I received this email today

Thanks for your response and interest. to give you an insight on this contract, this is a one year contract supply project, and the product to supply is "Visco Drill" for drilling operations. ViscoDril is Effective in mud with densities of 9 to 16 ppg (1.08 to q.92 SG) and oil-to-water ratios from 70:30 to 90:10. Suitable for use in drilling fluids at bottom hole temperatures up to 500 °F (260 °C), Proven technology in land and offshore HTHP drilling and Additive for optimum hole cleaning in highly deviated wells greater than 45°. Your responsibility is to have an agreement with the manufacturer, make sure the chemical is supplied to our project site on monthly basis after the contract is awarded to you.

KUFPEC requires a reliable person/company to contract as international agent to supply this product to them for the period of one year, for its offshore projects. This contract doesn't really demand a qualification in Oil and Gas because your duty as the Agent is to ensure that the manufacturing company delivers the Goods at the appropriate and appointed time. Please note that this contract might not distract you from your present work or employment (depending on your agreement with the supplier or manufacturing company) also you will have subordinates.

After submitting your organizational or individual credentials to KUFPEC contract Award Department for verification of competence, if you are certified of been able to handle a contract of this magnitude and they are dully certified upon verification of your credentials and capability, you shall be invited to Kuwait for face to face meeting and award of the contract as KUFPEC International Representative/Supply Agent for one year, and after the one year supply contract you shall be appointed the Regional Representative of KUFPEC on supply and logistics.

KUFPEC interest to import this chemical from (Asia/Middle East) market is based on the research carried out by the technical scientists that Asia/Middle East manufactured ViscoDrill is discovered more natural than European, American etc products. This contract will also create an opportunity to unite people from different nationality in regards to Kuwait Oil & Gas 2030 vision. Your performance during this one year assignment will determine your future corporation with KUFPEC and your new appointment shall be discussed.

You shall also be entitled to Accommodation Allowance in your home/residence country, monthly Flight Allowance from your country to manufacturer factory for goods inspection before dispatch. Upon signing the contract officially between you and KUFPEC, KUFPEC will pay you the sum of 100,000.00 KWD (Kuwaiti Dinar) = 330,600.00 USD (US Dollar) being for Agent Establishment Fee for the one year contract duration which reason is to facilitate you to establish agent office (KUFPEC Representative Office) in your country of domicile.

Contact the Contract Department with the below contact and introduction of your self, for more details of the contract project. Please note that while contacting the Contract Award Department, you are advice to attach the following documents for verification and also referencing me for clarification.

1. Resume/CV
2. Your Full Names
3 Your Address (s)/Phone Contact
4. Your Country of Origin and Domiciled Country
5. Company Registration (Optional)


Attn:

Mr. Jamal Jassem Al-Hubail
Manager - Corporate Planning & Coordination Directorate
Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company
Administrative Shuwaikh – Area 4 – Street 102 - Building No. 9
P.O. Box 5291 Safat, 13053 Kuwait
Tel: +96524951818
Fax: +96566121807
Email: [email protected]


Kindly use "Recommendation ROVO/AIA/04CP/KWT" as your subject to enable fast and immediate response to your message.Kindly reply me back as soon as you have contact the Contract Awarding Department and forward the document to me too.

I am looking forward to hear from you soon.

Insha Allah,

Mohammed abdullah

We acknowledge the receipt of your expression of interest regards to the position of our international representative/supply agent. We hereby decide to give you more details of the position as required. Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) seriously requires an international representative/agent, but must be a reliable and sincere person/company who will contribute positively towards achieving the aim of our project, the Exploration of Paharpur Block and the Jati Exploration Block in Sindh, Pakistan. KUFPEC signed an Exploration License and Petroleum Concession Agreement with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan awarding KUFPEC exploration rights in the Paharpur Block in Pakistan. The signing ceremony was held on Friday 13 March 2015 in Islamabad under the presence of H.E. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the Pakistan Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources..
You will work as a contracted agent, make inquiry from manufacturers of the product "ViscoDrill" from United Kingdom as approved and recommended by the scientist/technical team of KUFPEC that United Kingdom has the best and natural ViscoDrill needed for such project. Your major responsibility is to make the required product available (ViscoDrill) and supply to our project site in Pakistan on monthly basis or upon request by KUFPEC or its subsidiary. Also you will be responsible to inspecting the goods at the manufacturer's factory, a day or 2 days before its shipment to Pakistan and KUFPEC will take care of your travel cost from your country to the manufacturer's factory. After every process of selection is concluded, you will be invited officially to our head office here in Kuwait for the signing of the contract agreement (Hard Copy), legal documents, and other formalities. Also you will undergo a 2 weeks training course here in Kuwait (If the agent needs such training), KUFPEC will borne the cost of training. The training will give you more knowledge about KUFPEC operations and your assignment.

In addition, you will be paid an agent establishment fee of 100,000.00 KWD (Kuwaiti Dinar) = 330,600.00 USD (US Dollar) for one year, then you will get an instant pay of $5 on each liter of the product you supplied to us, as your working commission/salary. The agent establishment fee is geared towards facilitating you to establish and open an office in your country as our international agent. Also the monthly supply quantity is 25,000 liters (125 drums of 200-litre drum) per month. You are also entitled to Accommodation Allowance in your home/residence country, monthly Flight Allowance from your country to manufacturer factory for goods inspection before dispatch and one year Insurance cover. All these are stated in the contract agreement that will be signed between you and KUFPEC, and this contract agreement will be sent to you upon confirmation of the availability of the product.

All the above mentioned will be effective after confirming you our international agent according to the selection criteria, and your reliability towards such position. The monthly product (25,000 lts) cost price and delivery charges will be paid by KUFPEC through you as our agent; meanwhile you are expected to be reliable and accountable towards utilizing the fund for its original purpose. Moreover, you will present to us a monthly report on your financial activities and our project supervisors will visit you at the end of every month to ascertain progress on your monthly report. At the expiration of this one year contract and according to your performance, you shall be appointed KUFPEC permanent Regional Representative/Agent on supply and logistics. Get back to us if you are interested and can handle such a contract as international agent, then we shall proceed with the contract terms and conditions.

Thanking you for your co-operation and looking forward to your reply.

KUFPEC "THE KEY TO NEW HORIZONS"

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Jamal Jassem Al-Hubail

Manager - Corporate Planning & Coordination Directorate

Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company

Administrative Shuwaikh – Area 4 – Street 102 - Building No. 9

P.O. Box 5291 Safat, 13053 Kuwait

Tel: +96524951818

Fax: +96569607690

Email: [email protected]
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I would like to ask what makes this inquiry from KNPC a scam? I have been contacted in a similar way but have not detected ant fraudulent activity or request from them. Could you please share what information you have to prove it's a scam? Thank you.

[AlanJones]

For starters, the email address [email protected] shows that it is a scam. The email address is a free one. A company operating internationally would not use such and email address.

Then there is the other topic that you posted in, where the scammers sent a identical letter with the same phone numbers, but from a different company - viewtopic.php?f=34&t=143529

The fake domain that they were using knpc-kw.com was set up a week or 2 before the scam email in that topic was sent out.

Why don't you post the email that you received and the email address that was used and we can give you more proof that it is as scam.

If this is real, I do not want to violate confidentiality by posting the entire email. I will say however, that the email extension is knpc-kuwait.com. Also, I have looked up the contacts on the official KNPC website directory & they are very real. So, if all of this is true, what would the scam entail: having one procure the product & contact then not following through on their end by pulling the contract to be signed? Because I really can't imagine any other way they could 'scam' me at this point. Perhaps there are copycat scammers that are sending similar emails out? Clarification is needed. Thank you.

[AlanJones]

The domain knpc-kuwait.com was registered in November 2016 by someone in Ghana, that should be all the proof that you need.

From the WhoIs for knpc-kuwait.com:

Creation Date: 2016-11-10T15:50:55Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2017-11-10T15:50:55Z

Registrant Name: Chris Mathew
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: Accra
Registrant City: Accra
Registrant State/Province: Accra
Registrant Postal Code: 00233
Registrant Country: GH
Registrant Phone: +233.237790642
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: [email protected]

Thank you for checking that. I'm not very computer tech savvy. I called the woman I've been supposedly communicating with via her actual phone number listed on the official website. If nothing else, I think they should be made aware of someone stealing their identity. However, I will not let the scammers know I'm on to them. These people are scam. And what could they possibly get out if this, idk? Because I sure as hell would never give them my physical address or any personal financial information. What is their motive???

[AlanJones]

Please help other victims by posting the full email address that you have been communicating with and the email you were sent.

Also, what is this "official website" where you have found contact details - this could well be another fake site or fake details added to a legitimate site that doesn't verify the information it publishes.

Thanks for your interest showed. To give you a little insight on this
contract, this is a one year contract supply and representative agent
which can be extended after well executed,the product to supply is "mix
gorilla epoxy " for our ongoing  Abengoa Ethanol Plant project in
Madison, IL and Kuwait .we need this product for our excellent power
plant works also used in all our drilling activates,

Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) requires a reliable person to
be contract as our supply agent/representative who will be supplying mix
gorilla epoxy to all our construction sites for the period of one year.
This contract doesn't really demand a qualification in drilling because
your duty as the supplying agent is to look for the product (mix gorilla
epoxy),pay from the contract set-out fund which will be set out after
signing this contract,inspect the product and ensure that the product
are delivered on the sites at the appointed time.

we are offering you $5 profit on each of the items that will be supplied
to us with a good starting salary of $1500 monthly for this period of
one year,you will also be giving $50,000 to get a store room where all
the product can be stored before sending to any of our sites when
needed,the total quantity to be supplied for this one year period is
1.799,952 gallons of this mix gorilla epoxy and you will be distributing
41,626 gallons every month to us

for your information,Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) KNPC is
Kuwait’s only refining company. We provide the local market with all
needs of fuels, including gasoline, diesel, kerosene and gas. These and
other products are also dedicated to the international markets.

please note that we have a procedure which is you have to provide the
below information for our project department to proceed with you by
providing more details regarding this contract

kindly introduce your self and also be advice to attach the following
documents for more verification on your person

1. Resume/CV
2. Your Full Names, Your Address (s)/Phone Contact
3. Your Country of Origin and Domiciled Country
4. Academic Certificates

Ms. Kholoud Saad Al-Mutairi
MNGR. Corporate Communication & Coordination Directorate
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)
Administrative Shuwaikh – Area 4 – Street 102 - Building No. 9
P.O. Box 70 Safat 13001 Safat - Kuwait
Tel: +96524951818
Fax: +96566121807
Cable: KUNPETCO KUWAIT

Hi All, this is an email I received today.
The email which send from is:
[email protected]

They reached me through LinkedIn. The man who contact me is Rahim Hassan.

Do you really think it's a spam

[AlanJones]

It's a definite scam - the domain knpckw.com that is being used for the email is a fake domain that was registered last November by someone who is hiding their identity.

Hello Balmakaleh,
The scammers are using the name of a real company to add credibility to the scam. The best thing to do now is to just ignore and block them. Do not respond or tell them that you know it is a scam

Thank you so much for both of you.

I wished it's real

Now they use linkedin with people who have profiles anf followee saying that they work for that company.

Hope people will not fall in their scam