This seems like scam to me

I got this message this afternoon and this looks a lot like a scam to me.

Total Oil Limited Nigeria
Corporate Address: KM4/13 Total drive,
Total Industrial Layout opposite
shell gate,Bonny Island ,Nigeria.
Fax: (234) (0) 9 4601508



Hr Help Line: 07035529153
Email: [email protected]
www.ng.total.com


Nigeria



JOB OFFER CODE REF.:NO.: Tot NIG / toxx702
TOTAL - Your Energy Is Our
Energy



5th - Dec - 2012


Dear Bolaji Ogundiran,

From the desk (HR) human resource relations department of Total Oil Limited,we wishe you the very best of this chrismas season as you prepare to give out your professional services to this firm,you are among the forth batch of employees to be employed in this firm for the year as we have branches in almost all the continents of the globe , this employment vacancy after screening is only open to (Forty)40 carefully selected candidates online 31 offline, while the remaining candidates are expatriates from various countries in other to meet up with the current trend of competition in the oil and gas sector.

We have received your resume application, which has passed through screening and was confirmed suitable, you have been confirm capable of working with our company, we hereby present to you the soft copy of your Appointment Notification Letter which proofs that you have been employed to work with TOTAL OIL LIMITED as we employ staffs based on four core values namely Productivity, Talent, Ambitions and Character and we expect all our staff to exhibit these Core values. This is an Affirmation that your Experiences and Qualifications where found fairly and suitably qualified for the requirements from TOTAL OIL LIMITED

Kindly, note that you have to provide a scan copy of your National I.D Card along with the copy of your Affidavit of Guarantee Clearance Certificate, which you are to obtain only from the companies solicitor EDWARD & NNAJI LAW CHAMBERS to the company before your interview date, Due to past experiences the company has had with International and local staffs working with us in the middle east region along side the current security challenges in the country,this very Company now makes it mandatory for every shortlisted candidates to summit an Affidavit of Guarantee Data Clearance Certificate.

This ensures that any staff coming to work with us will be legally and officially cleared by the companies legal practitioner so as to make sure that we are employing a honest and terror free applicant into our reputable firm so as not to fall victim to predators as advised by our top security department in line with the current security challenges currently experienced in this country

kindly note that you are requested to print- out your Soft Appointment Letter and the copy of affidavit of guarantee clearance certificate which you will present to the company on the brief face to face Interview date.
Due to long distance and time frame in booking an appointment with the lawyer you are advised to quickly make contact with the companies solicitor via their phone contact as stated below to enable you meet up on time for the interview,as soon as you complete their procedures they will send to you the soft copies of your affidavit papers which you are to come along with on the interview date.

Note also that you are responsible for the cost of procuring your papers as the company will reimburse back to you any fee spent while in process of obtaining your clearance papers .

EDWARD & NNAJI LAW CHAMBERS
State Complex Unit - (Abuja) F.c.t
Address:16 Isa Kaita way off hardy drive
Alausa,1 floor front
E-mail:[email protected]
Tel: 08109962742
Contact Person:Hon Barr Nnaji Precious (Esq)
Designation: Company Attorney And Solicitor.
Job:Affidavit of Guarantee Clearance Certificate

Kindly, contact the Attorney as soon as you receive this mail to enable you procure your working Affidavit of Guarantee Certificate which they will obtain for you ( On Your Behalf) from the Law Court which you will also present to the company on or before the below stated deadline date

Very Important Notice : Note that it is un-official and against the constitution guiding the nigerian labour congress for an applicant to procure or spend funds while processing his or her papers as it is the out-right duty of the employer to do so , but due to the security lapses currently experienced in the country today, the company board management after a general meeting last week monday decided that all shortlisted candidates must procure their papers so as to enable the company's solicitor clear such candidates data/profile to fit in our company's environment for safety purposes to this firm and her clients ,so you are humbly advised to procure your papers on your own expense while the company will reimburse back any fund spent while procuring those clearance papers as soon as your first month salary is due for payment, you are also advised to come along with your payment teller on the interview day which you used to make your payment to the lawyer for your papers so it can be filed for reimbursement.

Your Job Designation: ( CUSTOMER CARE OFFICER )

Your face to face brief Interview Date:8th December 2012
Time:10:00 am prompt.

Affidavit Of Guarantee Procurement Deadline Date :6th December 2012
Should be scanned & sent to us via email along with the copies of your credentials
by exactly 4.pm in the evening,our official work closing hour for the day.

Job Start Date : 17- Dec -2012

N/B: You are to be present and sited on or before 9.15 .am , forty five minutes before commencement of your one on one interview, as the interview will take off immediately we have conducted our formal weekend prayers as usual.

Your Duties And Responsibility ( Job Profile ) Will Be Handed Over To You Along With The Hard Copy Of Your Appointment Letter. candidates will also be posted via the national guardian daily newspaper,you are also advised to print out this soft copy of your appointment letter ,sign below your name and scan back to us via email along with the scanned copy of your affidavit of guarantee papers on or before the 6th of December so that your name will be included in our database and score bill board else you will not be allowed around the companies premises on the interview date

Salary on Monthly bases: N185.000.00 ( One Hundred & Eighty Five Thousand Naira ) to start with.besides other financial benefits involved which is clearly stated in the hard copies of your appointment letter presently here in our office.

Venue:
KM4/13 Total Drive,
Total Industrial Layout opposite
shell gate,Bonny Island ,Nigeria
Kindly note that you must be on time as lateness will not be tolerated.also you must be smartly dressed as we have zero tolerance for un-kept outfit.

We wish you success working with us while expanding your experiences in your chosen career field.
Congratulations!


Head of Employee Relations
Total Oil Limited


Fax: (234) (0) 9 4601508
Hr Help Line:07035529153
email: [email protected]

www.ng.total.com

I called the Company Lawyer who sounded funny and the HR helpline never sounded convincing one bit.

www.careers.total.com n total's recruitment office in d naijadelta i know is in ph,total complex,tans amadi.by d way,no mata d level u r applyin for,u must go tru apptitude test n intaview.na scam ooooo.

Totals webpage is www.careers.total.com n dat is nt dia recruitment email.total's office in d nigerdelta i know is in ph,total complex,tans amadi.by d way,no mata d level u r applyin for,u must go tru apptitude test n intaview.na scam ooooo.

This is better scam

it's pure scam! Guy run fast. Total does not work dat way. Be warned

Even a village illiterate can do better than that letter. See all the errors!!! Starting from d first sentence down to the last.
I was bored but after reading that, it seemed as if I read one of these local comedy lines....

Its a scam my dear....imagine all the emphasis on security this and security that..

This is scam my brother run for your dear life. The sent me several letters like this from rig zone oil and gas,caspian oil and gas, stat oil and gas,halliburtin, total oil and gas, and dangote. Its all scam. This people involve in putting tears in poor peoples face are cursed in jesus name. They will remain unemployed in all the days of their life in jesus name amen.

serious scam

hahaha! pure scam even the blind man can see it