- 4 NOV 2015
- BY ANDREW PENMAN
Fraudsters lure victims into paying upfront fees to cover supposed costs only to find out the employer has never heard of them
One Mirror reader who has just been targeted is out-of-work oil industry logistics expert Alan Winks.
It seemed that his years of experience in the North Sea had paid off when he was offered a job with Shell in Nigeria on more than £10,000 a month.
“Congratulations, you have been found suitable for the position,” emailed the supposed head of human resources, Charles Gbandi.
Mr Gbandi also wrote to Alan on Shell letterhead and had a LinkedIn page apparently confirming his position at the company.
But it was a sham designed to get Alan to pay for fictional costs such as immigration and insurance expenses.
“The letters are quite convincing,” said Alan. “But fortunately I have a contact in Nigeria who warned me that the email address and phone number were fake, as was the official-looking stamp at the bottom of the letter.
“When I got this job offer I was so glad. I thought it was genuine and that we would have a Christmas this year after all.”
Alan’s near-miss is not an isolated incident. Shell says it is “inundated” with queries about bogus job offers.
The company warns on its website: “It has come to our attention that scam artists are impersonating senior Shell officials using fake Facebook , Twitter and LinkedIn accounts.
“Members of the public are hereby strongly advised to note that any communication or correspondence via social media offering business contracts, scholarships, interviews or immediate employment, requesting payment at any point, is fraudulent and does not originate from Shell.
“Anyone who receives these false solicitations is strongly advised to either disregard them in their own best interest or report them to the nearest law enforcement agency.”
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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