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OCEANIC CONSULTANT LIMITED

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Welcome, this forum is dedicated to the prevention of innocent job seekers falling victim to EMPLOYMENT SCAMS, also know as job scams, they are a form of advance fee fraud scamming where certain unscrupulous persons posing as recruiters and/or employers offer attractive employment opportunities which require the job seeker to pay them money in advance, usually under the guise of work visas, travel expenses, and out-of-pocket expenses.

The scams typically involve lucrative offers of employment in Europe, the Middle East, West Africa, or South Africa with money demanded to be paid to an agency or travel agent for visas or travel costs. These companies often present themselves with official looking websites and documentation. Once the victim has paid the advanced fees for employment, the business either declines employment or ceases operating as soon as the transfer is finalized.

This type of scam has become more and more frequent recently due to the popularity of Nigerian 419 scams, and growing suspicion towards e-mails offering to transfer money from bank accounts, especially those originating in Africa. Unlike 419 scams, job scams tend to mostly target persons looking for employment in other nations such as hopeful immigrants or contractors and operate out of nations with high immigrant and foreign employment rates.

It is advisable to be wary of any job offerings which arrive in e-mail unsolicited and eventually require anyone to pay a fee in advance, particularly if the fee is asked to be paid through a financial services company such as Western Union, or if one must pay the amount to a bank or person in a third country (especially a West African nation) that is suspiciously unrelated to either party. Most reputable companies and/or agencies will absorb these costs themselves if they are the ones seeking the employee.

All the companies listed in this forum are know to be bogus. They often use Yahoo or other FREE e-mail addresses so if you are suspicious about an e-mail you have received, try entering the company name, e-mail address(s) etc. into the search box bellow this text to see if this has been reported by someone else.

If you cannot find any details of the suspect company by searching for it, please let us know by posting a NEW TOPIC with the fraudulent company name in the SUBJECT LINE together with a brief description of the company in the bigger text box.

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OCEANIC CONSULTANT LIMITED

Postby admin » 05 Oct 2009, 12:05

Definitely a scam, their physical address exists, but there's no such company there. In fact it is incredibly close to the immigration office in the UK that deals with Nigerians too. They're using a personal phone number for both fax and telephone. Their email address is with a free email provider making it harder to trace.

See an example email from them bellow:

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OCEANIC CONSULTANT LIMITED
57 Radford Rd, Nottingham, NG7 5DR, UK
Email: oceanicconsultant@live.com
Tel: +447045712662
Fax: +447092859442

Attn: <name removed>,

You will be living in Shell estate; it is very secured and comfortable environment. There are more than 50 Expatriates there. I will forward your request to Shell and will get back to you once i get a response from them.

There is no vacancy for your friend.

Faithfully,

Mr.. Jamie Lennon
(Consultant Coordinator)

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Re: OCEANIC CONSULTANT LIMITED

Postby Witty69 » 08 Jul 2010, 21:49

Here's letter that I received from this 'miraculous' company

OCEANIC CONSULTANT LIMITED
NO 65 Adeola Odeku street,
Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Email: info@oceaniconsultant.tk
recruitment@oceaniconsultant.tk
Tel: +234 8138944899

Client code /VIC/CNL/ vol. 2010

Attn: Attn: A. Smith

We Are Please To Bring To Your Notice That Your Qualification And Experience Is Found Suitable For Employment With Midwestern Oil and Gas Ltd .

We Hereby Attached An Advance Copy Of The Contract Terms And Brief Interview For Your Perusal. On Your Satisfaction With The Contract Terms You Are Expected To Sign It And Send It Back To Us Immediately Via E-Mail Attachment. If not satisfy, do not hesitate to let us know the area (s) of difference.

Also, You Are To Attach In The Contract Terms A Copy Of Your Most Recent Passport- Photograph For Us To Forward To Your Employer Midwestern Oil and Gas Ltd For The Release Of Your Employment Letter.

However Once We Are Through With The Signing Of The Contract Terms And Employment Letter, An Immigration Lawyer Will Be Contracted To Assist And Guide You On The Immigration Procedures.

His Primary Assignment Is To Make Sure Your Workers / Resident Permit, Cable Visa And Expatriate Quota Approval Are Granted Without Delay.

Your Consistency Will Be Highly Needed In Order For You To Meet Up With The Stipulated Date Of Resumption.

You Are to Furnish the Immigration Lawyer with Documents That Will Be Required by the Nigerian Immigration Service In order For Them to Grant These Approvals on Time.

As Soon As Your Resident/Workers Permit, Cable Visa And Expatriate Quota Approval Is Granted Here In Nigeria It Will Be Faxed To The Nigerian High Commission In Your Location Who Will In Turn Invite You For An Interview For A Str Visa.

A Copy Of The Approval From The Nigerian Immigration Service Will Also Be Faxed To Your Employer Midwestern Oil and Gas Ltd In Order For Them To Start Making Arrangements On How To Pay You Your First Month Entitlements That Will Cover Your Flight Tickets And Other Miscellaneous Expenses Incurred In The Course Of Your Traveling.

The Contract Signing And Immigration Matters Is Suppose Not To Take More Than Two Weeks, Since We Are Working With A Limited Time.

Faithfully,

Mr Stanley Aku
(Consultant Coordinator)

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Smith.pdf (345Kb)
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