NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

drlostboy · January 15, 2007

I got sent an email asking for my CV as this company is looking for Helipilots. My address was attained here on VR. After seaching a little on the net I am a little unsure as to weather I should trust what I have received and go ahead and send more details.

Below is the latest. Is this a scam?

To me it sounds to good to be true.

NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

“GAS FLARING PROJECT”

Job Ref: NNPC/GAS/NIG1106

09/01/07.

DEAR ,

Through The Chairman/Managing Director

Hescos Recruitment Consultants Ltd.

Dear Sir,

OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT

We refer to your application for employment dated 08/01/07 which was duly received along side with your C.V indicating your interest to work in our great establishment here in Nigeria, subsequently upon the search and verifications conducted in respect of the aforesaid documents sent to this office.

We have the pleasure in offering you the position of a “HELICOPTER PILOT”

Therefore by this letter, you have been assigned to work in the oil rich south-south region of Nigeria.

You are expecting to exhibit high sense of maturity, honesty, obedient and carefulness in discharging your duties.

You are expected to resume duties on 19th of JANUARY 2007 and the contract shall be for duration of twelve months, you shall also be expected to issue us your valid Nigerian residence and work permits papers on or before the 15TH JANUARY 2007 as a proof of willingness to work in the NNPC project.

You shall be expected to start your job processes and will be sent hard copy of contract documents through DHL courier services for endorsement via your Local Representative.

Your employment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a) Good references must be obtained.

( Your employment shall confirmed as soon as you fulfill the necessary requirements given to you by NNPC

1. Salary- USD 19,750.00 (Nineteen Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars Only) Monthly take home after tax sterling or Euros equivalent depending on home country and currency preference.

2. Quality single or family housing in company community.

3. Personal effects, shipment and excess baggage allowance

4. Access to some of the finest social and recreational facilities in Nigeria

5. Free medical in Nigeria for you and you family for contract duration.

6. Life insurance policy

7. Maximum and efficient security both at working place and residence.

8. Computer resources: Laptop Computer, 1.6 GHz Processor, 256 MB RAM, 24XCD-RW, 30GB Hard Drive, Floppy Drive, Integrated Network Adapter, Internal 56K Modem, Spare Battery and Necessary Software.

You shall also be expected to work with the team of prime experienced engineer with mandate to produce excellent result.

Employees have to undergo a 2 weeks training before becoming perfect with the kind of job allocated to him/her.

The kind of report to be generated will be based on your activity for the day.

Working hours shall be from 8 am in the morning Nigerian Time to 2.30pm in the afternoon Nigerian Time, from Monday through Friday. There will be 3times paid leave through out the period of this contract; its vacation shall be every 3 months. You salary shall be increased x2 based on your satisfactory performance with your employers.

The company normally pays employees salary before the end of the month i.e. (23rd-25th of everymonth).

Any food of your choice will be provided for every employee. The arrangement has already beenmade.

All the safety gadget are provided for employees at the place of work and NNPC guarantees you 100% security

The employee will be reimbursed by the employer for reasonable moving expense incurred only as a result of relocation or early termination of leases, storage charges; procurement of travel documents (flight tickets), immunizations etc. Reimbursements shall be made before employee's embark on journey not later than Five (7) working days after submission of employee's expense report and receipts, this after the acquisition of relevant traveling papers from the Immigrations/ Internal affairs ministry in Nigeria. Employer for each intercontinental trip shall pay $5,520.00 flat rate travel/entertainment allowance to employee. Travel shall be by business class/first class. However for the purpose of commencement, the cost of travel ticket shall be paid in addition to travel/entertainment allowance. Cost shall be substantiated and shall be the rate charged at the Period/time of purchase

If the above offer is acceptable to you, please let us have your letter of acceptance as well as the date you will resume duties.

PER PRO, NNPC.

67november · January 15, 2007

If you've bothered to watch the national news lately, you'd have seen that the rebels are attacking all of the western controlled oil fascilities. they are trying to drive them out and there are companies trying to find replacements for those who are leaving or dead.

stay away from that.

gmsemel · January 15, 2007

Its BS, the main helicopter company serving the oil fields there is CHC. And they don't do that sort of thing. You send a resume, they send you an application, provided you have enought twin helicopter time. Then you go for an interview in BC, then training then on to the job. This is a 409 Nigerian Scam. I would bet coin on that. As for the rebellion there, there aways one. Some group or another been attacking the Oil production since I been old enough to pay attention to the news. You only go to places like that for one reason and one reason only, if they pay more than anyone else for the work. There are plenty of places to go, Nigeria is a third world Sh*t hole always has been and always will be. The will never run off the oil companies, since they need them to get the oil out of the ground so they can in turn salt the money away in Swiss Banks and leave just ahead of the next bunch to do the same.

gft · January 15, 2007

The view I got was that the Chinese would love to see the western oil companies run off so they could come pick up the pieces. There's a rumor that they are funding the rebels.

I agree with gmsemel, this is another one of those Nigerian scams-

They will probably ask for your banking info under the pretense of forwarding traveling expenses, etc.

Then clean out your account.

gft

newbie · January 15, 2007

Yep, Nigerian scam. only thing missing is a bunch of misspelled words.

AndrewT · January 15, 2007

What helicopter pilot makes almost 20K a month?

Darren Hughes · January 15, 2007

What helicopter pilot makes almost 20K a month?

A really happy one!!!

PhotoFlyer · January 15, 2007

What helicopter pilot makes almost 20K a month?

Although this is a scam. I wouldn't be surprised at 20k/month salary for flying in a hostile (as in bullets and things going BOOM!) enviroment. I have heard of pilots earing over 100k flying in war zones.

Gomer Pylot · January 15, 2007

That's not enought to get me there, even if it were a legitimate offer. There was a group kidnapped a week or so ago, off an offshore platform. The rebels/bandits/whateveryouwantocallthem arrived in boats, boarded the platform, and took the Europeans and Americans, and they haven't been seen since, that I've heard of. They likely will be ransomed eventually, as most have been so far, but it's getting stranger and stranger over there, and I ain't going, I don't care what they promise to pay.

EAGLE1 · January 16, 2007

Photoflyer,

Not to brag, but you can make over $100,000 and NOT fly in a war zone! I have been shot at numerous times though I must admit, but at least I do not have to live in a third world county.