Shell 2012 Training/Employment Program

This is quite an ingenious scam it start by you sending a blank message to an email, thereafter you get a registration form once completed you are either to can it or fax it to the email. You then get a brochure indicating the training program starts in Jan 18 2012 and a lot of info on the program with the juicy part where successful applicants who are picked as participants would earn $5000 per month while training, get free housing, get paid airtickets and travel allowance as well as Shell Group being able to cater and guarantee for the visa.

You then are sent an application form and once you fill and send it back, you receive an email from another person supposed to be the program manager approving your application. They then send you a medical form to be filled by you and a certified doctor and scan/fax the same on return with copies of the passport and police clearance within 7 days. Once this is done you are then informed that the documents have been forwarded to the immigration lawyer for visa processing. Now here is the catch, the "lawyer" writes back with a long story wherein the issue of $695 is to be paid to facilitate issuance of an approval code which the participant shall use to contact the home US Embassy to get a visa. The participant has to pay for this!!!!

[AlanJones]

Hi herbo,

Welcome to Scam Warners and thanks for posting the information about this scam.

Would it be possible for you to post the emails that you have received regarding this scam, together with the email addresses that they came from. This will help other people who might get the same details.

[AlanJones]

The relative of a potential victim has forwarded me the entire email chain and attachments relating to this scam.

The victim posted his CV on a legitimate website called SimplyHired.com. The first email he received pretends to come from SimplyHired.com (but was spoofed to come from the fake email address [email protected]) and includes their logo.

Hello,


RE: SHELL ENERGY AND PETROCHEMICAL TRAINING / EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (TEP) FOR THE YEAR 2012

You are receiving this email from us because your C.V was among those selected from our C.V Database by SHELL ENERGY AND PETROCHEMICAL for participation in their 2012 TRAINING / EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM in Texas, USA.

For the sake of those that complained they did not receive any response after sending a blank email to: [email protected] in order to obtain more informartion about the program as directected by our reputable client - SHELL GLOBAL.

Please go through the following steps to obtain more information about participation in the Program:

1. Compose a blank email message with " Request for Shell 2012 Training / Employment Program Brochure and Registration Form " in the subject of your email. (without the the quotation marks).

2. Do not type any other thing both in the subject or body of the email message apart from: Request for Shell 2012 Training / Employment Program Brochure and Registration Form

3. After that, send the email message to: [email protected]

NOTE:

Please ignore this email if you have received responses about the program or heard from the SHELL Company.

If you are not interested in their Program please kindly ignor this email. This is the last email we are sending to you regarding this particular Program and we will not send you any more emails apart from this as we equally hate spam and also respect your privacy.


Thank you,

Simply Hired



IMPORTANT: The subject line of your email message must contain below words else your request will not be fullfilled as stated the SHELL Company. I would advise you simply copy and paste:

Request for Shell 2012 Training / Employment Program Brochure and Registration Form


© 2011 Simply Hired, Inc. Privacy Terms

[AlanJones]

After emailing [email protected] as requested in the first email, the victim receives the following:

Dear Participant,

Please find attached the SHELL 2012 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM REGISTRATION FORM.

Download, complete the registration form and return along with copies of your recent passport photograph and educational records to our Secretariat in Texas, USA by fax: +1-302-258-1497, for approval. If you do not have access to fax, you should scan and forward back to my email: [email protected]

Note that your participation in the program would be determined by number of applications that have already been received from your Zone, if your country's quota for this Shell Training / Employment Program has not been completed or reached yet. Upon receiving your registration approval notification from Program Secretariat in Texas, USA, We shall furnish you with the Training / Employment Program Application Form. Also note that registration deadline for the Shell 2012 Training / Employment Program is MONDAY, 28TH NOVEMBER 2011, 1200h EST (Eastern Standard Time). Participants that have not submitted their completed registration or application forms on or before this date should consider themselves disqualified from the Program. You would receive your Registration Number after approval of your application hence you should leave the space provided for registration number blank when filling the registration form.

SHELL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you have not been contacted within one week after submission of your registration form and other requirements, please consider your registration and participation unsuccessful.

Regards,
Dr. Glenn Crawford,
Shell Zone 3 Coordinator
Shell 2012 Training/Employment Program

[AlanJones]

After returning the registration form, the victim receives an email from [email protected]:

Dear Participant,



This is to acknowledge receipt of your duly completed registration form as well as the rest of your registration requirements for the Shell 2012 Training and Employment Program. Complete the attached application form and return by fax: +1-302-258-1497 or via email: [email protected]

Regards,
Prof. Bill Geraughty,
Shell Program Director,
Shell 2012 TEP Secretariat,
Texas-USA

[AlanJones]

after returning the application form, the victim receives the following from [email protected]:

Dear Participant,

Your application form and participation in the Shell 2012 Training / Employment Program has been approved. Note that training or employment with Shell is provisional on successful completion of a medical examination and medical clearance. This is required to ensure, as far as possible, that candidates for training or employment are physically and mentally fit and that they continue to maintain such fitness in a manner that enables them to perform the functions assigned to them without risk to their own health and safety or the health and safety of others.

Find attached the medical history / examination forms. The medical test could be done at a Government owned hospital or a registered private hospital and the completed forms should be sent back within 7 days along with scanned copies of your valid travel passport and police clearance report either by fax: +1-302-258-1497 or via email: [email protected]

Regards,
Prof. Bill Geraughty,
Shell Program Director,
Shell 2012 TEP Secretariat,
Texas-USA

[AlanJones]

After returning the medical form, the victim receives another email from [email protected]:

Hello,



I hereby acknowledge receipt of your dully completed Medical forms and documents. In order to ensure all Shell 2012 Training / Employment Program particpants obtain their United States Entry Visas without hindrances to enable them attend the program coming January, Shell has hired professional Immigration Lawyers to follow up participants visa processing from the US Immigration Bureau Headquarters, the only office that is responsible for all US Visas Authorization and Approval throughout the world. These are accredited and renowned Immigrations Lawyers with proven records of great accomplishments and remarkable success over the years. In your own interest, you are adviced to follow their instructions and guildance. All Shell 2012 Training/Employment Program related documents, Visa/WorkPermit supporting documentations as well as your records/documents have been forwarded to their office and your will hear from them within 48 hours. Contact your Shell 2012 Training / Employment Program Zonal Coordinator via: [email protected] should you not hear from them after 48 hours elapses.



Regards,

Prof. Bill Geraughty,

Shell Program Director,

Shell 2012 TEP Secretariat,

Texas-USA

[AlanJones]

The victim then receives the following email from [email protected]:

SOTERO GOMEZ CHAMBERS
16225, Park Ten Place-Suite 500,
Houston, Texas 77084, USA.
Dear SHELL GLOBAL 2012 TEP CANDIDATE,
REF - SHELL 2012 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM TRAVEL DOCUMENTATION PROCESSING.
SOTERO GOMEZ CHAMBERS is a member of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and Federal Bar Association (FBA). SOTERO GOMEZ CHAMBERS provides representation in all US immigration Visas, (F-1,H-1,L-1,E-1..., Permanent Resident Card), Deportation Defenses, Work Permits/Visas, Labour Certificates, Employment Petitions, Green Card Petitions, US Citizenship and all aspects of Corporate Immigration.
Our Chamber has been contracted by THE SHELL GLOBAL GROUP to act on behalf of their 2012 TEP cleared participants as their Immigration Lawyer as well as to guide, assist and follow-up their entry Visa processing. To this effect, all participants are directed to release any files and record requested under the access to information ACT, including any relevant information which we may need in the processing of their US Visa Documentation.
Please be informed that all Shell 2012 TEP cleared participants files including yours, forwarded to us have been submitted at the U.S Bureau of Immigration Affairs for visa approval and the U.S Bureau of Immigration Affairs explained that not all cleared Shell Program Participants would receive their visa approval owning to the fact that Shell has exceeded visa quota allocated to them for their Program coming up in January 2012. They further stated that all Shell Program cleared participants that are yet to receive their visa approval code are expected to pay a sum of US$695.00 each for visa approval assistance to enable them receive their via approval codes which would enable them to receive visas at their local US Embassies. According to them with this fee paid, participant's visa issuance is guaranteed as their office is the US visa issuance controlling unit and without a visa authorization seal and approval code issued from their office, no US visa applicant can receive a US visa no matter how connected the applicant is. For your information, this fee is neither participant's visa fee (as that shall be taken care of by Shell Company itself) nor it is compulsory, yet goes a long way to guarantee approval/issuance of participants visas at their local US Embassies where they would receive their visas on their valid passports after submitting their visa application/requirements. Unfortunately, Shell Global has refused to take responsibility of this US$695.00 and said the fee should be paid by every participants.
All Shell 2012 cleared participants that require this visa approval assistance should contact me immediately for payment details and are adviced to make their payments as fast as they can because we shall return or stop receiving payments as soon as the allocated visa approval quota for the Shell 2012 TEP Program finishes.
It takes 48 hours for every visa approval to be processed after payment confirmation and a copy will be faxed by the U.S Bureau of Immigration Affairs to the US Embassy in the participant's Country. Participants will receive their visas as soon as they visit their local US Embassy with their copy. Detailed information about the department/office to visit shall be enclosed in their parcel of documents which will be despatched to them via UPS courier service along with the following:
1. Shell 2012 Training/Employment Program Registration Smart Card (Registration Number Card).
2. Shell 2012 Training/Employment Program Participation Confirmation Letter.
3. Shell 2012 Training/Employment Program Information.
4. Visa Supporting Letter from Shell Global.
5. Work Permit.
According to Professor Bill Geraughty, the Shell 2012 Training/Employment Program Director, all cleared participants would receive their Flight Tickets and Traveling Allowance upon confirmation of their visas on their passports.
Having said all that, I would not advise participants that cannot afford to pay the required fee to continue with their visa applications at their local US Embassies as it's not likely they will receive their visas before the commencement of the Program in January 2012 owning to reasons aforementioned.
We highly regret any inconviniences this new development might caused.
Sincerely yours,
Sotero Gomez Esq.

[AlanJones]

The victim's relative got in touch with the real Shell and this is their response:

Dear Mr. REDACTED:
Thank you for your submission on our Shell Global Helpline. We have no persons with the names mentioned in your report in our Global Address List.
We are aware of a number of external fraudsters misusing our company name in order to add credibility to their frauds. We advise people not to provide any personal details or monies to these fraudsters and if they have already done so, consideration should be given to reporting the incident to their local law enforcement. You can also file a complaint for monetary losses through the following web site http://www.ic3.gov and find additional information regarding frauds at this site.

We remain open to possibilities for identifying these fraudsters and wherever this is possible, we will seek to refer to law enforcement and our lawyers accordingly.

Shell's external website http://www.shell.com has a page explaining some types of fraud and providing guidance how to act. You can view this information by clicking on the link entitled "fraud and scam alert" at the bottom of the page to our website.

Thank you,
Business Integrity Department

Connie M. XXX
Business Integrity Analyst
Shell Oil Company
P O Box 2463, Houston, TX 77252-2463,