Russian Oil Scam Fraud
Here are articles on several scammers who were arrested by Russian authorities:
Nine West African scammers arrested in Russia
Nigerian scammers arrested in Russia regarding a $400,000 fraud
The Port of Rotterdam also has great articles on this scam —- Click here and a current blacklist of fake websites.
This massive scam involves the setting up of fake websites for various imaginary Russian oil, energy, mineral, agrochemical, natural gas and coal companies. To support the scam, fake Russian government, associations, banks, law firms, shipping companies, and due diligence websites are also set up. The purpose is to induce the victim into paying advance fees for non-existent oil or other commodities. Fake documents are sent to the potential victim as further inducement. Many scammers will request an advance payment or fee from $30,000 to even $150,000, before any oil is delivered, since, of course no oil will ever be delivered. One of the biggest indications that a website is fake is when it was registered. Real Russian oil companies have been in business for years,so if a website was registered within the last year, it is fake. Do not even consider doing business with a company that has no website and uses free email addresses. TRead identifying Scam Websites and Scam Email Addresses
The fee is usually for some fake government or association allocation code, license fee, tax, contract servicing, authorization fee, mandate seller fee, down payment, federation fee, Russian Ministry fee, pipeline fee, Uraltransneft fee, etc. The fake advance fees are only limited by the scammer's imagination, so keep in mind that ANY request for an advance fee is likely a scam! Frequently, the scammers request the fake fees be paid to some fake government officials or oil association agents through a fake websites or a fellow scammer like a fake tank farm. These scammers will state that such payment or fees are "customary." They are not! ANY ADVANCE FEE IS LIKELY TO BE A SCAM! Here is an example of scam contract language containing scam advance fees:
Scammers have gotten more sophisticated. They now don't necessarily ask for obvious advance fee fees to imaginary Russian agencies. They try to get you to pay upfront fees for storage or shipping of the oil before you actually receive it. Of course, since they have no oil, you will never receive it!
"Seller pays for the Legalization/Registration of the “CONTRACT” directly to the Ministry of Energy"
"Buyer pays to obtain Transaction Passport Transfer Certificate (TPTC) / Export Clearance Affidavit (ECA) which defines the buyer’s intention and competence, and it is duly documented to that effect."
"Buyer will open file with the Seller Company, fee of the file opening will be calculated and be based on the volume of the signed Contract. Fee stands for operational charges and payment will be TT wire transfer."
"Upon the Verification of the above documents by the Buyer, The buyers pays via T/T Wire transfer of the total Vessel Charter Fees to re-route the course of the Vessel Tanker to the buyer's discharge port."
"Fee For Transfer of Ownership Title of Product. Title transfer ownership"
Note that scammers will generally demand that advance fees be paid via Western Union, Money Gram, or Bank to Bank Transfer so that once you've been scammed, you will not be able to get your money back!. Please read: Western Union/MoneyGram or Bank to Bank Indicate Scam
Here is another example from a scam contract:
"PAYMENT: Payment terms may be optional except the payment for THE ALLOCATION FILE OPENING WITH SAMARA SALES DEPARTMENT payment will be made by NON-NEGOTIABLE TT WIRE -TRANSFER..."
Any request for an advance fee payment, especially for the "privilege" of importing oil or a down payment is a clear sign of the scam!
Many of these fake oil companies advertise extensively on B2B networks such as Alibaba, ec21.com, Tradekey, Gmdu.net, EcPlaza, Tradeboss, to name a few. Please note that NO LEGITIMATE RUSSIAN PETROLEUM COMPANY will ever advertise or search for buyers on B2B sites or advertise elsewhere on the internet as they already have regular buyers and traders. If you receive an unsolicited offer from a "Russian oil company, it is most likely a scam. If you see an advertisement from a "Russian oil company" on a B2B network or elsewhere, its most likely a scam.
Many of these fake oil companies use virtual numbers which are VOIP numbers that one can set up from their computer. The number then forwards the call to anywhere in the world: so any telephone number beginning with 7-495 should be considered very suspicious! http://www.flynumber.com/virtual-phone- ... scow_7-495
No real oil company, or any company for that matter, uses free email addresses, especially free email address chosen to match their supposed company names. Google every thing about any prospective company. The name of the company, the domain name, the email address, the telephone number, the name of the officials. We list many of these fraudulent companies on various anti-fraud forums and its very frustrating when potential victims do not take the time or energy to simply Google. Just because you don't find anything that indicates a company is not a scam, doesn't mean it isn't. It could be a new scam site.
A great way to tell whether a company is a scam is to look at the date the website's domain was registered. if the domain registration date is within a year, its most likely a scam. Thoroughly read identifying Scam Websites and Scam Email Addresses If they don't have a website, they are most likely scammers.
Here are some of the West African scammers setting up these fake Russian oil web sites:
As an example of what you could be dealing with, here are West African scammers that has been identified as doing oil scams from Russia:
Richard Addo and Stanley Uzeh
Mbega Steven Etienne, sentenced to 5 years in prison in Russia
Adeniyi Akinnuwa
Nelson Adesina Tosin and Olajumoke Mayaki
Alain Blaise Atah Tcheguie
Mbah Eugene Awah
Chukwunagorom Richard Chijioke
Dereak Graf Mela
Ilori Evans Johnson
Details: http://stop419scams.com/viewtopic.php?t=125 and http://stop419scams.com/viewforum.php?f=20
Here are more links to articles on scams. Take the time to read this entire article including the links and the posts below. The time expended is well worth the knowledge gained and will make you better equipped to recognize a scam.
http://www.rosneft.com/Investors/beware/
http://www.transneft.ru/news/newsite...6301&category= (Russian)
http://www.gazprom.com/subsidiaries/ (List of Authorized Subsidiaries and List of Scammers)
http://www.gulfoiltrading.com/Fake%20companies.htm
I have reprinted an article from Alibaba below.
To all buyers of Russian Oil Products.
Do not pay any upfront Transneft fee to Russian Sellers under no circumstances.
There is a well organized Russian crime network made of many so-called Russian independent sellers or seller's mandates,all of them advertising on Alibaba.com but their leader is posing as the Presient of Transneft, the Russian State Pipeline monopoly, issuing fake Transneft documents including Invoice with Transneft bank accounts (which really belong to the scammers), Affidavit and contracts. He uses the following email addresses: simonbainshtock@mail.ru and bainshtocksm@mail.ru. All deceptive email addresses from a Russian free mail server using the name of a legitimate Russian official to fool foreigners who think that they are dealing with the head of Transneft. We learned that he also uses the alias: Sergey Dmitriev.
Buyers from many countries have been victimized by these scammers and they are still in business.
These people are not selling oil. Their business is to scam foreign oil buyers for upfront Transneft fees.
DO NOT SEND THEM MONEY, YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE OIL AND WILL LOSE ANY MONEY THAT YOU SEND THEM.
We have paid Transneft fees for over 8 contracts and have lost all that money
Their contracts usually include Cell phone as seller's phone, fake ****, fake SWIFT code, fake email addresses, fake bank officer who is usually an individual who is part of a scam.
All phone and email messages that the buyer sends to the seller's bank go to people working for the scam not to the bank.
Some of these companies are fictitious and do not even legally exist.
When they provide Transneft invoice and other documents, if you ask for verification, they will put you in contact with fake Transneft officials including someone who claimed that he is the President of Transneft and a close friend of President Putin. All of These people are also part of the scam and no really who they claim to be.
They used to provide an invoice for payment to be wired to Alfa Bank or Russian Standard Bank in behalf of Transneft pipeline or Transneft Trustees; Not True. They have people inside Alfa Bank, Russian Standard bank and other Russian banks to divert the money to them.
Nowadays, they use Russian Standard Bank and other banks with the money going to an individual who supposes to be a Transneft Trustee but is part of the gang. Their fee went from $28,000.00 last year to $30,000.00 now per 500k contract.
They will make you believe that you are getting a god deal because you suppose to pay both the internal and external fees upfront but because of their special relationship with the President of Transneft, they will arrrange an exemption for you to only pay the Internal fee. All scam talk. The following companies are part of the scam: Alduke Holdings-Sibneftprom, Soyuz Corporation, Igion Oil, Icon oil & Gas, Rusneftprom, Golden Oil, Zorin Energy Resources.
If you pay them once, they will ask you to submit more contract before they can perform on your first contract because they must meet internal Transneft quota before they can deliver any PB or POP to you. If you insist, they will put you in touch with the fake President of Transneft who claims to be Mr. Boishtoc himself, to tell you that the Russian seller is in good standing with Transneft but you must deliver more contract to them so that they can meet their Transneft quota.
Avoid individuals like Nikolai Gubin from Alduke Holdings, Andrei Shaika from Soyuz Corp and Rusneftprom. In the case of Alduke, after you pay, they will then tell you that they have back tax problems with the government and cannot perform until this problem is resolved and will try to have the tax problem confirmed by the fake Transneft President who is really the ring master. This Master Scammer will not only confirm that Alduke or any of scammers is a good seller but will ask you to advance Million dollars in cash (to be wired to a bank that they will provide) to him so that he can get Russian officials to help Alduke so that you can get your oil. Right but not in this lifetime !!!! Just tell this guy to send you a certified copy of his passport as Mr. Boishtoc, the head of Transneft, so that you can verify it with the Russian Embassy before you send him the Million in cash that he is asking for. He will tell you that he is very offended by that request and will hang up the phone quickly.
These scammers will object to you visiting Moscow to personally make payment to Transneft Bank then move to LC in exchange for PB/POP documents there.
No matter what you do, do not pay them upfront fees and do not accept any procedure where you have to pay large upfront sum to get the deal started. Once you pay and pay, there is no way to get your money back and recover the lost time. The fake Mr. Boishtoc from Transneft will tell you that Transneft has met their obligations and that you are now liable for the additional external fee of $150,000.00 per contract and that you should address your concerns with the Russian seller.
Things to do to avoid these scams:
1.- Always contact your country's embassy in Moscow for help on screening Russian sellers.
2.- Ask your embassy to recommend a local lawyer to screen and verify any document that you receive from Moscow.
3.- Get your lawyer to invite you to Moscow to verify all documents issued by your seller and to visit your seller.
4.- Get the seller to move first by issuing PB from reputable Russian Bank with a major Foreign corresponding bank and Vessel Charter Party Agreement verifiable through your lawyer in Moscow.
There is no scam without a Bank. Check the seller's bank listed on the contract. Bank uses their own mail server so if given bank email address shows a different mail server then be concerned. Call the bank. Bank officer should use a land line for their phone number not cell phone
Serious and sucessful sellers should not have any need to collect Transneft fees upfront from you once you show then preliminary proof of fund via BCL or soft probe. Only scammers want to see your money first, because their business is to collect these fees,not to sell oil. Furthermore, once you send them one payment, they tell you that they have a quota and that you need to send them more deals before they can accept your Pre-advice LC or issue PB.
Even if you ask them to sign a promisory note to return the money in case of non-performance, they will do it because you have no way of collecting that money back from them.
Do not accept any document from these people unless you have a way of verifying it independently. They are master forgeurs for all sort of refinery and government documents.
They use a lot of Seller's mandate all of over the world to bring them business. The Russian mandates are part of the scam but foreign mandates are usually innocent victims who think that they are representing a legitimate Russian seller.
Happy Trading
Please don't be afraid to share your scam stories !!! Scammers use the same scheme over and over because their victims do not speak out
Your story will help weeding out scammers from the business. It is not just about the money, it is about detecting these scams soon enough to avoid wasting time.
NOTE: Since this article was initially posted here, there have been some new company listings on Alibaba.com (Lukhoilsandgas, Golden Oil,....)presenting themselves as mandates for Russian companies like RUSNEFTPROM.
My personal recommendation is not to do business with any mandate or company that lists relationship with Alduke Holdings-Sibneftprom, RUSNEFPROM or any of the companies listed above in this article.
The real test is for you to get a copy of their procedure, they all require upfront fee from the buyer for Transneft fee before they issue PB, POP, or show any oil or SGS report or proof of previous deals where that have actually ship any oil to anybody.
http://resources.alibaba.com/topic/4...il_Sellers.htm
petrofinder has posted a fraud warning from Gazprom
http://www.petrofinder.com/carbon/ca...ad.php?id=2784
GAZPROM FRAUD WARNING:
GAZPROM DOES NOT CHARGE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEE, RUSSIAN MINISTRY FEE, PIPELINE FEE, URALTRANSNEFT FEE.
"GAZPROM, the Company, DOESN'T make a request to register future contracts at various ministries and entities of the Russian Federation as the Russian legislation doesn’t provide for such a procedure."
Gazprom wishes to warn the public against transactions with unscrupulous market players, which disseminate fictitious commercial proposals for petroleum products sales from Internet websites and via e-mail purportedly on behalf of Gazprom or its affiliated companies.
Gazprom and its subsidiary companies do not establish business relations and do not offer guarantees of goods delivery in absentia, via Internet or e-mail.
Gazprom exclusively exports its petrochemical products through its subsidiaries – Gazprom export and Gazprom neft, which bypass any intermediaries when concluding contracts.
Official information about the activities of Gazprom export and Gazprom neft is available on the websites;
1) http://www.gazpromexport.com and
2) http://www.gazprom-neft.com.
Likewise, the Company doesn’t make a request to register future contracts at various ministries and entities of the Russian Federation as the Russian legislation doesn’t provide for such a procedure.
Gazprom reserves the right to take legal action in order to terminate fraudulent actions by unscrupulous market players.
JSC Gazprom Neft
ul. Profsoyuznaya 125 A, Moscow, 117647 Russia
Tel.: +7 (495) 777-3152
Hotline: 8-800-700-3152
Fax: +7 (495) 777-3151
The complete contact details of Gazprom are posted here
http://www.gazpromexport.ru/en/about/security/
Warning
In connection with emailing and using the Internet for offers for sale of substantial quantities of natural gas from brokers allegedly related to the Gazprom Group's companies, Gazprom Export (a 100% owned subsidiary of Gazprom) informs that in accordance with Russian law it is the only exporter of natural gas that belongs to Gazprom Group abroad and does not engage any Russian and foreign businesses/individuals as intermediaries in negotiating and concluding contracts.
Bashneft issued a fraud warning regarding impostor sites, it includes contact details where you can report those fake sites. http://www.bashneft.com/company/swindlers/
A simple elementary Google search will reveal that Bashneft owns OJSC Ufa Oil Refinery, OJSC Novoil and OJSC Ufaneftekhim, all three having been impersonated numerous times with fake web sites and ads on B2B sites.
Bashneft export their oil to surrounding countries via pipelines, not exactly the type of company that would advertise their oil on Alibaba and other B2B sites. It's the same with all major oil companies, Russian or otherwise.
Searching the Internet for bargains in Russian oil is equal to searching for discounted Gold from Africa, it doesn't exist, Period.
Here are the links to Bashneft's affiliated companies... http://www.bashneft.com/processing/petrochemicals/
- OJSC Ufa Oil Refinery - http://www.bashneft.com/processing/p...icals/ufimnpz/
- OJSC NOVOIL - http://www.bashneft.com/processing/p...icals/novooil/
- OJSC Ufaneftekhim - http://www.bashneft.com/processing/p...ls/ufanefthim/
- OJSC Ufaorgsintez - http://www.bashneft.com/processing/p.../ufaorgsintez/
Any offers from the above named oil companies advertised on Alibaba, Tradekey or any other B2B sites are scams. Any individual who claims to be mandated by one of the above oil company name is either a scammer or working with a scammer. It can't be any more clear than that.
We received the following from Gazprom...
Fraud Notice from Gazprom
All petroleum products of Gazprom Group are exported only by its two subsidiary companies - 'Gazprom neft' (http://www.gazprom-neft.com) and 'Gazprom export' (http://www.gazpromexport.com). Thus any petroleum products offers allegedly from ОАО Gazprom directly or from the so called mandates, most ofthem advertizing on numerous free Internet marketplaces, should be considered a scam.
JSC Gazprom
Here is another extremely detailed warning about the Russian Oil Scam from Gazprom
Fraud in the oil, gas and derivatives industry
Press release from Lukoil
http://www.lukoil.com/press.asp?div_...id=3527&pr=yes
The OAO LUKOIL Press Service would like to draw the attention of all interested parties to new instances of attempted fraudulence on the international petroleum-product market.
The Company has knowledge that certain persons are currently sending out commercial offers regarding the export of petroleum products on behalf of OOO LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez.
Under these circumstances the OAO LUKOIL Press Service would like to point out the fact that OOO LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez does not supply any petroleum products to the foreign market. These products are exported solely by LITASCO (an OAO LUKOIL wholly-owned subsidiary). (Beware of fake LITASCO web sites)
The OAO LUKOIL Press Service strongly recommends that groups closely examine the suppliers who claim to be acting on behalf of OAO LUKOIL or its subsidiaries.
To contact lukoil, click here.
Rosneft does not sell their oil through the Internet nor do they use so-called mandates to sell their oil.
CLICK== http://www.rosneft.com/Investors/beware/
Beware of fraud!
To all site visitors and Rosneft counter parties,
It has come to our attention that certain parties have begun using Rosneft's name and business reputation as the basis for their attempts at fraud. Generally the fraudsters offer to set up partnership with the company, promising outstanding business growth and returns in a very short timeframe and with only a minor Investorsment.
Some of these offers have begun to appear on the Internet. Typically these are offers to broker contracts in exchange for an upfront fee. To create the illusion of affiliation with Rosneft, these offers often contain links to the Rosneft corporate site and provide our contact details, even to the extent of using personal contact details for Rosneft's management.
These offers and announcements are in no way associated with Rosneft.
Rosneft only sets up partnerships in person with representatives from partner organizations. We do not communicate or offer guarantees to counter parties in documents sent by email.
To avoid any financial loss, please look out for the signs of fraud listed below. You may be dealing with fraudsters if:
1. You receive an emailed offer to partner with Rosneft or its subsidiaries. Email attachments may include a draft contract or sample purchase order (ICPO) and bank reference. Rosneft and its subsidiaries do not send out this kind of offer and do not offer supply guarantees over the Internet or by email nor do they grant such powers to third parties.
2. You are offered better than market conditions and a significant profit.
3. Before officially signing the contract, you are asked to transfer money to cover certain services, such as handling some form of paperwork (visas, invitations, permits), contract authentication or activation with state bodies or ministries (n.b. this is not required by Russian legislation), covering transportation fees or organizing a trip for a delegation from your company to visit Russia for a supposed meeting in the Moscow Rosneft office to sign the contract (Table Talk Meeting — ТТМ), etc.
Please also note that Rosneft does not check deals with organizations outside the company.
If you receive a business proposal from any companies with a domain name similar to Rosneft's or those of its subsidiaries or if you have any doubts about deals planned with our company, please contact Rosneft immediately using the contact details below.
If you are the victim of fraud, please report the crime to the security services in line with Russian legislation.
Rosneft highly recommends that you ignore any suspicious business proposals. On no account should you transfer any money.
We collect information about fraudulent schemes in order to ensure the security of our potential counter parties. Please let us know if you are exposed to any attempts of fraud.
Examine business proposals carefully and do not transfer money to anyone.
BRANCHES AND REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES OF OJSC NK Rosneft
1. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the North Caucasus
Office location: 350610, Krasnodar, ul. Krasnaya, 54
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Shcherbakov Viktor Pavlovich, acting director
tel. (861) 211-67-81, email:rosneft@rn-ntc.ru
2. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District
Office location: 629830, Gubkinsky, microrayon 10, 3
Last name, first name, partronymic of the top manager: Bedrin Valery Gennadyevich
tel. 8 (34936) 5-32-26, e-mail:YYEfimtseva@purneftegaz.ru
3. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Far East
Office location: 693010, Sakhalin Region, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, ul. Khabarovskaya, 17
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Dryablov Sergei Viktorovich
tel. (4242) 499-390, e-mail:smng@mail.rn-smng.ru
4. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Stavropol Territory
Office location: 356880, Neftekumsk, Ul 50 let Pionerii, 5
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Samsonov Yuri Mikhailovich
tel. (86558) 2-23-98, e-mail:mihaylova.t.a@stng.rosneft.ru
5. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District
Office location: 628309, Ugra, Nefteyugansk, ul. Lenina, 26
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Zdolnik Sergei Yevgenyevich
tel. (3463) 31-54-79, e-mail: rosneft@yungjsc.com
6. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Komi Republic
Office location: 169710, Usinsk, ul. Pripolarnaya, 1
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Nesterenko Sergey Mikhailovich
tel. (82144) 28-3-10, 28-5-97, e-mail: reception@nordoil.ru
7. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Khabarovsk Territory
Office location: 680007, Komsomolsk-na-Amure, ul. Leningradskaya, 107.
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Melekhin Vladimir Vladimirovich
tel. (4217) 22-70-25, e-mail:ZKDobraya@koil.ru
8. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Arkhangelsk region
Office location: 163530, Arkhangelskaya oblast, Primorsky rayon, posyolok Talagi, 30
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Yudin Alexei Gennadyevich
tel. (8182) 217-511, e-mail: pea@rosneft-anp.ru
9. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Primorsk Territory
Office location: 690000, Vladivostok, ul. Uborevicha, 5a
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Sugak Vladimir Grigoryevich
tel. (423) 261-16-71 Vladivostok (4236) 699-156, Nakhodka, e-mail: v_sugak@rosneft.ru
10. Name: Branch of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Chechen Republic
Office location: 364051, Grozny, prospekt Revolyutsii, 7 / 84.
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Minin Dmitry Vladimirovich
tel. (495) 777-45-27, e-mail: p_baysangurova@rosneft.ru
11. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Republic of Ingushetia
Office location: 386300, Malgobek, ul.Nuradilova, 75.
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Tsitskiev Mussa Magometovich
tel. (8734) 62-38-08, e-mail: ingrosneft@yandex.ru
12. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Asia-Pacific (Beijing)
Address: 3008, Building D, Central International Trade Centre, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China.
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Goncharov Sergei Nikolayevich
Tel / Fax: 8-10 (8610) 6563 6900, e-mail: a_mazur@rosneft.ru
13. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Middle East (Abu Dhabi)
Address: United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Bateen district, Baynuna Str, Tower C6, Sector B35, Suite A1101;
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Ilyukhin Vladimir Alexandrovich
Fax +971 2 681 9528, Tel.: +971 2 681 9529, e-mail: office@rosneft.ae
14. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in Europe (Vienna) (in liquidation)
Address: Favoritenstrasse 7, 1040, Vienna, Austria
Last name, first name, patronymic of the manager: Kuryatnikov Anatoly Viktorovich
tel. 8-10-431-501-26, e-mail: a_kuryatnikov@rosneft.ru
Here are articles on several scammers who were arrested by Russian authorities:
Nine West African scammers arrested in Russia
Nigerian scammers arrested in Russia regarding a $400,000 fraud
The Port of Rotterdam also has great articles on this scam —- Click here and a current blacklist of fake websites.
This massive scam involves the setting up of fake websites for various imaginary Russian oil, energy, mineral, agrochemical, natural gas and coal companies. To support the scam, fake Russian government, associations, banks, law firms, shipping companies, and due diligence websites are also set up. The purpose is to induce the victim into paying advance fees for non-existent oil or other commodities. Fake documents are sent to the potential victim as further inducement. Many scammers will request an advance payment or fee from $30,000 to even $150,000, before any oil is delivered, since, of course no oil will ever be delivered. One of the biggest indications that a website is fake is when it was registered. Real Russian oil companies have been in business for years,so if a website was registered within the last year, it is fake. Do not even consider doing business with a company that has no website and uses free email addresses. TRead identifying Scam Websites and Scam Email Addresses
The fee is usually for some fake government or association allocation code, license fee, tax, contract servicing, authorization fee, mandate seller fee, down payment, federation fee, Russian Ministry fee, pipeline fee, Uraltransneft fee, etc. The fake advance fees are only limited by the scammer's imagination, so keep in mind that ANY request for an advance fee is likely a scam! Frequently, the scammers request the fake fees be paid to some fake government officials or oil association agents through a fake websites or a fellow scammer like a fake tank farm. These scammers will state that such payment or fees are "customary." They are not! ANY ADVANCE FEE IS LIKELY TO BE A SCAM! Here is an example of scam contract language containing scam advance fees:
Scammers have gotten more sophisticated. They now don't necessarily ask for obvious advance fee fees to imaginary Russian agencies. They try to get you to pay upfront fees for storage or shipping of the oil before you actually receive it. Of course, since they have no oil, you will never receive it!
"Seller pays for the Legalization/Registration of the “CONTRACT” directly to the Ministry of Energy"
"Buyer pays to obtain Transaction Passport Transfer Certificate (TPTC) / Export Clearance Affidavit (ECA) which defines the buyer’s intention and competence, and it is duly documented to that effect."
"Buyer will open file with the Seller Company, fee of the file opening will be calculated and be based on the volume of the signed Contract. Fee stands for operational charges and payment will be TT wire transfer."
"Upon the Verification of the above documents by the Buyer, The buyers pays via T/T Wire transfer of the total Vessel Charter Fees to re-route the course of the Vessel Tanker to the buyer's discharge port."
"Fee For Transfer of Ownership Title of Product. Title transfer ownership"
Note that scammers will generally demand that advance fees be paid via Western Union, Money Gram, or Bank to Bank Transfer so that once you've been scammed, you will not be able to get your money back!. Please read: Western Union/MoneyGram or Bank to Bank Indicate Scam
Here is another example from a scam contract:
"PAYMENT: Payment terms may be optional except the payment for THE ALLOCATION FILE OPENING WITH SAMARA SALES DEPARTMENT payment will be made by NON-NEGOTIABLE TT WIRE -TRANSFER..."
Any request for an advance fee payment, especially for the "privilege" of importing oil or a down payment is a clear sign of the scam!
Many of these fake oil companies advertise extensively on B2B networks such as Alibaba, ec21.com, Tradekey, Gmdu.net, EcPlaza, Tradeboss, to name a few. Please note that NO LEGITIMATE RUSSIAN PETROLEUM COMPANY will ever advertise or search for buyers on B2B sites or advertise elsewhere on the internet as they already have regular buyers and traders. If you receive an unsolicited offer from a "Russian oil company, it is most likely a scam. If you see an advertisement from a "Russian oil company" on a B2B network or elsewhere, its most likely a scam.
Many of these fake oil companies use virtual numbers which are VOIP numbers that one can set up from their computer. The number then forwards the call to anywhere in the world: so any telephone number beginning with 7-495 should be considered very suspicious! http://www.flynumber.com/virtual-phone- ... scow_7-495
No real oil company, or any company for that matter, uses free email addresses, especially free email address chosen to match their supposed company names. Google every thing about any prospective company. The name of the company, the domain name, the email address, the telephone number, the name of the officials. We list many of these fraudulent companies on various anti-fraud forums and its very frustrating when potential victims do not take the time or energy to simply Google. Just because you don't find anything that indicates a company is not a scam, doesn't mean it isn't. It could be a new scam site.
A great way to tell whether a company is a scam is to look at the date the website's domain was registered. if the domain registration date is within a year, its most likely a scam. Thoroughly read identifying Scam Websites and Scam Email Addresses If they don't have a website, they are most likely scammers.
Here are some of the West African scammers setting up these fake Russian oil web sites:
As an example of what you could be dealing with, here are West African scammers that has been identified as doing oil scams from Russia:
Richard Addo and Stanley Uzeh
Mbega Steven Etienne, sentenced to 5 years in prison in Russia
Adeniyi Akinnuwa
Nelson Adesina Tosin and Olajumoke Mayaki
Alain Blaise Atah Tcheguie
Mbah Eugene Awah
Chukwunagorom Richard Chijioke
Dereak Graf Mela
Ilori Evans Johnson
Details: http://stop419scams.com/viewtopic.php?t=125 and http://stop419scams.com/viewforum.php?f=20
Here are more links to articles on scams. Take the time to read this entire article including the links and the posts below. The time expended is well worth the knowledge gained and will make you better equipped to recognize a scam.
http://www.rosneft.com/Investors/beware/
http://www.transneft.ru/news/newsite...6301&category= (Russian)
http://www.gazprom.com/subsidiaries/ (List of Authorized Subsidiaries and List of Scammers)
http://www.gulfoiltrading.com/Fake%20companies.htm
I have reprinted an article from Alibaba below.
To all buyers of Russian Oil Products.
Do not pay any upfront Transneft fee to Russian Sellers under no circumstances.
There is a well organized Russian crime network made of many so-called Russian independent sellers or seller's mandates,all of them advertising on Alibaba.com but their leader is posing as the Presient of Transneft, the Russian State Pipeline monopoly, issuing fake Transneft documents including Invoice with Transneft bank accounts (which really belong to the scammers), Affidavit and contracts. He uses the following email addresses: simonbainshtock@mail.ru and bainshtocksm@mail.ru. All deceptive email addresses from a Russian free mail server using the name of a legitimate Russian official to fool foreigners who think that they are dealing with the head of Transneft. We learned that he also uses the alias: Sergey Dmitriev.
Buyers from many countries have been victimized by these scammers and they are still in business.
These people are not selling oil. Their business is to scam foreign oil buyers for upfront Transneft fees.
DO NOT SEND THEM MONEY, YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE OIL AND WILL LOSE ANY MONEY THAT YOU SEND THEM.
We have paid Transneft fees for over 8 contracts and have lost all that money
Their contracts usually include Cell phone as seller's phone, fake ****, fake SWIFT code, fake email addresses, fake bank officer who is usually an individual who is part of a scam.
All phone and email messages that the buyer sends to the seller's bank go to people working for the scam not to the bank.
Some of these companies are fictitious and do not even legally exist.
When they provide Transneft invoice and other documents, if you ask for verification, they will put you in contact with fake Transneft officials including someone who claimed that he is the President of Transneft and a close friend of President Putin. All of These people are also part of the scam and no really who they claim to be.
They used to provide an invoice for payment to be wired to Alfa Bank or Russian Standard Bank in behalf of Transneft pipeline or Transneft Trustees; Not True. They have people inside Alfa Bank, Russian Standard bank and other Russian banks to divert the money to them.
Nowadays, they use Russian Standard Bank and other banks with the money going to an individual who supposes to be a Transneft Trustee but is part of the gang. Their fee went from $28,000.00 last year to $30,000.00 now per 500k contract.
They will make you believe that you are getting a god deal because you suppose to pay both the internal and external fees upfront but because of their special relationship with the President of Transneft, they will arrrange an exemption for you to only pay the Internal fee. All scam talk. The following companies are part of the scam: Alduke Holdings-Sibneftprom, Soyuz Corporation, Igion Oil, Icon oil & Gas, Rusneftprom, Golden Oil, Zorin Energy Resources.
If you pay them once, they will ask you to submit more contract before they can perform on your first contract because they must meet internal Transneft quota before they can deliver any PB or POP to you. If you insist, they will put you in touch with the fake President of Transneft who claims to be Mr. Boishtoc himself, to tell you that the Russian seller is in good standing with Transneft but you must deliver more contract to them so that they can meet their Transneft quota.
Avoid individuals like Nikolai Gubin from Alduke Holdings, Andrei Shaika from Soyuz Corp and Rusneftprom. In the case of Alduke, after you pay, they will then tell you that they have back tax problems with the government and cannot perform until this problem is resolved and will try to have the tax problem confirmed by the fake Transneft President who is really the ring master. This Master Scammer will not only confirm that Alduke or any of scammers is a good seller but will ask you to advance Million dollars in cash (to be wired to a bank that they will provide) to him so that he can get Russian officials to help Alduke so that you can get your oil. Right but not in this lifetime !!!! Just tell this guy to send you a certified copy of his passport as Mr. Boishtoc, the head of Transneft, so that you can verify it with the Russian Embassy before you send him the Million in cash that he is asking for. He will tell you that he is very offended by that request and will hang up the phone quickly.
These scammers will object to you visiting Moscow to personally make payment to Transneft Bank then move to LC in exchange for PB/POP documents there.
No matter what you do, do not pay them upfront fees and do not accept any procedure where you have to pay large upfront sum to get the deal started. Once you pay and pay, there is no way to get your money back and recover the lost time. The fake Mr. Boishtoc from Transneft will tell you that Transneft has met their obligations and that you are now liable for the additional external fee of $150,000.00 per contract and that you should address your concerns with the Russian seller.
Things to do to avoid these scams:
1.- Always contact your country's embassy in Moscow for help on screening Russian sellers.
2.- Ask your embassy to recommend a local lawyer to screen and verify any document that you receive from Moscow.
3.- Get your lawyer to invite you to Moscow to verify all documents issued by your seller and to visit your seller.
4.- Get the seller to move first by issuing PB from reputable Russian Bank with a major Foreign corresponding bank and Vessel Charter Party Agreement verifiable through your lawyer in Moscow.
There is no scam without a Bank. Check the seller's bank listed on the contract. Bank uses their own mail server so if given bank email address shows a different mail server then be concerned. Call the bank. Bank officer should use a land line for their phone number not cell phone
Serious and sucessful sellers should not have any need to collect Transneft fees upfront from you once you show then preliminary proof of fund via BCL or soft probe. Only scammers want to see your money first, because their business is to collect these fees,not to sell oil. Furthermore, once you send them one payment, they tell you that they have a quota and that you need to send them more deals before they can accept your Pre-advice LC or issue PB.
Even if you ask them to sign a promisory note to return the money in case of non-performance, they will do it because you have no way of collecting that money back from them.
Do not accept any document from these people unless you have a way of verifying it independently. They are master forgeurs for all sort of refinery and government documents.
They use a lot of Seller's mandate all of over the world to bring them business. The Russian mandates are part of the scam but foreign mandates are usually innocent victims who think that they are representing a legitimate Russian seller.
Happy Trading
Please don't be afraid to share your scam stories !!! Scammers use the same scheme over and over because their victims do not speak out
Your story will help weeding out scammers from the business. It is not just about the money, it is about detecting these scams soon enough to avoid wasting time.
NOTE: Since this article was initially posted here, there have been some new company listings on Alibaba.com (Lukhoilsandgas, Golden Oil,....)presenting themselves as mandates for Russian companies like RUSNEFTPROM.
My personal recommendation is not to do business with any mandate or company that lists relationship with Alduke Holdings-Sibneftprom, RUSNEFPROM or any of the companies listed above in this article.
The real test is for you to get a copy of their procedure, they all require upfront fee from the buyer for Transneft fee before they issue PB, POP, or show any oil or SGS report or proof of previous deals where that have actually ship any oil to anybody.
http://resources.alibaba.com/topic/4...il_Sellers.htm
petrofinder has posted a fraud warning from Gazprom
http://www.petrofinder.com/carbon/ca...ad.php?id=2784
GAZPROM FRAUD WARNING:
GAZPROM DOES NOT CHARGE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEE, RUSSIAN MINISTRY FEE, PIPELINE FEE, URALTRANSNEFT FEE.
"GAZPROM, the Company, DOESN'T make a request to register future contracts at various ministries and entities of the Russian Federation as the Russian legislation doesn’t provide for such a procedure."
Gazprom wishes to warn the public against transactions with unscrupulous market players, which disseminate fictitious commercial proposals for petroleum products sales from Internet websites and via e-mail purportedly on behalf of Gazprom or its affiliated companies.
Gazprom and its subsidiary companies do not establish business relations and do not offer guarantees of goods delivery in absentia, via Internet or e-mail.
Gazprom exclusively exports its petrochemical products through its subsidiaries – Gazprom export and Gazprom neft, which bypass any intermediaries when concluding contracts.
Official information about the activities of Gazprom export and Gazprom neft is available on the websites;
1) http://www.gazpromexport.com and
2) http://www.gazprom-neft.com.
Likewise, the Company doesn’t make a request to register future contracts at various ministries and entities of the Russian Federation as the Russian legislation doesn’t provide for such a procedure.
Gazprom reserves the right to take legal action in order to terminate fraudulent actions by unscrupulous market players.
JSC Gazprom Neft
ul. Profsoyuznaya 125 A, Moscow, 117647 Russia
Tel.: +7 (495) 777-3152
Hotline: 8-800-700-3152
Fax: +7 (495) 777-3151
The complete contact details of Gazprom are posted here
http://www.gazpromexport.ru/en/about/security/
Warning
In connection with emailing and using the Internet for offers for sale of substantial quantities of natural gas from brokers allegedly related to the Gazprom Group's companies, Gazprom Export (a 100% owned subsidiary of Gazprom) informs that in accordance with Russian law it is the only exporter of natural gas that belongs to Gazprom Group abroad and does not engage any Russian and foreign businesses/individuals as intermediaries in negotiating and concluding contracts.
Bashneft issued a fraud warning regarding impostor sites, it includes contact details where you can report those fake sites. http://www.bashneft.com/company/swindlers/
A simple elementary Google search will reveal that Bashneft owns OJSC Ufa Oil Refinery, OJSC Novoil and OJSC Ufaneftekhim, all three having been impersonated numerous times with fake web sites and ads on B2B sites.
Bashneft export their oil to surrounding countries via pipelines, not exactly the type of company that would advertise their oil on Alibaba and other B2B sites. It's the same with all major oil companies, Russian or otherwise.
Searching the Internet for bargains in Russian oil is equal to searching for discounted Gold from Africa, it doesn't exist, Period.
Here are the links to Bashneft's affiliated companies... http://www.bashneft.com/processing/petrochemicals/
- OJSC Ufa Oil Refinery - http://www.bashneft.com/processing/p...icals/ufimnpz/
- OJSC NOVOIL - http://www.bashneft.com/processing/p...icals/novooil/
- OJSC Ufaneftekhim - http://www.bashneft.com/processing/p...ls/ufanefthim/
- OJSC Ufaorgsintez - http://www.bashneft.com/processing/p.../ufaorgsintez/
Any offers from the above named oil companies advertised on Alibaba, Tradekey or any other B2B sites are scams. Any individual who claims to be mandated by one of the above oil company name is either a scammer or working with a scammer. It can't be any more clear than that.
We received the following from Gazprom...
Fraud Notice from Gazprom
All petroleum products of Gazprom Group are exported only by its two subsidiary companies - 'Gazprom neft' (http://www.gazprom-neft.com) and 'Gazprom export' (http://www.gazpromexport.com). Thus any petroleum products offers allegedly from ОАО Gazprom directly or from the so called mandates, most ofthem advertizing on numerous free Internet marketplaces, should be considered a scam.
JSC Gazprom
Here is another extremely detailed warning about the Russian Oil Scam from Gazprom
Fraud in the oil, gas and derivatives industry
Press release from Lukoil
http://www.lukoil.com/press.asp?div_...id=3527&pr=yes
The OAO LUKOIL Press Service would like to draw the attention of all interested parties to new instances of attempted fraudulence on the international petroleum-product market.
The Company has knowledge that certain persons are currently sending out commercial offers regarding the export of petroleum products on behalf of OOO LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez.
Under these circumstances the OAO LUKOIL Press Service would like to point out the fact that OOO LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez does not supply any petroleum products to the foreign market. These products are exported solely by LITASCO (an OAO LUKOIL wholly-owned subsidiary). (Beware of fake LITASCO web sites)
The OAO LUKOIL Press Service strongly recommends that groups closely examine the suppliers who claim to be acting on behalf of OAO LUKOIL or its subsidiaries.
To contact lukoil, click here.
Rosneft does not sell their oil through the Internet nor do they use so-called mandates to sell their oil.
CLICK== http://www.rosneft.com/Investors/beware/
Beware of fraud!
To all site visitors and Rosneft counter parties,
It has come to our attention that certain parties have begun using Rosneft's name and business reputation as the basis for their attempts at fraud. Generally the fraudsters offer to set up partnership with the company, promising outstanding business growth and returns in a very short timeframe and with only a minor Investorsment.
Some of these offers have begun to appear on the Internet. Typically these are offers to broker contracts in exchange for an upfront fee. To create the illusion of affiliation with Rosneft, these offers often contain links to the Rosneft corporate site and provide our contact details, even to the extent of using personal contact details for Rosneft's management.
These offers and announcements are in no way associated with Rosneft.
Rosneft only sets up partnerships in person with representatives from partner organizations. We do not communicate or offer guarantees to counter parties in documents sent by email.
To avoid any financial loss, please look out for the signs of fraud listed below. You may be dealing with fraudsters if:
1. You receive an emailed offer to partner with Rosneft or its subsidiaries. Email attachments may include a draft contract or sample purchase order (ICPO) and bank reference. Rosneft and its subsidiaries do not send out this kind of offer and do not offer supply guarantees over the Internet or by email nor do they grant such powers to third parties.
2. You are offered better than market conditions and a significant profit.
3. Before officially signing the contract, you are asked to transfer money to cover certain services, such as handling some form of paperwork (visas, invitations, permits), contract authentication or activation with state bodies or ministries (n.b. this is not required by Russian legislation), covering transportation fees or organizing a trip for a delegation from your company to visit Russia for a supposed meeting in the Moscow Rosneft office to sign the contract (Table Talk Meeting — ТТМ), etc.
Please also note that Rosneft does not check deals with organizations outside the company.
If you receive a business proposal from any companies with a domain name similar to Rosneft's or those of its subsidiaries or if you have any doubts about deals planned with our company, please contact Rosneft immediately using the contact details below.
If you are the victim of fraud, please report the crime to the security services in line with Russian legislation.
Rosneft highly recommends that you ignore any suspicious business proposals. On no account should you transfer any money.
We collect information about fraudulent schemes in order to ensure the security of our potential counter parties. Please let us know if you are exposed to any attempts of fraud.
Examine business proposals carefully and do not transfer money to anyone.
BRANCHES AND REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES OF OJSC NK Rosneft
1. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the North Caucasus
Office location: 350610, Krasnodar, ul. Krasnaya, 54
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Shcherbakov Viktor Pavlovich, acting director
tel. (861) 211-67-81, email:rosneft@rn-ntc.ru
2. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District
Office location: 629830, Gubkinsky, microrayon 10, 3
Last name, first name, partronymic of the top manager: Bedrin Valery Gennadyevich
tel. 8 (34936) 5-32-26, e-mail:YYEfimtseva@purneftegaz.ru
3. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Far East
Office location: 693010, Sakhalin Region, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, ul. Khabarovskaya, 17
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Dryablov Sergei Viktorovich
tel. (4242) 499-390, e-mail:smng@mail.rn-smng.ru
4. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Stavropol Territory
Office location: 356880, Neftekumsk, Ul 50 let Pionerii, 5
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Samsonov Yuri Mikhailovich
tel. (86558) 2-23-98, e-mail:mihaylova.t.a@stng.rosneft.ru
5. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District
Office location: 628309, Ugra, Nefteyugansk, ul. Lenina, 26
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Zdolnik Sergei Yevgenyevich
tel. (3463) 31-54-79, e-mail: rosneft@yungjsc.com
6. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Komi Republic
Office location: 169710, Usinsk, ul. Pripolarnaya, 1
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Nesterenko Sergey Mikhailovich
tel. (82144) 28-3-10, 28-5-97, e-mail: reception@nordoil.ru
7. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Khabarovsk Territory
Office location: 680007, Komsomolsk-na-Amure, ul. Leningradskaya, 107.
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Melekhin Vladimir Vladimirovich
tel. (4217) 22-70-25, e-mail:ZKDobraya@koil.ru
8. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Arkhangelsk region
Office location: 163530, Arkhangelskaya oblast, Primorsky rayon, posyolok Talagi, 30
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Yudin Alexei Gennadyevich
tel. (8182) 217-511, e-mail: pea@rosneft-anp.ru
9. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Primorsk Territory
Office location: 690000, Vladivostok, ul. Uborevicha, 5a
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Sugak Vladimir Grigoryevich
tel. (423) 261-16-71 Vladivostok (4236) 699-156, Nakhodka, e-mail: v_sugak@rosneft.ru
10. Name: Branch of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Chechen Republic
Office location: 364051, Grozny, prospekt Revolyutsii, 7 / 84.
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Minin Dmitry Vladimirovich
tel. (495) 777-45-27, e-mail: p_baysangurova@rosneft.ru
11. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Republic of Ingushetia
Office location: 386300, Malgobek, ul.Nuradilova, 75.
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Tsitskiev Mussa Magometovich
tel. (8734) 62-38-08, e-mail: ingrosneft@yandex.ru
12. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Asia-Pacific (Beijing)
Address: 3008, Building D, Central International Trade Centre, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China.
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Goncharov Sergei Nikolayevich
Tel / Fax: 8-10 (8610) 6563 6900, e-mail: a_mazur@rosneft.ru
13. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in the Middle East (Abu Dhabi)
Address: United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Bateen district, Baynuna Str, Tower C6, Sector B35, Suite A1101;
Last name, first name, patronymic of the top manager: Ilyukhin Vladimir Alexandrovich
Fax +971 2 681 9528, Tel.: +971 2 681 9529, e-mail: office@rosneft.ae
14. Name: Representative office of OJSC Oil Company Rosneft in Europe (Vienna) (in liquidation)
Address: Favoritenstrasse 7, 1040, Vienna, Austria
Last name, first name, patronymic of the manager: Kuryatnikov Anatoly Viktorovich
tel. 8-10-431-501-26, e-mail: a_kuryatnikov@rosneft.ru
Dear Sir,
ReplyDeleteI have tried for the last 3 months to get D2 supplier (genuine) but fail. I even wrote to the big company attaching my buyer's LOI but to no avail. I am glad to list the few company that tried to offer me a good deal but with some kind of up front payment or deposits, They are:-
OOO TUVANEFT GAS
OJSC TAIMYRGAS
RN-BUNKER OOO
EURO-GAZPROM SER. INT.
GAZPROM NEFT TRADING Gmbh
JSC GAZENERGOSERVIS
OAO SARATOVNEFTGAZ
OMSK IGASEOL
ZAO TRANS OMEGA SHIPPING
NEFTEGAZ-CAPITAL LTD.
AND MANY MORE THAT COME MY WAY.
I HOPE MY INFO WILL HELP MANY BUYER'S AGENTS WHO ARE GENUINE.
CHEERS!
SANAKO1945
Dear Sir,
ReplyDeleteCan anyone tell me about this refinery (Region Neftprodukt Refinery Company) is a scammers or genuine .
They are scammers. http://419advancefeefraud.blogspot.com/2012/01/this-massive-scam-involves-setting-up.html
DeleteA simple search tells you that!
Dear sir I wish to know more about this refinery KRASNODARECONEFT OIL REFINERY, as my company wishes to enter a partnership deal with them
ReplyDeleteA simple search tells you they are scammers! http://419advancefeefraud.blogspot.com/2012/09/zao-krasnodarconeft-russian-oil-scam.html
DeleteIf you cannot do a simple search you have no business in this field which is full of scammers!
Dear Sir,
DeleteFor Krasnodareconeft have found the link http://www.krasnodareconeftoil.ru/english/index.html, is this a scam website or from valid refinery?
In the Krasnodareconeft SCO terms and procedures item no.8 stated:
"8. Buyer obtains a verifiable Transaction Passport Transfer Certificate (TPTC) / Ex- port Clearance Affidavit (ECA), which identifies the Buyer as the owner Title Holder of the goods Allocation. Charges are paid by the Buyer"
ln obtaining the TPTC. Buyer should be responsible in paying directly to the MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND RESOURCES the amount of USD 69,764 for the 1 year Contract Registration, TPTC payable after draft contract prepared by Seller. MoE will issue invoice and after payment made, certificate payment acknowlegded send to seller to proceed final contract and next procedures.
Please clarify this statement is false or valid to continue?
Thanks
It is a scam!
DeleteThere is no real Ministry! That is the scam! Never pay any advance fee! Go back and read this article! Www.russian-oil-scam.tk
You see here http://419advancefeefraud.blogspot.com/2012/09/zao-krasnodarconeft-russian-oil-scam.html They are scammers!
DeleteIn above blogspot, the website stated http://www.krasnodareconeft.ru
DeleteBut the link I have found is http://www.krasnodareconeftoil.ru which the contents totally different.
Please advise. Thanks
If you would bother to read the actual article you are commenting on it would be clear this was a scam. Look at the registration date if the domain! It was registered two weeks ago! Do you think a dal Russian refinery has only been in business for two weeks!?
Deletedomain: KRASNODARECONEFTOIL.RU
nserver: ns1.rivalhost.com.
nserver: ns2.rivalhost.com.
state: REGISTERED, DELEGATED, VERIFIED
person: Private Person
registrar: RU-CENTER-REG-RIPN
admin-contact: https://www.nic.ru/whois
created: 2013.09.06
paid-till: 2014.09.06
free-date: 2014.10.07
source: TCI
Last updated on 2013.09.19 20:31:37 MSK
Yes its very clear but I am not interested on registration date on the domain. The link which I have found last viewed on June 2013 not 2 weeks ago. Am much more concern on company profile and valid business registration.
DeleteThanks for clarification.
Well the registration date is the one place where scammers can not lie so you should be concerned about it. Everything else will be forged or faked or copied from real refinery websites. This is an obvious scam and if you proceed further you will be defrauded! Know that!
DeleteLast verification. How about registration date on domain history?
Deletedomain: KRASNODARECONEFTOIL.RU
nserver: ns1.rivalhost.com.
nserver: ns2.rivalhost.com.
state: REGISTERED, DELEGATED, VERIFIED
person: Private Person
registrar: RU-CENTER-REG-RIPN
created: 2013.09.06
paid-till: 2014.09.06
free-date: 2014.10.07
org: vvmedia limited
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domain: KRASNODARECONEFTOIL.RU
nserver: ns1.hostingpanel1.com.
nserver: ns2.hostingpanel1.com.
state: REGISTERED, DELEGATED, UNVERIFIED
org: vvmedia limited
registrar: 101DOMAIN-REG-RIPN
created: 2012.08.06
paid-till: 2013.08.06
free-date: 2013.09.06
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domain: KRASNODARECONEFTOIL.RU
nserver: ns3.101domain.com.
nserver: ns4.101domain.com.
state: REGISTERED, DELEGATED, UNVERIFIED
org: vvmedia limited
registrar: 101DOMAIN-REG-RIPN
created: 2012.08.06
paid-till: 2013.08.06
free-date: 2013.09.06
I have received personally (not from internet/b2b sites) the related documents such SCO, product certificate, partial POP etc from company so called mandate to Krasnodareconeft for Asean region marketing. So am just checking to verify the valid official website. Am very thankful for your help on this matters.
Well all those websites are almost surely scams based on the registration dates. No real Russian oil refinery would have registered a domain since even 2012! The fact that these scammers asked you to pay a 69,764 advance fee to the MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND RESOURCES which is a scam agency tells you this is a scam. I honestly don't know why you would even think of going forward. Again,read: www.scamwebsites.tk and www.russian-oil-scam.tk There are tons of these scammers listed here: http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44495
DeleteBoris Sergey and Nikolai Petrovich all representative of OOO RESURSNEFTEPRODUKT. They are brokers and they do scam deals with OOO RESURSNEFTEPRODUKT. They will asked you for initial payment and then later they will ask you to pay even more for re-routing or whatsoever. You will never get your cargo.
ReplyDeleteAndrey Ivankov also representative of OOO RESURSNEFTEPRODUKT.He also do scam deals with OOO RESURSNEFTEPRODUKT.He ask the desposit first and offer fake BL.Don't trust them .
ReplyDeleteDear Sirs,
ReplyDeleteIve been reading your statement, but im still lack of experience and knowledge. It would be much appreciated if u could provide me with some info whether OAO Transpacific Resources Refinery which base in Moscow is a legitimate or exist company.
It is a scam! You can easily see that by doing a simple Google search. Read http://www.419scammersexposed.com/database/showentry.php?e=787&catid=42 If you are confused, you really shouldn't be in a business that has so many scammers! Read: www.russian-oil-scam.tk
Deleteplease is ALEK PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY IN MOSCOW A REAL OR FAKE COMPANY?
ReplyDeleteThey are fake. This article, had you read it, would have told you that. Read: http://419advancefeefraud.blogspot.com/2013/12/alex-petroleum-company.html
Deleteis georesources company in moscow a real company? please clarify coz i want to enter into deal contract with them.
ReplyDeleteIf you cannot figure out if GeoResources Company is real or not then you really shouldn't be in the energy business or any business! Retain a professional consulting company if you care about your money. Read: http://419advancefeefraud.blogspot.com/2012/10/is-this-company-genuine-buyers-guide-to.html
Deleteplease am really in need of buying urea fertilizer from russia but all companies offering me sco are all fake . Please can you refer me to anyone genuine sir?
ReplyDeleteNo, I am not a due diligence company. You need to do you own due diligence or pay a proper company to do it for you.
Deleteis EUROCHEM COMPANY a real company or not?
ReplyDeleteWhat is the website name? Telephone Number? Email Address? Read: www.russian-oil-scam.tk and www.scamwebsites.tk and www.do-your-own-due-diligence.tk
DeleteCan anybody advise whether below companies are genuine or not? We are in midst of finalizing a Mazut M100 contract with them.
ReplyDeleteSELLER YUZHNY NEFTEPERERABATYVAYUSHCHIY ZAVOD
ADDRESS: 37A, KRASNOARMEYSKAYA ST, 352120 TIKHORETSK, KRASNODARSKIY KRAY
SELLER MANDATE INTERNATIONAL AID FUND FOR VICTIMS OF ACCIDENTS “PANDA”
ADDRESS: SUNU STREET 7A, JURMALA LV-2008
VESSEL OWNER OWNER: RIMSCO SHIPPING COMPANY
ADDRESS: 1 Ekipazhnaya St., Vladivostok, Russia, 690001
How can you seriously consider finalizing a contact with a company that you are not even sure is genuine?
DeleteWhat is the telephone number, email address & website is this "company".
DeleteWe have suspended the contract discussion. Need to check background & document authenticity before we decide proceed further. We are in contact with Seller's mandate. Received many seller's documents. Strange Seller not asking for advance payment. Instead they asking for non-operative draft L/C or MT799 or B/G
Deletethen only they issue POP and 2% PB. We asking them to produce POP and 2%
PB first. Then we will do the banking instrument. Matter is now hanging.
The shipping company website is www.rimsco.net tel: 74993468645 email:info@rimsco.net PIC: Mr Fazil Z Aliev. THE SELLER/REFINERY: CJSC YUZHNY NEFTEPERERABATYVAYUSHCHIY ZAVOD
REPRESENTED BY: DMITRY ALEXANDROVISH VOLKOV The Seller Mandate is
INTERNATIONAL AID FUND FOR VICTIMS OF ACCIDENTS “PANDA
REPRESENTED BY: GJORGI MITEV Phone: +371 29511833
Fax: +371 67768138 E-mail: info@iaf-panda.eu Reg.No: 40008134449
Appreciate your advise on this matter. Thank you very much
Well it doesn't appear as if you bothered to really read the article. The shipping company's domain www.rimsco.net was registered a month ago and for one year which means it surely a scam! Read www.scamwebsites.tk since you didn't read it before.
DeleteDomain Name: RIMSCO.NET
Registrar: PDR LTD. D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM
Whois Server: whois.PublicDomainRegistry.com
Referral URL: http://www.PublicDomainRegistry.com
Name Server: NS1.BH-10.WEBHOSTBOX.NET
Name Server: NS2.BH-10.WEBHOSTBOX.NET
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 30-jan-2014
Creation Date: 30-jan-2014
Expiration Date: 30-jan-2015
So the one month year old website states: "In 2007 Russian Inspectors and Marine Surveyors Corporation was 15 years old! " Yet they just registered a website! Frauds don't get much more obvious than this if you have made at least a minimum effort at due diligence which would be expected if one was dealing in a business that has more scammers than real participants and which requires a huge investment.
As the article www.russian-oil-scam.tk clearly states "mandate" is an invention of scammers. Real Russian oil companies do not sell under mandates. You need to get serious or your money will not be long in your pocket and you will have nothing to show for it. Please send all the correspondence and contracts you have received to me at advance.fee.fraud@gmail.com
The Seller/Refinery is also listed as a scam here: http://419advancefeefraud.blogspot.com/2013/12/russian-oil-scam-yunpzru-ojsc-yuzhny.html
DeleteNote the scam website www.RIMSCO.NET of the fake shipper who was going to ship the non-existent oil has been removed for scamming. See: http://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=85046
DeleteNote the scam website pretending to be the RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND INDUSTRY www.rus-energi.ru which was on the fake contract has also been shut down.
Deletehttp://419advancefeefraud.blogspot.com/2014/01/rus-energiru-russian-oil-scam-russian.html
Can anyone tell me if this is also a scam.... "GAZKAPITAL" and "BAHARNEFT" the first is signed by Nicola Laverov and the second by Manakov Sergey Vladimirovich .....
ReplyDeletePost the full contact information for each company name, including websites, email address and telephone number!!!!
Deletecan anyone advise for these company
DeleteALLEGRO Co Ltd, (672005) Russia, chitacity, Rakhova str # 98
tel : +7 (937) 963-4827, fax : +7 (937) 963-4894
email 1 : balov@scrapcollect.com
email 2 : scrapcollect@mail.ru
CEO : Mr. ALexey Markov
INTERLINE LOGISTIC, (410054), Russia, saratov region, saratov, Minarya # 25
tel : +7 (937) 963-4909, Fax : +7(937) 963-9683
Web-site : http://interline-russia.com/english/default.htm
email : info@interline-russia.com
They are both obvious scams which you should have been able to figure out if you'd bothered to really read the article above! Details are posted here:
Deletehttp://419advancefeefraud.blogspot.com/2013/11/suspected-russian-scams-page-23.html?showComment=1393872768281#c3433646124848272517
Is Slavneft gazprom company real?
ReplyDeleteBegovaya street building 3 office 414-437 moscow russia tel:74994099572
www.slavneft-gazprom.ru
It is a scam. No real Russian oil company website would have just been created in 2012! Read www.scamwebsites.tk
Deletedomain: SLAVNEFT-GAZPROM.RU
nserver: ns1.hosting.reg.ru.
nserver: ns2.hosting.reg.ru.
state: REGISTERED, DELEGATED, UNVERIFIED
person: Private Person
registrar: REGRU-REG-RIPN
admin-contact: http://www.reg.ru/whois/admin_contact
created: 2012.09.27
paid-till: 2014.09.27
free-date: 2014.10.28
source: TCI
Stroytheservis-A Consultant Company - Mr Ivanov I Alexander. Please advise status of this company. Thank you.
ReplyDeletePlease post or to.send to me all contact information including website, email address and telephone numbers. Advance.fee.fraud@gmail.com
DeleteBABATUNDE B. ARE THESE COMPANIES REAL OR SCAMMERS? THEY ASKED US TO PAY THE APROXIMATLY 39,254 USD FOR TITLE TRANSFER
ReplyDelete. Universal Russian Gas oil and ATKT( ARKTIKMORNEFTEGAZRAZVEDKA REFINERY REPRESENTED BY VIACHESLAV URMANCHEEV
UNIVERSAL RUSSIAN GAS (UROGC) MANDATE TO AKTK
Registered Address : Prospect Mira, Building 2/Moscow 129223 Russian Federation.
Contact Details
+7(926)-926-70-97
+7(926)-801-70-45
KUCHIVA MAKAROV
Director of UROGC
ANDREI DUBOVSKY
urogc@mail.ru Attorney / Legal Department
legal.urogc@mail.ru
ATKT REFINERY
COMPANY NAME : Arktikmorneftegazrazv edka
ADDRESS : Mamonovsky lane 4,building 1, office 1,103001, Moscow Russia
TEL : +7(968)-630-1562,
FAX : +7(968)-630-1099
E – MAIL ADDRESS : arktikmorneftegaz@nm.ru
REPRESENTED BY :Viacheslav Urmancheev
THANK YOU
They are obviously scammers! Real companies do not use free email addresses! Read the article!
DeleteWE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH US NOW AND WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM THE AUTHENCITY OF THE SELLER AND WE ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE PAYMENT FOR TITLE TRANSFER..
DeleteOJSC” NNK-CHECHENNEFT, RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
Company Name: OJSC “NNK CHECHENNEFT
Company Registration No: 1072033000984
Company Address: Moscow, street of Marshal Zhukov, H. 4 Russian Federation
Represented By: Engr. Vadim Kazlov
Nationality: RUSSIAN
Title: Sales & Procurement Director
Office Tel No: +7(945) 778- 56-65, +7(901) 578-56-65
Fax No: +7 (495) 232-35 86
E-mail: sales@nnk-chechenneft.ru, info@nnk-chechenneft.ru, export@nnk-chechenneft.ru
7.1 Banking procedures are as follows:
1. Buyer issues ICPO with full banking details stating the readiness and ability to Purchase the product to seller along with Company Profile and Commercial Registration As well as sign the NCND-FPA.
2. Seller issues the DRAFT SPA for the whole quantity including trial for Buyer’s signing.
3. Seller issues the Full Proof of Product documents as listed below via email:
• Statement of product availability.
• Commitment to supply.
• Certificate of origin.
• Company license to export.
• Company registration certificate.
• Product passport (Dip test result).
• Seller provides dip-test authorization letter (DTA) to Buyer at buyer’s cost.
• Commercial Invoice.
• Approved and legalized contract.
• Seller issue authorization letter to buyer to re-sell the product.
4. Upon the receipt and verification of the above documents by the buyer, buyer issues NON-OPERATIVE MT799 to the seller’s bank which enables the Refinery to transfer the ownership title to the buyer’s name.
5. Upon the confirmation that the MT799 has been issued, seller transfer title Ownership to buyer’s name and immediately hand over the product to the buyer at The FOB port.
6. After positive dip test and satisfaction at the loading port, buyer releases payment to the seller’s bank as well as concurrently Buyer will release payment to all involved Intermediaries.
7. Roll over of the contract
OJSC “NNK CHECHENNEFT''
Seller OJSC “NNK CHECHENNEFT
Represented By Engr. Vadim Kazlov
Passport Number 52 № 10345578
Title Sales & Procurement Director
Nationality Russia Federation
They are scammers! They have no oil! Please read the article again!
DeleteRead http://419advancefeefraud.blogspot.com/2014/06/ojsc-nnk-chechenneft-russian-oil-scam.html
DeleteThere are several sites that I got offers that I would like if are fraud or real.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.karam-kenskaya.ru/
http://www.karamkenskaya.ru/
Both pages are equal but with different domains and phone numbers.
Thanks.
They are fake! Look at when there website was registered! Read www.russian-oil-scam.tk and www.scamwebsites.tk!
DeleteARE THESE SELLERS REAL OR FAKE,
ReplyDeleteOJSC” NNK-CHECHENNEFT, RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
Company Name: OJSC “NNK CHECHENNEFT
Company Registration No: 1072033000984
Company Address: Moscow, street of Marshal Zhukov, H. 4 Russian Federation
Represented By: Engr. Vadim Kazlov
Nationality: RUSSIAN
Title: Sales & Procurement Director
Office Tel No: +7(945) 778- 56-65, +7(901) 578-56-65
Fax No: +7 (495) 232-35 86
E-mail: sales@nnk-chechenneft.ru, info@nnk-chechenneft.ru, export@nnk-chechenneft.ru
ENGR. VADIM KOZLOV,
(SALES & EXPORT DIRECTOR)
ASAP
They are fake! Look at when there website was registered! Read www.russian-oil-scam.tk and www.scamwebsites.tk!
DeleteTrade Manager
ReplyDeleteOOO LIFTAGAS COMPANY
MR. ANDREY ZHARGANOV
ADDRESS: 11 PROFSOYUZNAYA STREET MOSCOW,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
TEL/FAX: +7(967)1874798
EMAIL:
a.zharganov@yandex.ru/liftgazservice@gmail.com
Never trust any company or agency using a free email address!
DeleteDear Sirs,
ReplyDeletethe company OOO "Nizhnevartovsk Refinery is a scam?!? I received a offer from them that I suspect.....
Providing just a name is useless. I need the website, email address, physical address and telphone number.
DeleteDear friends,
ReplyDeleteI have been looking for Mazut m100-75 for a good while now, and i have found some potential sellers. however, i know that upfront payment is most likely going to be fraudulent, and i do not indulge in such practice, but what about the DLC? is there any risk for carrying out a transaction with a DLC?
I am currently in touch with a mandate company called "KUZMINTRADE" does anyone know of it? they did not ask for any upfront payment and neither did he hesitate in providing bill of landing and cargo manifests.
if there is any chance of fraud in a DLC based transaction, how would that occur? please let me know if there are any experienced people out there. thanks.
please can you check and inform me on www.rikoil.com company regsitered 2004
ReplyDeleteRIC OIL LLC
Seems OK but I ve some doubt. thank you
Providing just a name is useless. I need the website, email address, physical address and telphone number.
Deleteplease can you check and inform me OOO "GAZ INVEST "
ReplyDeleteProviding just a name is useless. I need the website, email address, physical address and telphone number.
DeleteI am trying to verify the folowing company forstadt LLC, Leningradskoe Shoose49B Vyborg Russia. Forstadt@bk.ru. +79267450071 Mr. Dmitry.
ReplyDeleteNever trust a "company" using a free email address as there is no way to verify them! Read www.scamwebsites.tk and www.never-wire-money-to-strangers.tk
ReplyDeleteCOMPANY NAME: “OOO” ANAIS LIMITED 10 PISAREVSKIY STREET, PUSHKINO MOSCOW DISTRICT.141207, MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
ReplyDeleteTELEPHONE NUMBER: +7-968-8785328.
MR. ILDAR WAHITOVICH SAFIN
What about this company please?
What email address are they using and what is this website!
DeleteMAY YOU CHECK THIS COMPANY PLEASE :
ReplyDeletePROTON LLC
347872, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, ROSTOVSKAYA
according to them, their website is under preparing, so i couldn`t find anything on them by google. But they did not ask any money right now and they are saying they are seller for petroleum products.
RGRDS
Saying a website is down for maintenance is a scammer trick. Read www.scamwebsites.tk please send me all the emails you have had between them to advance.fee.fraud@gmail.com
Deleteno need to send you all of the conversation because it is very big and long. but i checked them by this website through a friend and he send me their OGRN, INN and all their report ) and he said they are ok. the question is ( is this website real not fraud "National Credit Bureau" www.creditnet.ru ) ?????
DeleteYou don't seem to understand. The company may be real, however, you are almost certainly dealing with scammers who are impersonating the company! Send me the emails if you want my help or proceed on your own.
Deletesir,
ReplyDeleteI am also interested to know much about the PROTON LLC,
Can you advise please?
regards
DEAR SIR,
ReplyDeletePLEASE CHECK WHETHER THIS COMPANY IS GENUINE.
OAO
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No real Russian company uses a free email address! That is a sure sign of a scam! Read www.russian-oil-scam.tk already!
DeleteIf you had bothered to do a simple search you would have seen they are scammers http://419advancefeefraud.blogspot.com.br/2015/04/oao-rusneftegaz-russian-oil-scam.html If you are too incompetent to do a simple internet search then don't even think about buying oil over the internet because they are many more scammers than real companys and you and your money will seen part company!
DeleteHi
ReplyDeleteWould you please help and check this company.
Regards,
Aleksey Maksimov.
Director
OOO "EXPRESS-OIL".
Email: Expressoil@inbox.ru
Skype: Express.oil
Tel: + 7 (499) 390-8649, + 7 (926) 035-4527
They as for upfront payment for Purchase Approval Transaction Allocation Code Certificate (PATACC)
Thanks
No real company uses a fee email address!
DeleteI am interested to know much about the refinery below
ReplyDeleteCan you advise please?
regards
MR OLEG IVANOVICH BARKIN, DIRECTOR OF SALES AND
EXPORTS
OAO KARNEFT REFINERY
CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM REFINERY
410005, SARATOV REGION, CITY OF SARATOV, VOLSKAYA
STREET, 91
Phone: +7 499 340 3804
Email: info@karneft.ru
Email: sales@karneft.ru
Email: export@karneft.ru
THIS IS A SCAMMER!!!!!
DeleteDear Sir/Madam,
ReplyDeleteI would like to find out if SC Marine tank storage is real Company?
MR. VERSTAKOV ILYA ARKADEVICH
ReplyDeleteCEO/DIRECTOR
OOO “YUNITEKNEFTEPRODUKT”
address: 109382, , moscow, street mariupol,6, office 28
Registration No: 1055014731089
inn: 5051008494
tel: +79260031134
tel/fax: +74993907875
email: yuniteknefteprodukt@mail.ru
http://www.yenpz.ru/
ReplyDeleteOОО "YENISEI"
Legal address: 169711, Komi Republic, g. Usinsk, Ul. Strotelei .8
Postal address: 127576, Moscow, Ilimskaya 56/1
Tel/Fax: +7 (495) 532-74-55 ; +7(926)775-74-32
Email : info@yenpz.ru
REGIONAL OFFICES:
ОOO «YENISEI-EXPORT» DEPARTMENT:
REGIONAL OFFICE OOO «YENISEI» :
Postal address: 127576, Moscow, Ilimskaya 56/1
Telephone: +7 (499) 391-36- 71; +7 (926) 003-08-35
Email: export@yenpz.ru
ООО "YENISEI EXPORT" g.Yekaterinburg
Tel/Fax: +7 (961) 773 2596
e-mail:legal@yenpz.ru
Address: 620014, g.Yekaterinburg, ul.Chelyukintsev, d.2, 53А
Hello, anyone have experience working with Oleg Holdings (Russia)?
ReplyDelete