Westminister Oil & Gas Limited / Fake Job Scam Fraud

No real company hires you without an in person, face to face interview. No real company charges any money for a job even for a visa or work permit. Read: www.scam-job-emails.tk No real company or visa agent ever uses a free email address. Read: www.scam-email-addresses.tk No real visa agent ever requests you pay money into any bank account or by Western Union or Money Gram. Read: www.never-wire-money-to-strangers.tk No real company uses a telephone number that begins with +44 70, +44 871, +44 870, +44 844, or +44 845. Those are forwarding numbers which are not in the UK. Read: www.scam-telephone-numbers.tk Always Google contact information to find warnings. Read: http://www.google.com/

"FROM THE RECRUITING DEPARTMENT OF WESTMINISTER OIL AND GAS LIMITED

Attention: <removed>,

This is to inform you that you have been successful on the screening exercise and you have been selected for the position with our company. Attached is the employment letter and contract agreement for your perusal.

What you need to do now is to contact the Prolink Travel Agency as referred on your appointment letter so that they can come and act on your behalf as a local delegate to help you get the hard copy of your contract document signed and also assist you to get your valid Nigerian residence and work permit documents in order for the management of the company to start making arrangements for your visa and air ticket.

Find below the contact information of the Prolink Travels;

PROLINK TRAVEL AND TOUR
27 East West Road,
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
CONTACT NAME: (Dr.) Sule Falani
DESIGNATION: Head of Visa/Permits Operations
EMAIL: [email protected] (Free Email Address = Scam)
PHONE: +234-8105-082-20"

[url]Scam Email from Prolink Travel[/url]

"Good Day <removed>,

We write to inform you that we have been mandated by your employer (Westminister Oil & Gas Limited) to act on your behalf here in Nigeria as Your local representative for the fulfillment of your contract with Your Employers (Westminister Oil & Gas Limited) here in Nigeria. You shall therefore be required to provide us with the following as to enable us start up the processing of your traveling document and other necessary Papers needed to facilitate your journey to resume work here in Nigeria.
Find below the requirements for this processing

I) Letter of authority, duly signed stating that Prolink Travels Immigration Consultant Agency; and their authorized representatives have been given the authority to receive documents on your behalf as well as act as local representatives for purposes of Liaison requiring the activities of a representative. (Soft Copy Email Attachment)

II) An International passport or passport photograph of you and your wife, kid if you will be coming to Nigeria with your family. (Soft Copy Email Attachment)

III) Adequate contact information / address suitable for receiving Courier (not P.O.Box), as documents will be sent to you via DHL (this may be sent via email).

IV) You are required to send along side application fee; Four Hundred Dollars ($400USD).

PAYMENT PROCEDURE
You are to make payment via the Western Union Money Transfer Services OR MONEY GRAM TRANSFER SERVICES c/o MARO DAFE -(ACCOUNTS DIRECTOR); and upon successful money transfer forward to us via e-mail; the necessary transaction details for confirmation of remittance which comprises of;

NAME OF SENDER: (As specifically entered at the point of transaction)
NAME OF RECEIVER/BENEFICIARY; (This must be MARO DAFE)
TEXT QUESTION: (This should be entered as COLOUR)
ANSWER: (This should be entered as BLUE)
MTCN Money Transfer Control Number)
PROVINCE/CITY MONEY WAS SENT FROM:
SENDERS ADDRESS:
METHOD OF TRANSFER (WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM)

As soon as you provide us with the above listed information, we will start up the signing and processing of your necessary documents, to enable you meet up with your required date of resumption.

Regards,
Management and Staff
Prolink Travel Agency"

Hello,
It's my first time posting here.
I have just know mr. MARO DAFE...
But, to me they also sended an account.
Can you lookat this and tell me if is there any util information in order to trace this scamer??

Dear xxx,

You said you contacted another representative for your documents, I want you to know that your employer directed that any representative to be used must have their registered address in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria because it is he representative that will come and sign the hard copy of your contract. And if you decided to use another representative, then you shall be the one to cover the cost for both the Visa, Air Ticket, Work and residence permit documents, Expatriate quota and other. Below is the account information you requested for.

CORRESPONDENT BANK: WESTLB DUSSELDORF
SWIFT CODE: WELADEDD XXX
IBAN NO: DE12 3005 0000 0000 0112 08
BENEFICIARY INSTITUTION: FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC, LAGOS
ACCOUNT NO: 11208
FINAL BENEFICIARY:
CUSTOMER’S NAME: MARO DAFE
BANK: FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
ACCOUNT NO: 3072909451
Bank Account Noted. (BW)
Regards,
Dr. Kayode.

The employeer is PRODECO PETRO limited in my case.
I am from Romania.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks for posting! The bank account number is more useful than the WU/MG instructions and will be reported to the bank when the next mod comes by.

Thanks a lot for promptitude.

No real company uses a telephone number that begins with ..... +44 871, +44 870, +44 844, or +44 845.

This is actually incorrect. Many UK companies, particularly multinationals, use these non-geographic numbers. Few companies though, would use the +4470 range.

No real company uses a telephone number that begins with ..... +44 871, +44 870, +44 844, or +44 845.

This is actually incorrect. Many UK companies, particularly multinationals, use these non-geographic numbers. Few companies though, would use the +4470 range.

With all due respect, most of the "companies" using +44 871, +44 870, +44 844, or +44 845 are scammers pretending to be in the UK and using the number to deceive potential victims. The numbers are to be looked upon with extreme suspicion especially in the context of a job offer or other transaction where money is requested or involved. I personally have yet to see the number used by a real company with real offices in the UK. In my opinion, though there maybe legitimate companies using these numbers, for the purposes of a forum dedicated to alerting and warning potential victims of scams it is best that such numbers be considered scam numbers.