Received a suspect e-mail?
It has been brought to our attention there are some suspect/scam e-mails going around that claim to be from Fuel Oil Direct.
These e-mails might be phising e-mails to get your personal information for malicious purposes or they might be trying to get you to bank money from far off lands. DO NOT reply to these e-mails, and under no circumstances give them any personal information.
If in doubt contact us at Fuel Oil Direct and we can let you know if it is genuine or not.
An example of one e-mail scam pretending to be from us is as follows;
Dear Sir/Madam,
Compliments of the day, I represent Fuel Oil Direct based in the United Kingdom. My company exports and markets petroleum products and other goods/services for world trade, having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping that you will find this proposal interesting. I am inquiring if you would be interested in a part time online job from home and get paid without affecting your present job.
Fuel Oil Direct needs a diligent Male/Female in Australia, U.S.A and CANADA for an urgent part time employment.
Job Description:
1. Receive payment from our customers via any nominated bank account of your choice and you can also receive payment via directly into your credit card that is if you have one.
2. Cash Payments at your Bank.
3. Deduct 10% percentage/pay on Payment processed which will be your wage for work done then and send the balance back to one of our offices through means that will be given to you when the time arises.
I would be glad if you accept my proposal as I intend on starting as soon as you are ready, to facilitate the conclusion of this transaction contact me directly at: NAME@googlemail.com with the following:
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Section (A)
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(1) Your full name:
(2) D.o.b:
(3) Country:
(4) State:
(5) City:
(6) Full Contact address:
(7) Contact Telephone No:
(8) Present Occupation:
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Thank you for your time and understanding.
Very Respectfully,
Mr. Mike Gisby
Managing Director, CEO
Fuel Oil Direct
This e-mail wasn't from us.
We would never ask you to provide personal information in an e-mail. We also ONLY send e-mails from this address: contact@fueloildirect.co.uk. We don't use gmail, hotmail or yahoo accounts for business correspondences.
If it looks like it still says its from contact@fueloildirect.co.uk hit reply button and see what address appears in the 'To' box. You will find a random hotmail address or gmail address. This is called 'masking'. They try their best to make it look like its from a reputable company, but in the end it isn't. Don't be fooled.
