Not really sure how to classify this one, but I've now had about 3 of these kinds of messages - all supposedly from the same company - end up in my inbox. That is, where someone is contacting me claiming to want to hire me for a bogus job opportunity with a energy firm based in Scotland. I'm quite confident it is bogus as there is a short notice to the effect on the company in question's website.
First up, here's the bogus message copied and pasted as-is (minus e-mail address sent to):
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Wagstaff [mailto:senergyltd@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 3:06 PM
To: (snip)
Subject: Job Oppurntunity From Senergy Ltd....
Are you willing to work in a challenging and diverse environment?
About The Company:-
Senergy Ltd is a oil & gas company based in scotland ,which are into the supply of Oil and Gas to some manufacturing industries like Systek corporation , the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate and operators such as Talisman and BP and also because of highly professional and motivated staff, impressive financial performance.we offer an integrated resource for the oil and gas industry with the expertise and flexibility to meet every need from reservoir evaluation through to full field development and wells performance management.
Company Profile:-
The company was the best and fast up comming supplier of oil and gas product in Europe(Merit Award For Industries in Eu) .cause of it's fast growth and business networks in 2 years of operation.
About the Job(FILLING CLERK):-
The company has began to deal with Industries that are based in the United States.so pending the time our board of directors conclude's on the best location for a registered office in the U.S.A, A trustworthy, competent,hard working new staff across a range of subsurface and wells disciplines at all levels of experience which process a very good team spirit is needed.
Your Job:-
Take and keep records of the barrels of Oil supplied and control the company account in the USA.we will be sending you details of our supply to our U.S.A client monthly.so you keep the record for the company verification and also in case a client claim's that there is a shortage in the supply we made.all you will just do is to post the records to the company claiming a shortage of supply.
Benefits:-
We have ambitious plans for the future, creating great opportunities for our staff e.g free vacation for staffs that have worked tremendously for the growth of the company.and your wages will be $300.00 weekly.so if working in a challenging and diverse environment appeals to you get back to us via the company e-mail below.
Warmest Regards,
Mike Wagstaff
Senergy Ltd.
Registered office: 15 Bon Accord Crescent,
Aberdeen,AB11 6DE,
Scotland.
company number's:+447031837421,+44711146462
Email:senergyltd@yahoo.com
Website:www.Senergyltd.com
Opening times 10.00am till 6.00pm Monday till Saturdays
-----End Quote-----
I suspected fraud of some kind because of the poor English writing quality within the message. (Nor would a real such company be contacting me from a Yahoo account, IMO!)
Notice about the bogus messages being sent out in this company's name is showing on their home page here (under menu in left column):
http://www.senergyltd.com/
I'll go the extra effort, in this case, as reporting the message to Yahoo for a TOS violation (fraud), and keep a copy in my fraud folder to preserve header details, etc. in case someone should want them. At least for a while!