Pentro Drilling Nigeria [Archive]

Pro1966

2nd Apr 2010, 15:43

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

Pilot Positive

2nd Apr 2010, 16:12

:hmm:

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

Home (http://pentrodrilling.com/default.aspx)

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?

Pro1966

2nd Apr 2010, 18:36

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

carholme

2nd Apr 2010, 21:20

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

Metro man

2nd Apr 2010, 21:33

Taken from their website

Scam Alert

It has come to our notice that some individuals are contacting people via e-mail and or publications on the internet claiming to be recruitment agents of Geomech Engineering Limited and/or using the names of our employees in bogus, fictitious and imaginary transactions, to solicit for financial details, advance fees or other favours in exchange for which they purport to confer non-existent benefits (funds, employment, contracts etc) in Geomech Engineering Limited.

These e-mails/publications are usually sent from persons posing as the Company's attorney or claiming to occupy influential positions in the oil and gas industry. The sender of the mail usually would request that the target co-operates with them in order to benefit from a stated business transaction or get a job in Geomech Engineering Limited by sending unwanted junk emails to the victim.

We have also recently been informed that certain emails received by members of the public, and advertisements posted on some job web-sites, have promised job-seekers positions in the Geomech Engineering. These emails and web-sites promise that upon payment of a fee and the receipt of the recipients' curriculum vitae, the recipients are assured jobs within the Geomech Engineering imited. The contact addresses and phone numbers contained in such emails and posted on such web-sites are usually of a foreign country and such mail originate from a free mail domain such as yahoo and hotmail.

Geomech Engineering Limited disassociates itself from such mails/publications and hereby warns the general public that these are scams designed to defraud unsuspecting individuals / corporate organizations. You are strongly advised NOT to communicate or disclose any of your financial details or send any money to these individuals. You are also advised to report any such incident to the Police.

Geomech Engineering Limited shall not be responsible for any losses incurred by any person (s) as a result of such mails / publications

In the event that you receive any of the emails described above, we advise that you
contact the following for confirmation:

Pentro Drilling Limited
40 Airport Road,
Warri, Delta State,
Nigeria
Email: [email protected]
Website: Home (http://www.pentrodrilling.com)
Phone: +234 468 729 13

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

Pilot Positive

2nd Apr 2010, 22:04

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?

bbratuse

2nd Apr 2010, 23:06

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 (http://www.419scam.org/419-job-scam-oil-mine-ng.htm)) 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 (http://www.pentrodrilling.com/)

Cheers all

froggy_pilot

3rd Apr 2010, 08:41

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

Pro1966

3rd Apr 2010, 11:15

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

COMMS2

3rd Apr 2010, 11:56

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! :=

Dupre

3rd Apr 2010, 12:33

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 (http://www.halliburton.com/ps/default.aspx?navid=1072&pageid=37&prodgrpid=MSE%3A%3A1045858315844459)

Give this one a WIDE berth!!!!!

Spadhampton

4th Apr 2010, 10:32

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

froggy_pilot

4th Apr 2010, 10:38

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)

Pilot Positive

4th Apr 2010, 11:58

Before they can land a Boeing 707 in Osubi, they will have to double the length of the runway

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

Spadhampton

5th Apr 2010, 11:37

You just point the nose straight down.

MagicTrick69

5th Apr 2010, 18:51

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??????

MagicTrick69

5th Apr 2010, 19:11

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 (http://www.pentrodrilling.com)

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.

Pilot Positive

5th Apr 2010, 19:24

...been selected to hire.

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:

MagicTrick69

5th Apr 2010, 19:45

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!!!

de_man

5th Apr 2010, 19:55

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

Craigslist classified for used car: Cheque fraud scam | The Baheyeldin Dynasty (http://baheyeldin.com/technology/technology-in-society/craigslist-classified-for-used-car-cheque-fraud-scam.html?page=41)

regards

De_man

MagicTrick69

5th Apr 2010, 20:26

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!!!!

Pilot Positive

6th Apr 2010, 00:19

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

PP :)

MagicTrick69

6th Apr 2010, 11:10

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 (http://www.pentrodrilling.com)

Pilot Positive

6th Apr 2010, 11:29

: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... :}

flyingman312

6th Apr 2010, 22:04

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
Five (5) working days after submission of employee’s expense report and receipts
Refer also to SECTION 10 and SECTION 7.

MagicTrick69

7th Apr 2010, 10:24

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!

Pilot Positive

7th Apr 2010, 10:53

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.

MagicTrick69

7th Apr 2010, 10:57

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 (http://www.cluboneair.com) 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 (http://www.arairways.com/)

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

Pilot Positive

7th Apr 2010, 11:13

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?

MagicTrick69

7th Apr 2010, 11:18

I know, but, the gmail address scares me

MagicTrick69

7th Apr 2010, 11:35

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.

MagicTrick69

7th Apr 2010, 12:03

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!

5N-OSA

7th Apr 2010, 14:54

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

5N-OSA

7th Apr 2010, 14:57

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.

Pilot Positive

8th Apr 2010, 11:05

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

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?

ruiz007

8th Apr 2010, 11:17

I worked with them. Thay treat you like dirt.

Contract Dog

11th Apr 2010, 22:58

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

Dog

Spadhampton

12th Apr 2010, 00:01

I agree. Something there.

FlyingGorilla

12th Apr 2010, 14:34

I feel jipped. I only got offered $9000 USD. I went through the same process, and I'm now at the point that they want me to contact GUARANTEE TRAVEL AND TOUR. Interesting enough, I already have a Nigerian visa that is still valid until August 2010. So, really it's just a matter of Pentro buying my plane ticket and bringing me over there (I doubt it).

I also asked about training on their aircraft. Since I don't have a type rating in the 707, 737 or Challenger....I asked where I would be doing training for those aircraft. No answer yet.

Nigeria is not that bad in certain parts. I don't think Delta State is a very good place to be. If this was real, it wouldn't be that bad of a job.

ruiz007

12th Apr 2010, 23:40

This is a DEFINITE SCAM from Nigeria! STAY AWAY!

Pilot Positive

13th Apr 2010, 10:59

If this was real, it wouldn't be that bad of a job.

Yes it would be OK, especially if they were to pay for the TR. However its not real. :{

The next scam could be adverts for Space Shuttle Commanders as part of the glorious Nigerian Space program...you have to pay for your own visa processing and spacesuit though. :hmm:

NASA = Nigerian Aviation Scam Association

Spadhampton

13th Apr 2010, 11:27

Possibly.

The American Space Shuttles are being retired this year. Pick them up cheep I'm sure. It's an African Aviation tradition, is it not? Get further use from what others think unusable? From what others think are too expensive to maintain? Push the limit’s a bit farther than what others are willing?

I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a Nigerian in orbit before long. Maybe two.

CrazyStuntPilot

13th Apr 2010, 16:25

I've had the same email from Pentro Drilling, with the contract agreement and the agency to contact. Thanks for sharing guys!

Pilot Positive

13th Apr 2010, 16:39

CrazyStuntPilot,

Just out of interest how comprehensive is the contract? Does it even appear to be a real contract or something someone has made up?

PP

CrazyStuntPilot

13th Apr 2010, 19:43

Well, it appears to be a legit contract, with 12 sections and 19 articles, details...

I received an other email as a response from my part for more details, and they wrote this:

"The type of Aircraft we do operate on are Boeing 747, Boeing 737, Boeing 757, Bell 212, Bell 412, Bell 440, Airbus A340 and Airbus A340."

Pilot Positive

13th Apr 2010, 19:59

Boeing 747, Boeing 737, Boeing 757, Bell 212, Bell 412, Bell 440, Airbus A340 and Airbus A340.

:hmm: Thats a huge fleet for a drilling company is it not? :confused:

A few helicopters for surveying/local transport as well as a mid-range jet for international network purposes maybe + TP for regional flying - you might just get a few muppets to believe....but an A340, B757 and a B747????! :eek: What the hell are they hauling around the sky that requires that kind of capacity? :ugh:

Someone's having a joke. Surely? You've got to give it to them for trying, thats for sure. :*

Pilot Positive

13th Apr 2010, 20:02

Crazystunt, Meant to ask:

I take it they are expecting some money from you via their "3rd party representative"?

CrazyStuntPilot

13th Apr 2010, 22:09

oh yes, their 3rd party just asked for $350 via a western union transfer in order to process the paperwork. What a :mad: joke.

Vortex Thing

14th Apr 2010, 02:05

When you start could you drop me a line as coincidentally I won $10m in the Nigerian lottery and all I have to do is go and pick it up :E

FUA

14th Apr 2010, 10:01

Just to confirm this is a SCAM.
I have received the confirmation from my Embasy in Lagos.
DO NOT give personal detail, bank account, credit card or money to these people.

Pilot Positive

14th Apr 2010, 10:13

Not possible Vortex, as I have just won the $10m lottery as confirmed by an email from a Dr Adebayo, someone who I've never heard from before. What a decent chap.

This is soooo embarassing but would you believe it? A Mrs Kwangai from the Nigerian Federal Bank wants me to share in a deceased person's account. The only catch is I have to set up a separate bank account and put some initial funds in it to make it look real. In return I get a 40% share of the $7m the deceased left!! Cant believe she picked me! I'm made!! I'm just so lucky!! Thank my lucky stars for Nigerian honesty and integrity. Ohhh I'm just so happy... $12.8 m in one day!!!

And the list goes on and on and on... :ugh:

Spadhampton

14th Apr 2010, 12:18

So does this mean no glorious Nigerian Space Program?

I’m shocked.

Pilot Positive

14th Apr 2010, 13:07

Today the Nigerian Government launched its official picture of the rocket they intend to send into space...

http://www.artbugmail.com/tutorials/rocket/images/3.jpg

Pilot Positive

14th Apr 2010, 13:11

The intention is to walk on the moon and establish a permanent base....

http://gunth.com/lego/images/spacebase.jpg

Pilot Positive

14th Apr 2010, 13:14

...with the intention of reaching beyond our own solar system.

http://images.clipartof.com/small270/14841-Blue-Rocket-With-Orange-Studs-Flying-Through-Outer-Space-Clipart-Illustration.jpg

Pilot Positive

14th Apr 2010, 13:24

The Nigerian Space Program is recruiting NOW!

Requirements:

- Some kind of flying license with a maximum of 200 hours on anything (we accept applications from those type rated on MS Sim 2005).
- Knowledge of the shape of the planet.
- Generally a good bloke/Girl.

You will need to pay us $3000 for:

- Administrative fees associated with the processing of your paperwork
- Spacesuit
- Your share of rocket fuel
- Anything else that we can make up and you will believe.

Additionally: We welcome Pay To Fly cadets who fail to meet the above requirements!

From: Dr Kananga and his assistant who has a hook for a hand and feeds crocodiles.

Disclaimer: The above has no relation to the real Nigerian Space Program - if one exists - and is merely a spoof based on the reputation which has, quite probably underservedly, been attributed to all Nigerian promotions.

EX-PJ

21st Apr 2010, 03:32

Well I feel like one of the club, I received my letter of employment and employment contract from Pentro Drilling today. $12,000.00 USD a month, 60 days on, 30 days off. $2,600.00 for air travel for my month off, free medical, dental, optical, two bed room flat + 2 rooms for my "live in" domestics. That's right, two rooms for my "live in" domestics. Local transportation provided, Free college for my spouse and up to 4 kids.

I sent an email to Dr. Ahmed, he's going to set me up to work in Nigeria!

BTW, that's $12,000.00 @ month AFTER TAXES it clearly says that in the contract.

When I gave this to the wife, she happens to be an Attorney. She had to take out the red high lighter! We had a really good laugh. The Nigerians are getting pretty good with their computer skills! Although the contract is in many different fonts from where they cut and paste!

I'll keep you posted as to the Doctors reply!!

Pilot Positive

21st Apr 2010, 12:03

Although the contract is in many different fonts from where they cut and paste!

Nothing like a bit of plagiarism to add credibility...T&Cs ripped off from Etihad perhaps?

Does anybody know of someone who has followed these guys all the way through? i.e. paid the $350.00 only to find that its a scam?

EX-PJ

22nd Apr 2010, 01:06

I received the email from Dr.Abu Ahmed today.

They want me to send my passport, passport of wife and that of any "kid" that will be traveling to Nigeria.

I didn't know I could bring some goats along with me!
Oh yes- they want me to send $350.00 USD via Western Union.

I'll get right on that, NOT!!!!!!

Pilot Positive

22nd Apr 2010, 09:28

They want me to send my passport, passport of wife

:eek:

Mind you, sending them a few goats might be interesting... :ooh:

constructorul

25th Apr 2010, 12:12

Same mail i have; wat it's possible to do, because i check to info@pentrodrilling and he give me this confirmation: agrement it's O K , i talk with John Obi , same answer?
SOmebody to gime one idea what i must to do!

CrazyStuntPilot

25th Apr 2010, 15:25

Don't send them anything and move their email to the trash.

Pilot Positive

25th Apr 2010, 19:28

constructorul, stay well clear and DO NOT send them any money.

You could, however, if you were feeling particularly nasty :}, take the p!ss out of them by playing their game (without paying anything) and see how far you could take it by putting them to as much inconvenience as possible. :E

PP

lilflyboy262

26th Apr 2010, 15:10

Personally, I get them to call me back. Cost them as much money as I can possibly cost them with phone bills before they realise I'm messing them about.

perre737

3rd May 2010, 17:16

I`m also one of the lucky guys that got a job offer from Pentro Drilling. Worst offer jet as it seems. 6000 USD. Start date 1:st of June. (less than a month)And I have 3 months notice period with my company.
I`m gonna play along for a while. lets see what kind of aircraft and training they offer.

Thank`s everyone that has posted your experience with this group.
Will keep you posted!:cool:

Metro man

4th May 2010, 07:11

For anyone who misses out on this job I have one which may be of interest;

VVIP BBJ Captain required
US$20 000/month tax free
4 weeks on/4 weeks off
Accommodated in a luxury villa with servants on call 24/7
Chauffeur driven to and from work, private use of luxury car
Confirmed first class ticket when traveling to/from home base and any duty travel. If A380 flown, suite provided.
Pension of 80% of final salary after ten years
Full medical/dental in top private hospitals
All school fees in elite private schools.
Significant other benefits to be discussed.

Any ICAO/FAA licence accepted provide not expired over five years
Free type rating with all expenses paid.

US$3000 processing fee required for licence verification and security checks payable via Western Union:E

Pilot Positive

4th May 2010, 10:53

MetroMan

Was this through Pentro-Drilling or another, possible Nigerian, outfit?

PP

rottenray

5th May 2010, 00:33

Metro man

5th May 2010, 05:54

I'm charging a US$200 registration fee for those interested in my job offer. Payment via Western Union or Moneygram.;):E

Pilot Positive

5th May 2010, 09:35

Absolutely brilliant Rottenray! :D Never laughed so much.... :ok:

The fact they attempted to lauch the rocket in an enclosed area AND next to a window was funny enough...but when it went through the window and set fire to the room, well, that was the peach.

Not sure the Nigerian Space Program is as pioneering as those guys though... :hmm:

rottenray

5th May 2010, 12:32

Pilot Positive,

Thanks. Actually, I found that vid on another PPRunE forum, and thought it would feel good here, too.

As far as a Nigerian space program, well, after reading a few threads in this forum, I certainly hope they get aviation right first.

There seem to be a "few loose ends and minor details" which need attending to!

However, I must say this: If I were a pilot and 25 to 30 years old, I think I'd enjoy working in country for a couple of years as a skill-builder.

I believe I'd learn A) what an aircraft is really capable of in the very worst situations/condition, B) things one must never do when flying, and C) a lot of patience.

Gotta be fun!

RR