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It was a very well organized scam conducted by a group of some highly professional people in cyber crime.
They put a job opening on one of the recognized UK job portal “XING” from the very big oil and gas multi national company "TOTAL" on the name of "Mr. Philip Jordan" who is officially the head of careers and recruitment department of the company.
They reply through an email id which is "Human Resource Department, Total UK" Carrieer.[protected]@total.co.uk. (contact no.- +[protected]) They asked me first to fill an application form and send the scan copy. Then they asked to fill a form that they call as “Improvised Tentative Interview” form that is written format of interview. All these forms look very official with company monogram on it and very relevant questions.
After all this they finally gave me a job offer whose documents again look complete official. In that and in previous mail they said that even after having job offer you have to come to London for a face to face oral interview to check the validity of candidate. In this the applicant have to pay 33% of the expenses as part of showing commitment to join the company that will be reimbursed as soon as I reach London. They referred me to a travelling agency Peace alliance tours and travels with website www.peace-alliance.com and talk to “Mr. Raymond” (contact no.- +[protected]) to arrange all travelling requirements. There they have taken 1489 pounds (33% amount) and other scanned documents.
After that they asked me to fill an “Anti terrorist application form” for which I have to submit 4000 pounds which is also refundable when I reach London. There I realized that I am in scam. They were still in conversation with me both on mail and contact nos. and assuring me the things will be fine. After my lot of suspicion they put a different story and assuring me that people dealing with me on travelling agency were fraud and so called “Mr. Philip Jordan” will now try catch hold of them and situation is under control. Somehow I was then able to find official contact nos. of company and after contacting them got confirmed of being in scam but I have lost around 1500 pounds in all this.
I have all the documents, mails, contact nos., names that they used and will produce as per requirement in the investigation.
This was a very planned scam executed by some professional scammers and things are done so fast and professionally that it was difficult to catch them initially and you just give benefit of doubt to them with such a lucrative offer and professional way of dealing and all relevant documents.
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
Hello All,
Thank you for this post.
I almost fell for it, but decided to check on Google on the last minute.
I got the following e-mail myself, together with three attachments, one of them requesting me to transfer money via western union to London for the travel arrangements:
Dear Guilherme Taveira Pinto,
Thanks for your interest in the Total UK Family. Please note that your resume has been evaluated and you have been shortlisted for Job interview. Please go through the attachment for important details of the invitation.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Regards,
Dr. M. A. Harmond,
TOTAL UK.
Direct Line: +[protected]
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All the same things happened to me also.
By reading this complaint i survived!
Thanks for it.
Any details could be provided upon request by the legal departments to investigate
I got this kind of email also...
Dear XXXXX,
Thanks for your interest in the Total UK Family. Please note that your
resume has been evaluated and you have been shortlisted for Job
interview. Please go through the attachment for important details of
the invitation.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Regards,
Dr. M. A. Harmond,
TOTAL UK.
Direct Line: [protected]
Email: recruitment@carrieer-total.com
OFFICE OF THE HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Total Oil and Gas
40 Clarendon Rd, Watford
Hertfordshire WD17 1TQ,
United Kingdom
27th of March 2012
Attn: XXXXXXXXX
LETTER OF INVITATION
We are happy to inform you that you have been short listed for an interview with
TOTAL Oil and Gas, London. The Entire Family wishes to invite you to our faceto-
face interview which will take place on 27th of April 2012 at the conference
center of TOTAL Oil and Gas Company. Details of Job Description will be found
in other attached document.
We look forward to seeing soon.
Regards,
Dr. Daniel Bouton PhD
Head of Recruitment,
(Member, Board of Directors, Total Oil)
Airfex Travel Consultants and Tours,
United Kingdom
REQUIREMENT FOR FLIGHT BOOKING, HOTEL RESERVATION AND VISA
PROCESSING
1. A scanned Copy of your Travel Passport.
2. The Nearest Airport to you.
3. Your Contact Address.
4. A Scanned Copy of a recent passport photograph of you (For Visa
Application)
5. Fill and return the Visa Application form as attached below (For Visa
Application).
6. Invitation Letter from Total Oil and Gas
7. You are to send a deposit of £1, 167.34 GBP, as this covers for the cost of
your flight, accommodation and your transportation while in London. Note that
this is important as we will need to file your flight itinerary along with the visa
application.
PAYMENT METHODS
WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
Receiver Name: Silan Herdem (Ms),
Address: 245 Sunset Drives Ave,
London, EH2 2,
United Kingdom
This should be done immediately so we can start processing your Visa. Upon payment,
do send a scanned copy of the deposit slip along with other document requested to me
via this email address or fax.
As soon as we receive this document, we will fill the online visa application form with the
UK BOARDER AGENCY which will be used for the processing of your visa.
Before issuing you the visa the UK embassy in your country will request that you appear
for a face-to-face to submit hard copy of your application and your original document.
We shall inform you on when to expect a call from them. We shall also inform you on
documents to take along. After that, your visa to UK will be issued to you.
Thank you for this forum! I also got the same email! I had to contact Martin Walker from AIR EXPRESS TRAVELS AND TOURS! He had kind of a French accent, so I assume he is from Nigeria or other part of French-speaking Africa! He also mentioned sending money via Western Union for faster service! The receipient details are:
Receiver Name: Williams Moore,
Address: Unit 3, 61, Princelet St, London, E1 5LP
He also called me multiple times from the phone number +[protected].
The ad is on LINKEDIN,
Projecct Managment In Enginneering Department
Total UK - Kazakhstan
Job Description
TOTAL GAS AND OIL, Has vacancy for reputable and qualified individuals, as we are about to embark on a project which will require expatriates in the following profession, Project management and contract administration, engineering, instrumentation, information technology and environmental/safety sciences.
Job Purpose:
Accomplishes project objectives by planning and evaluating project activities.
Duties:
•Accomplishes human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.
•Achieves operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.
•Meets financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
•Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
•Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Skills/Qualifications:
•Developing Budgets, Coaching, Supervision, Staffing, Project Management, Management Proficiency, Process Improvement, Tracking Budget Expenses, Self-Development, Planning, Performance Management
JOB LOCATIONS
- Europe
- Africa.
All interested candidates should reply via email with updated Resumes (CV).- Interested applicants must specify job location.- Only applicants who possess the required qualifications will be short-listed whence consequently contacted.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
-All Resumes should be forwarded to
HR Department
Recruitment Section
Email: carreers@totaloiluk.com
London (UK).
I recived the same letter just a couple days ago! so i decided to investigate and i found your claim about it, the person who comunicate with me was Dr. Morgan Phawoski and i have to call some other guy Mr.Adam Bradley on a travel agency AIR EXPRESS TRAVELS AND TOURS, thank good i found your complain about it cause now i know that this is a scam! i am from venezuela and it´s dificult for me to go to london and discover that all this was a lie! thank you lochan!