India based agencies ?

[SlipTheJab]

They seem to be aiming for low hanging fruit. I've had lots of calls and the rates are always far below market that it's laughable.

I imagine the play goes like this: Job advertised, no one suitable, skills shortage = visa for Bob please Mr Cameron...

[wogewwabbit]

Once I picked up the phone to these guys, even though I said I wasn't interested they kept on calling me (every 30 minutes). It's like they were in a call center of some sort, probably representing multiple agencies at the same time, and they don't event talk to each other. So the solution is this:
- Block their number
- Mark their email as spam so that you won't see them anymore

There is a quite recognisable pattern in these emails, they always ask for your name, your phone number, and your visa status. Sometimes I notice the same pattern in emails that appear to come from the UK. Then I do some analysis on spamcop, and it sometimes turns out that the sender IP is in india. So they are trying to get sneaky, but apparently not sneaky enough

[stek]

I imagine the play goes like this: Job advertised, no one suitable, skills shortage = visa for Bob please Mr Cameron...

Except only the end client can sponsor a T2, the agent wouldn't be interested in that.