By Patience Chat Moses
Seplat Energy has warned the public against fraudulent schemes being perpetrated by scammers.
The Company issued the warning in a notice on its social media pages, on Thursday, saying it was aware of various fraudulent correspondences being circulated through e-mail, internet websites, and text messages.
Seplat Energy noted that the communication has been falsely informing recipients that they have been issued purchase orders (PO) or have been selected to participate in a request for quotations (RFQ) or invitations to tender (ITTs), which are formal documents issued by companies inviting suppliers or contractors to submit a bid for a project or service.
“These scams, which may seek to obtain money and/or, in certain cases, personal details from the recipients of such correspondence, are fraudulent.
“In some cases, the recipients are asked to pay money to specific companies in the UK who supposedly are OEMs of products being ordered” said the energy giant.
Seplat said that the fraudulent activities are usually perpetrated in its name or “its officials, through different fraudulent schemes”.
The statement reads: “Seplat Energy does not charge a fee at any stage of its procurement process (supplier registration, bids submission) or other fees.”
The energy firm urged Nigerians to always confirm all information from its official website as “all tenders and RFQs are submitted to Seplat Energy e-Tender Portal and not to any other email address.
“The public is advised to be wary of correspondences bearing different domain names from that of Seplat, for the avoidance of doubt, Seplat Energy online domain remains @seplatenergy.com.
“Seplat Energy strongly recommends that the recipients of such solicitations, as mentioned above, should exercise extreme caution in respect of such solicitations.”
Seplat said financial loss and identity theft could result from the transfer of money or personal information to those issuing such fraudulent correspondence.
The Company advised Nigerians to send an email to the Management@seplatenergy.com to verify suspicious communications or when the veracity of any piece of information supposedly made by, or on behalf of the management is in doubt.