Question:
Does Maersk Oil UK announces job vacancies through email?
Lehyy Reyes
2011-11-24 15:03:42 UTC
Just recently, I received an email from recruiting@maersk-oiluk.com about job openings for Maersk Oil UK. I was enticed by the message so I sent my resume. In reply, they send me an attachment which has the what they call "Application/Interview Form". Of course, in those kind of forms, personal details should be given that's why I am quite worried that this might be a scam. Anyone here knows if they really send that kind of form? Thanks!
Six answers:
Buffy Staffordshire
2011-11-24 22:27:50 UTC
100% scam.



There is no job and no legit company called that name.



Any phone number that starts with +44-70 or anything similar is not based in the United Kingdom. It is from a UK based cell phone redirect service that can be answered by anyone anywhere in the world. It is a favorite service of scammers who want to pretend to be in the United Kingdom but are really half way around the world from there.



There is only a scammer trying to steal your hard-earned money.



The next email will be from another of the scammer's fake names and free email addresses pretending to be the "government visa official" or "travel agent" and will demand you pay, in cash, via Western Union or moneygram.



Western Union and moneygram do not verify anything on the form the sender fills out, not the name, not the street address, not the country, not even the gender of the receiver, it all means absolutely nothing. The clerk will not bother to check ID and will simply hand off your cash to whomever walks in the door with the MTCN# and question/answer. Neither company will tell the sender who picked up the cash, at what store location or even in what country your money walked out the door. Neither company has any kind of refund policy, money sent is money gone forever.



Now that you have responded to a scammer, you are on his 'potential sucker' list, he will try again to separate you from your cash. He will send you more emails from his other free email addresses using another of his fake names with all kinds of stories of great jobs, lottery winnings, millions in the bank and desperate, lonely, sexy singles. He will sell your email address to all his scamming buddies who will also send you dozens of fake emails all with the exact same goal, you sending them your cash via Western Union or moneygram.



You could post up the email address and the emails themselves that the scammer is using, it will help make your post more googlable for other suspicious potential victims to find when looking for information.



Do you know how to check the header of a received email? If not, you could google for information. Being able to read the header to determine the geographic location an email originated from will help you weed out the most obvious scams and scammers. Then delete and block that scammer. Don't bother to tell him that you know he is a scammer, it isn't worth your effort. He has one job in life, convincing victims to send him their hard-earned cash.



Whenever suspicious or just plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, all email addresses, even sentences from the emails as you might be unpleasantly surprised at what you find already posted online. You can also post/ask here and every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find before taking a chance and losing money to a scammer.



6 "Rules to follow" to avoid most fake jobs:

1) Job asks you to use your personal bank account and/or open a new one.

2) Job asks you to print/mail/cash a check or money order.

3) Job asks you to use Western Union or moneygram in any capacity.

4) Job asks you to accept packages and re-ship them on to anyone.

5) Job asks you to pay visas, travel fees via Western Union or moneygram.

6) Job asks you to sign up for a credit reporting or identity verification site.



Avoiding all jobs that mention any of the above listed 'red flags' and you will miss nearly all fake jobs. Only scammers ask you to do any of the above. No. Exceptions. Ever. For any reason.



If you google "fraud visa job scam", "fake UK hotel job Western Union scam" or something similar, you will find hundreds of posts from victims and near-victims of this type of scam.
Kenneth
2016-07-24 22:52:56 UTC
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Kittysue
2011-11-25 02:31:01 UTC
SCAM



That is NOT Maersk's email. All real emails are from @maerskoil.com. A single call to the UK office http://www.maerskoil.com/AboutUs/Contacts/Pages/Contacts.aspx

will confirm they did not send this to you and a scammer is falsely using their name



Second, that attachment was probably infected with a virus/malware so you immediately need to run a full scan for viruses and malware on your computer if you opened the attachment



Third, ALL recruiting for Maersk Oil is through their corporate website

http://www.maerskoil.com/Career/Vacancies/Pages/Vacancies.aspx

They even have a scam warning

"Important notice: Maersk Oil, as a matter of practice, does not charge any application, processing or training fee at any stage of the recruitment process. Maersk Oil is currently aware of fictitious vacancy announcements that are being circulated through the internet, where potential applicants are enticed to respond to fake job adds. If you have questions as to vacancy announcements you may have received, please refer to this website, and to the contact person listed in the vacancy in question."



This is an identity theft scam
belay
2016-11-08 07:56:30 UTC
Maersk Oil Careers
Mads
2011-11-28 07:41:05 UTC
You can follow and apply for all jobs within Maersk on their official Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/MaerskGroup?sk=app_172127016214894



In the jobs section you can also set up a job agent for your region, country and preferred positions.



We also have an official Twitter profile with updates and news on jobs, it's called twitter.com/maerskjobs.



Best regards,



Mads, Social media coordinator
Katrina
2016-02-27 01:47:44 UTC
Hmmm, maybe 15 hours per week, £45,000 per annum and car and I might think about it. ;) To be fair, my spelling isn't bad but I also have a little secret too. My browser Opera 10 has a real time spell checker and automatically flags up misspellings as and when I make them. All I have to do then is omit the "U" or change the "Z" to "S" or whatever other parts of English that differ from American. So all in all, it isn't much help I suppose. lol


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