Pentro Drilling Nigeria
 

Does anyone have any experiences/information they could share with regards the above outfit? What type of multi-crew fixed wing & rotary aircraft do they have? And what registration are they operating under.

Cheers :ok:

Never heard of them...

Dont pay any money for admin fees, handling fees, or anything else.

Likely a scam.

Hi,

I'd say, be carefull, Nigeria! I see this company! has been advertising for flight crew, through alot of web sources. Now, the way the positions have been worded, all very strange.....

"Receive informal and formal instruction in the use of instruments, radio and navigation equipment, perating procedures in case of in-flight emergencies such as electrical, hydraulic or engine failures, take-off and landing procedures, penetration of landing areas, maneuvering procedures and other exercises dictated by the particular aircraft and unit missions"

Just not right. Also these positions have come up now for aleast 4 different countries! same company.

Gut feeling, something not right.

Pro1966

:hmm:

Yeah, their wording of the job description shows a severe lack of aviation insight yet their website appears to be quite credible....

Home


Perhaps I would be naive to think that they know the oil drilling business but just not aviation...

Any ideas of how I could aunthenticate this company from Europe?

Still, the same. Website looks very sus.

If you feel you need to verify a company, then thats not a good to start.

My experience, stay out of Nigeria, nothing but trouble.

Pro1966

The very fact that they include a Scam Alert on their site should be warning enough. They believe that this will authenticate them to the readers. Don't touch it with a bargepole!

carholme

Taken from their website

I wouldn't pay any money or travel there at my own expense with the promise of reimbursement later on. More than one westerner has been kidnapped over there.

Quick Google shows the first four pages of results (as far as I went) as just job adverts and NOTHING else, not one news item. I think that answers your question.:E

Yes, these are some very good points and I have made similar observations.

Spot on Metro Man re: possible kidnappings - you highlighted my exact concern. Any authenticity would have to originate from a highly credible source within Europe. That has not materialised.

Pro1966 - what were your experiences in Nigeria? Are they aviation related? Would love to hear more about them.... :)

Any other comments?

scam!!
 

It's a scam. Out of curiosity I applied on that job ad. Few days later some guy called me from Nigeria posing as recruiter and asked me some stupid questions like what you can do to make management happy etc..Few hours later he have sent me e mail congratulating me on getting the job and attached a contract which looked too good to be real. Oh,in all previous correspondence and "interview" he never mentioned which acft should I fly,home base,routes,is it charter,private etc... I found out already on the net that this same contract (almost to the letter..there is a sample on Oil-Mine Nigeria Limited) has been offered in Nigerian job scams.So just to mess with the guy I asked him about acft type to be flown and validation of my FAA license and bellow is the answer and also details of the guy so no poor desperate soul (and lot's of those in today's aviation) falls for this and loses money...
Here is the mail:

Dear ...........,

The type of Aircraft we do operate on are Boeing 707, Boeing 737, Bell 212, Bell 412, Bell 440, Challenger 300 and Challenger 604 and the base Airport is Osubi Airstrip here in Warri. You can use the FAA licence for there is no problem with it.

Martin Oghenrume
HR Manager
Pentro Drilling Limited
Phone: +234 803 859 8938 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +234 803 859 8938 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: www.pentrodrilling.com

Cheers all

Typical nigerian 419 :ugh:

Never heard of Pentro Drilling in Warri

On their home page all what they pretend to do, belongs to Chevron... :eek:
Agbami is Chevron with Bristow as air operator

And guys, plenty more out there.

What really gets my goat! is the recruitment sites posting these positions, no research and probably don't even care!

Pilot Positive: Many years in Southern Africa and recently briefly in Eastern Africa, enough time to know and hear that Nigeria is rotten to the core.

Pro1966

Looks like a big time scam. Got an appliction form back from a Chap named 'James' who is their HR person in Nigeria. The form has no requirement for flying experience whatsoever. But what it does require you to fill out is personal info such as next of kin, passport number, etc. Basically all the nice things a scammer would love to have in order to get your bank details or ID. I Informed flight global (who placed the ad) of this info including the scam alert on Pentridrilling website, but received NO COMMENT! Need I say more - STAY WELL CLEAR OF THIS ONE GUYS & GALS! :=

Quick google search of Pentro's own text reveals that it has been copied word for word from other websites - Halliburton is one, and a seemingly genuine Oando is another.

Looks like the same crowd did an identical scam with a company called Subsea Dredging.

Check the halliburton site for the text that I'm talking about - it is exactly as found on the Pentro site. Completion Fluids - Halliburton

Give this one a WIDE berth!!!!!

You Guys are good....
 

What an informative, worthwhile network THIS is turning out to be!

Before they can land a Boeing 707 in Osubi, they will have to double the length of the runway :} (only Dash 8 are landing there)

:hmm: tricky. Not sure I'm up to african shortfield landing techniques of that magnitude.... :cool:

No Problem......
 

You just point the nose straight down.

Pentro Drilling
 

Their website is not all that! It's very small for such a "large" company. I'm interested in the company BECAUSE, I've been selected to hire. I received a phone call from them about a week ago, for an interview and now I got an email saying I have to contact "Guarantee Travel" for them to assist me in my paperwork so Pentro can process my VISA and travel ticket.

Anybody else got hired and have information??????

Pentro Drilling
 

I got the same type of email from Pentro Drilling:

The accommodation provided is a family status accommodation and the type of Aircraft we do operate on are Boeing 707, Boeing 737, Bell 212, Bell 412, Bell 440, Challenger 300 and Challenger 604.

Martin Oghenrume
HR Manager
Pentro Drilling Limited
Phone: +234 803 859 8938
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: Home

and:

You have been selected to fly the Fixed wing Aircraft. I also want you to know that we demand update on the processing of your work and residence permit documents so as to enable us start processing your Visa and Air Ticket.

andYou have to start the processing of your work and residence permit documents so that we can provide you with your Visa and Air Tikcet. What you have to do now is to contact the Guarantee Travel for them to assist you get the requirted traveling documents ready.


All from this same guy. I guess now is when they will start asking for money. If they do, I'll post everything so everyone knows.

MagicTrick: Please clarify
 

MagicTrick do you mean you have been asked to form part of the pilot selection board, conducting interviews and such like, or have been hired as a pilot? :confused:

If on the selection board how on earth did they initially approach you? :eek:

If you have been hired as a pilot what kind of selection did you go though and what is the nature of the job? From what I have seen and heard it does seem a little vague... :cool:

Some specific details of your experience would be useful MagicTrick. :ok:

Pentro Drilling
 

no, no,no, they've elected to hire me as a pilot, but now it seems, they want me to make arrangements on travel, and I believe they are about to ask me for money or other perswonal information. I think they are a scam. stay away. I posted all my emails. they are very vague in their wording. they never stated what type of aircraft you would be flying, so I had to ask, and I got additional emails about I have to start some paperwork with this company called guarentee travel.

I'm not a kid, I'm a 9000+ ATP and have worked all over. The info packet had nothing on it concerning aviation, just a lot of garbage on how could you impress the company and questions like that.

STAY AWAY!!!

have a look at this link, these guys are very busy....stay away!!!!

Craigslist classified for used car: Cheque fraud scam | The Baheyeldin Dynasty


regards

De_man

Pentro Drilling
 

I just got off the phone with BizJetJobs.com to which I'm a paying member, and they told me they are fully aware of Pentro Drilling a being a scam and do not post any of their advertisements. So, that, along with all the other posts confirms, Pentro Drilling is a scam.

I saw a posting where someone else got the exact same email(s) as i did. They'll all boilerplate emails to seem legit, but are scamming you out of information and money.

STAY AWAY!!!!

Thanks MagicTrick, that kinda clarifies the matter .... ;)


PP :)

Pentro Drilling
 

Here's the next saga: I just got this email this morning. I'm going to play their game and see where it takes me! LOL:mad:

Find below the contact information of the Guarantee Travel;

GUARANTEE TRAVEL AND TOUR
10 Warri Sapele Road,
Warri, Delta State, Nigeria
CONTACT NAME: (Dr.) Abu Ahmed
DESIGNATION: Head of Visa/Permits Operations
EMAIL: [email protected]
PHONE: +234-803-472-8904

All you just have to do is to contact the aforementioned agency to seek their assistance in acting as your local delegate in order for them to come and sign the hard copy of your contract document on your behalf and also assist you to in getting your Nigerian Immigration permit papers in order for you to meet up with the deadline given as all your traveling documents shall be processed here in Nigeria and shall be sent to you via DHL or FedEx as soon as they've been processed.

Martin Oghenrume
HR Manager
Pentro Drilling Limited
Phone: +234 803 859 8938
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: Home

:hmm: So this third party will charge for visa processing??! Probably only cost your $10,000. Well worth the price of flying non existent aircraft... :}

I got the email with job offer today too! WOO HOO; They offered $11,000.00 /mo USD, quality family housing in company community, medical, dental, vision, 2 months on, 1 month off, 2 year contract.

All I have to do is contact Guarantee Travel and Tour, as my local delegate, for them to process my contract document.

And here's the scam:

All employees successfully recruited for the PENTRO DRILLING LIMITED”

shall be expected to personally incur 25% travel expense which involve getting a local
representative for the signing and collection of employees contract document (Hard
copy).
The 25% expense shall be related to the processing, procurement and acquisition of
your necessary permits clearance papers through the services of GUARANTEE
TRAVEL AND TOUR and as soon as the employer receive the said receipt of your
permit documents, we shall start the processing of the remaining 75% documents
that you will need to facilitate your trip to Nigeria. Employer will reimburse the
expense incurred by employee in getting his/her permit documents not later than
Fiv

e (5) working days after submission of employee’s expense report and receipts

Refer also to SECTION 10 and SECTION 7.

Pentro Drilling
 

WOW!! Only $11,000 USD a month? I got offered $12K a month! LOL!! I just got my email yesterday from the travel agency, saying I need to send them $350 USD by Western Union: here's the email:

We write to inform you that we have been mandated by your employer (Pentro Drilling Limited) to act on your behalf here in Nigeria as Your local representative for the fulfillment of your contract with Your Employers (Pentro Drilling Limited) here in Nigeria. You shall therefore be required to provide us with the following as to enable us start up the processing of your traveling document and other necessary Papers needed to facilitate your journey to resume work here in Nigeria.
Find below the requirements for this processing

I) Letter of authority, duly signed stating that Guarantee Travels Immigration Consultant Agency; and their authorized representatives have been given the authority to receive documents on your behalf as well as act as local representatives for purposes of Liaison requiring the activities of a representative. (Soft Copy Email Attachment)

II) An International passport or passport photograph of you and your wife, kid if you will be coming to Nigeria with your family. (Soft Copy Email Attachment)

III) Adequate contact information / address suitable for receiving Courier (not P.O.Box), as documents will be sent to you via DHL (this may be sent via email).

IV) You are required to send along side application fee; Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($350USD).

PAYMENT PROCEDURE
You are to make payment via the Western Union Money Transfer Services OR MONEY GRAM TRANSFER SERVICES c/o CHUKWUMA OYEMA -(ACCOUNTS DIRECTOR); and upon successful money transfer forward to us via e-mail; the necessary transaction details for confirmation of remittance which comprises of;

NAME OF SENDER: (As specifically entered at the point of transaction)
NAME OF RECEIVER/BENEFICIARY; (This must be CHUKWUMA OYEMA)
TEXT QUESTION: (This should be entered as COLOUR?)
ANSWER: (This should be entered as BLUE)
MTCN :(Money Transfer Control Number)
PROVINCE/CITY MONEY WAS SENT FROM:
SENDERS ADDRESS:
METHOD OF TRANSFER (WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM)

As soon as you provide us with the above listed information, we will start up the signing and processing of your necessary documents, to enable you meet up with your required date of resumption.

Regards,
Management and Staff
Guarantee Travel.


So, I wrote back and said:

Dear Management and Staff of Guarantee Travel:

Please contact Mr. Martin Oghenerume for payment of the $350.00 He will gladly supply you with the funds. He also has my physical address as to send the DHL paperwork. He will supply you with all the information you need to get started.
Thank you

What a crock.!! LOL it's really comical now. They offering people different packages trying to see what they can get. I never hear back from them yet. I guess they know that I know it;s a scam!

Good investigative work, FlyingMan and MagicTrick. You could always write back to them saying that they dont need to worry about processing your paperwork as its already being arranged through another 3rd party (e.g. your embassy). See what they say...

I think its amusing they offer such a great package ($12,000 a month - without even meeting you!) and then cant afford to pay your travel/processing cost (!) and ask you to pay the $350.00! :uhoh: yeah that adds up. :rolleyes:

But seriously the biggest concern is the consistent request for family contacts etc... it could be a little more sinister than it appears.

Another Scam
 

Here's another SCAM!!! I just got an email from them, claiming to be CLub One Air, located in India. The recruiter is using a gmail address for communication:

[email protected] and his name is Rohit Kr. Anurag

He gave me a website of:Air Charter Services | Private Jets | Aircraft Charters | Corporate Jets to look at, but then I did a search and there is another club one air with a website of: Club One Air,Air Charters,Corporate Air Charters,Air Charters India,Air Charters Asia,Tourism Air Charters,Medical Air Evacuation,Air Charters Mumbai,Air Charters Delhi,Executive Air Charters

I do not know which one is real, but this guy is still, using a gmail email address to comunicate. Not cool.

You'll note that the web address for the 2nd link you posted is a non Club One Air address (arairways.com) whilst the first web address is precisely that (cluboneiar.com) . Might want to do a search here on the PPRune and see what turns up.

Also: Both sites have exactly the same contact details in terms of locations, addresses and even tel nos. Bizarre.

Thoughts?

Club Air
 

I know, but, the gmail address scares me

Scammers
 

This could be the same type of deal as Abu dabi scam, where they used the company website, but the scammers were using another email address. It's just leary. I've sent Club One Air an email to ask if this guy works for them or not. I believe the company is real, now that I've seen some videos on them, but this guy, I'm not convienced, yet.

Club One Air
 

I sent him another email, asking about if they will require any fees, etc or if they pay all of the expenses, and indicated that a legit company pays for everything. I also asked the salary, houseing, all the normal questions.

He wrote back to say:

Sorry just forget it... I don't want to give you any explanation.

If he was for real, he would have explained and answered my questions. He did not even know they had two websites. The form he sent me was asking for my SSN! What does he need with my SSN? My passport, yes, my license, yes, my DOB, ok, but my SSN? NO WAY!. I've worked in the Middle east for several years and no one asks for your SSN because they have no need for it!

If these guy put in so much time and resources to scam people, they might actually be able to run a legit operation that pays more than 350USD

If these guy put in so much time and resources to scam people, they might actually be able to run a legit operation that pays more than 350USD.

Yes, its a scam. If he was serious about hiring he would have given you an answer or even picked up the phone to discuss the opportunity and have an initial interview with you.

The Gmail address is also a blatant give away. Club One Air have email addresses using ClubOneAir.com

If you are able to highlight this to the genuine Club One Air then they may be able to do something about it their end. Who knows - it could be an employee trying it on?

Club One
 

I worked with them. Thay treat you like dirt.

Very ammusing, the thing that stands out for me is using the word "kids" where they ask for personal info. WTF

Dog

"Kids".....
 

I agree. Something there.