OBAT OIL NIGERIA PLC

OBAT OIL says: "We understand it is an unusual and incredible job position"

Hello, I am Miss Young. Do you dream of a work-at-home job? I was offered this one from Nigeria:

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Date: Mon, Mar 13, 2006
Subject: JOB PLACEMENT
From: OBAT IMPORT AND EXPORT NIGERIA PLC <princesaka@123mail.cl>

Dear Sir/Madam,
Would you like to Work Online from home and get paid Weekly? OBAT IMPORT AND EXPORT NIGERIA PLC .
Needs a Book-Keeper in the United States,Canada,Europes etc. So I want
to know if you will like to work from home and getting paid for the services being rendered without leaving or affecting your present Job?
OBAT IMPORT AND EXPORT NIGERIA PLC ..
We are recruiting individuals to work for the Company as a
Representative/Book Keeper in the United States, Canada, and \Europes
etc. OBAT IMPORT AND EXPORT NIGERIA PLC .. Which we have Customers we
supply weekly in the States. Our Customers make payments for our
Supplies every Week in form of Money Orders, Bankers Draft and Cashier's
Checks, Checks which are not Readily Cashable Outside the United States
and their country of issuance, So we need Someone in the States and the
above listed Countries to work as our representative and Assist us in
processing the payments from Our Customers and Micro links Inc. is
offering 5% of the payment received which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.
All you need to do is Receive payment from Customers. get it Cashed at
your Bank or any Financial institution that does such tasks then Forward
balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will
be contacted to send payment to. (Payment is to forward either by Money
Gram or Western Union Money Transfer.
A local Money transfer takes barely hours, so it will give us a
possibility to get customer's payment almost immediately. For example
you've got 3000.00USD
You take your income: 285.000 USD
Send to us: 2790.00 USD
After establishing close co-operation you'll be able to operate with
larger orders and you'll be able to earn more. Our payments will be
issued out in your name and you get them cashed in your bank deduct your
weekly salary and forward the balance to the company via Western Union
money transfer or Money gram money transfer We understand it is an
unusual and incredible job position. This job takes only 3-7 hours per
week.
You'll have a lot of free time doing another job, You?Tll get
good income and regular job. But this job is very challenging and you
should understand it. We are Looking only For the worker who satisfies
our requirements and will be an earnest assistant.
We are glad to offer this job position to you. If you feel that you are
a serious and earnest worker and if you want to work for OBAT IMPORT AND
EXPORT NIGERIA PLC . A letter of employment would be sent to and you
would fill it out and send back via email. You will receive necessary
information in 1-48 hours.
NOTE: IF YOUR COUNTRY IS NOT AMONG THE ABOVE LISTED ,YOU CAN STILL APPLY SO IF THERE IS ANY VACANCY IN YOUR COUNTRY ,WE CAN CONTACT YOU. I Await your Urgent Response.
Best Regards,
Thank you for your time.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Princess Aka,
DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTION.
OBAT OIL NIGERIA PLC
N/B:IF INTERESTED PLEASE REPLY
TO:email:princesaka@123mail.cl
Head Office Stallion House (8th-10th floor), 2 Ajose Adeogun Street
Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria CLIENT WITH COMPANY ACCOUNT WILL BE
GRANTED PREFERENCE

Obat Oil exists, but the contact information above is not correct. This is from Obat Oils website, http://www.obatoil.com:

Some month later, I receive this letter from (the real) Obat Oil company:

From: SXXX OXXXXXX <mailto:sXXXoXXXXXX@obatoil.com>

To: missyoung

Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006

Hello,

My name is SXXX OXXXXXX and I am the Marketing and PR Manager of Obat Oil & Petroleum Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria. You can visit our website at www.obatoil.com.

I was surfing the net this morning when I chanced upon your site. I was shocked to see that fraudulent and mischievous people are using the good name of our company to perpetrate fraud.

I wish to state categorically here, as the spokesperson of the company, that OBAT is a reputable oil marketing firm. We have been in the oil business in Nigeria since 1981 and our chairman, a Prince, is a distinguished Nigerian. Our company has one of the largest private oil depots in the world and our business runs into several billions of naira.

I wish to warn all and sundry that Obat has no business whatsoever with these scammers and they must have cashed in on the company's popularity and good name to conduct their nefarious acts. Anybody approached by anyone using the name of Obat Oil should first contact our office at 20B THOMPSON AVENUE IKOYI, LAGOS, NIGERIA. Or call me on these numbers +234-803-289-2222, +234-1-7915841, (fax: +234-1-7912669).

Please be warned.

Thank you.

SXXX OXXXXXX
FOR OBAT OIL & PETROLEUM LTD

Be aware of these work-at-home offers. The real deal is that they send you a false check (that may be honoured in the first place) and you return 95% of it by Western Union. When the check after a while bounces, you have lost all the money you sent.