Below is the mail I received yesternight concerning a job offer supposedly in Total NG.

Total E & P Nigeria Limited
171 Aba Road, Rivers,
Port Harcourt.
Tel: +2348127892581.

Dear Applicant, We received your Application regarding a job placement here at Total E & P Nigeria Limited. After going through your CV/RESUME, the Management have considered
giving you the application form for the job. Attached with this email is an Application Form for your registration, and it attract a fee of #8500, this is to discourage numerous persons from applying and also to cover your accomodation and other expenses that
may arise during your stay when you are invited, it is called registration fee. Only applicant who comply with the payment will be
shortlisted and invited for questioning. The interview will commence immediately when we
receive your filled application form along side your compliance for the payment of #8500, both for those outside Nigeria.
We shall constantly notify all applicant who comply with the regulatory fee via email and phone call, and only registered applicant will
be shortlisted and invited to come over. Scan and send to us your filled application form and proof of payment. As soon as we receive response from you we will furnish you with our
Interview guideline before calling you for some
questioning. I want to also inform you that, the Management is strict about the registration of applicant. kindly reach us with the above phone
number for more info. Only registered candidates from applications received will be
shortlisted, acknowledged and invited. Previous
applicants need not re-apply.

Best regards
Mr Dafe Martins
Human Resource Department
Total E & P Nigeria Limited.

In the attached mail, the registration fee should be paid into :

The payment details are as follows:

Amount: #8,500
A/c Name: JOHNSON MICHAEL
A/C NUMBER: 0011209539
Bank Name: ACCESS BANK
Send us the Teller Number along with Application form.

SHINE YOUR EYES PEOPLE. This can't be TOTAL NG or WHAT DO YOU THINK HOUSE

Thanks

Absolutely no doubt its scam!
These thieves get more ideas daily.
What do we do to frustrate this particular group now? Any ideas?

@Odunnu, I think as graduate, we should be smart and carry out investigation before jumping on sweet offers. Also, lets ask questions.... Total NG is a standard org. Why will they do this?etal.

Firstly, Mr Dafe Martins isnt a threat you should ask us to beware of. Anybody could be Mr Dafe Martins.
The thief, scammer and fraudster is JOHNSON MICHAEL with account number
A/C NUMBER: 0011209539

in bank this!
Bank Name: ACCESS BANK
this dude should be dragged to the city gate and stoned to death. Literally!

CHEVRON NIGERIA LIMITED
2 Chevron Drive, Lekki
Peninsula Lagos State
Private Mail Bag 12825.
Tel:+2348028829989


Dear Applicant,

We received your application regarding a job placement here at Chevron Nigeria Limited.

After going through your CV/RESUME, the Management have considered giving you the application form for the services. Attached here with this mail is an Application Form, the online Interview will commence immediately when we receive your filled application form for those outside Nigeria. We shall notify all applicant via mail, all shortlisted applicant will be called to come over. Scan and send to us your filled application form along side with the GTBank deposit teller for your registration.

As soon as we receive the response from your end we will furnish you with our Interview before calling you for some question for more details as regards the job application. I want to also inform you that, the Management will fully support you as regards the procurement of accommodation when needed upon registering with us and all other
supporting documents that would be required for you to proceed here. And kindly do send us your phone number as to contact you on issues which may arise.

The payment details are as follows:

Amount: #10,500
A/c Name: osaze peter
A/C NUMBER: 0117327095
Bank Name: GTBank
Send us the payment for the application form.

Only shortlisted candidates from applications received will be acknowledged and subsequently invited
Previous applicants need not re-apply.

For more information please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best regards
Desmond Lokhings.
Human Resource Department
CHEVRON NIGERIA LIMITED


Got this similar mail last 2weeks and this was my reply to it....
"You are a very big fool! I should send you payment for application form . . for what?? You thought everyone is as gullible as you are? You better go and do something meaningful with your life. Ain't you ashamed of yourself? Rubbish!!"[color=#000099][/color]

Maybe we should compile all these names, a/c numbers and blacklist them.
What do you think?

The mobile phone numbers are first instant give aways.

People get those stoopid messages because they leave their emails here anyone. Someone would just ask for your email address for some mysterious job and people drop it. They harvest the emails and CVS then send you those scam mails.

Odunnu: Maybe we should compile all these names, a/c numbers and blacklist them.
What do you think?

Some of these scammers had already been backlisted here on nairaland. We even have a thread here on nairaland where members post info on company's they suspect as scammers: https://www.nairaland.com/968512/list-fake-employment-companies-stay.

But these miscreants keep on creating new usernames, new contact details and new methodology on a daily basis. I think we need to coopt the Cybercrime section of the police force and EFCC into nairaland and other Job forum sites to fish out these miscreants.

Odunnu: Absolutely no doubt its scam!
These thieves get more ideas daily.
What do we do to frustrate this particular group now? Any ideas?

The person we should b targeting is the Martin guy.
Normally banks keep personal details of all account holders (it's called KYC - know your customer) and if they don't, u can take action against the bank, coz it is an criminal offence on the banks as far as the CBN is concerned.

So i suggest u report the bank account and name to the efcc. That's a start

Mai-suya:

The person we should b targeting is the Martin guy.
Normally banks keep personal details of all account holders (it's called KYC - know your customer) and if they don't, u can take action against the bank, coz it is an criminal offence on the banks as far as the CBN is concerned.

So i suggest u report the bank account and name to the efcc. That's a start

Dafe Martin could be innocent me or you or Ifyalways. Could be anybody!
Targetting him isnt a lead.
Its the Michael J. the architect of all these that should be targeted.
@Ify, I see you.