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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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From: "Statoil" <statoil@company.com>
Reply-To: gullivergrace-sec@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 11:09:42 +0800 (MYT)
Subject: Job Employment/Vacancies




Statoil (U.K.) Limited
Statoil House
11a Regent Street
London SW1Y 4ST


A. INTRODUCTION.
Statoil UK is well established as a producer of oil and gas from the UK
Continental Shelf (UKCS) and is also an operator on the UKCS, including
the Atlantic Margin. Its current asset portfolio of oil and gas reserves
and production provides a good basis for further profitable, long-term
growth in the UK. Statoil is the world’s third largest exporter of crude
oil, and the biggest producer of North Sea crude. We offer a variety of
crudes from a range of more than twenty. Most of the crudes marketed by
Statoil are premium, light, sweet grades, but we can also offer
heavier qualities. We the leading UK energy company undertaking
exploration, development, production, marketing and supply of oil and gas
while maintaining a responsible approach to health, safety & the
environment. This is the reason why we are seeking the following high
calibre Professionals (with minimum experience of 2 years and above to
join our teams in a four years contract agreement in our four Production
locations in Finland, Netherlands, Canada and Dubai.

B. VACANCIES
** Project Managers.(Ref:#001/PM)
** Construction Managers. (Ref:#002/CM)
** HSE Managers. (Ref:#003/HSEM)
** Drilling Engineers (Ref:#004/DE)
** Riggers. (Ref:#005/RIG)
** Mechanical Engineers (Ref:#006/ME)
** Petrochemical Engineers. (Ref:#007/PE)
** QA/QC Managers. (Ref:#008/QA/QC M)
** Cost Control Managers. (Ref:#009/CCM)
** Planning Managers. (Ref:#010/PM)
** Chartered Accountants. (Ref:#012/CA)
** QA/QC Engineers/Inspectors. (Ref:#013//QA/QC E&I)
** Planning Engineers. (Ref:#014/PE)
** Civil Engineers. (Ref:#015/CE)
** Electrical Engineers. (Ref#016/EE)
** Cost Control Engineers. (Ref:#018/CCE)
** Safety Engineers/Inspectors. (Ref:#019/S E&I)
** Material Controllers. (Ref:#022/Mat.C)
** Accountant. (Ref:#023/Acc.)
** Supervisors [Civil/Mech/E&I] (Ref:#026/SV)
** Network/firmware Engineers (Ref:#030/NFE)
** Heavy Equipment Operators. (REf:#032/HEO)
** Heavy Drivers. (Ref:#033/HD)
** Industrial Electricians. (Ref:#036/IE)
** Geophysicists. (Ref:#039/GE)
** Geologists. (Ref:#040/G)
** Chemical Analysts. (Ref:#041/CA)
** Systems Engineers/Analysts/Technologists. (Ref:#042/SE)
** Quantity Surveyors. (Ref:#044/QS)
** IT Engineers/Software Engineers. (Ref#045/IES)
** Programmers. (Ref:#046/PMS)
** Computer Engineers. (Ref:#047/CE)

C. REMUNERATION
Compensations and benefits package for these positions is competitive
and comparable with those available in leading engineering services
companies across the globe & negotiations are allowed.

D. WHY ADVERTISING ON THE INTERNET
Over the years, our best recruited staff have been selected via the
Internet and the selection has proven to be unbiased & based on merit
since we require the best expertise in various fields to enable us deliver
our services within specified frames of times.

Interested applicants (expatriates) should apply by submitting their
Resume/Curriculum Vitae to gullivergrace-sec@hotmail.com and note that
Recruitment and selection last for only one week after which successful
applicants will be notified and should be ready to travel as soon as
their traveling documents are processed.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs Gulliver Grace
(Information Manager)



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