas royal hotel and immigration submitted all the requirements they were asking for..
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Try googleHello all, I have two questions, the first one about a hotel in Victoria. It is called " Havas royal Hotel?
There is a Havas Royal Hotel in Victoria, BC. This is their website:
http://www.havasroyalhotel.com/
Be aware that there are criminals who are sending out spam email about Canadian hotels. They are actually located in Nigeria and use free email accounts to try and scam you and get you to send money for processing a job application.
If you are trying to find out if the Havas Hotel is a real hotel because you received a job offer from them by email, make sure you throw that out and don't send any money.
As for Canadian health insurance companies, most Canadians have access to government-operated medical care, so not sure what companies are available. The only one I know about is Blue Cross Canada
http://www.bluecross.ca/
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