ONLINE EMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS OFFERS FROM NIGERIA

A number of doctors, teachers etc. used to work in Nigeria during 1960s to 1980s who are still held in high esteem.  However, the situation is no longer the same.  Now few jobs are available in schools, universities, hotels, banks, hospitals (doctors/nurses/lab technicians) and oil industry.  Unfortunately, many scam job offers are floating around purportedly for Nigeria or other nearby countries to extract money in the name of visa fees, permit and even deposit or charges for opening salary account.  If job is genuine, selection is made after personal interview in India either by the employer or through reputed HR consultants/recruiting agents based in India. Any on-line job offer received based on data registered with job sites like timesjob.com/other job sites should not be considered as valid until proper enquiry is done and routine interviews conducted.  In genuine job offers, employer will send authorization to issue STR (subject to regularization) visa to the Nigerian High Commission in New Delhi, whose address is given below (Any other procedure is suspect):

High Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, EP-4, Chandragupta Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110021

Tel: 009-91-11-24122142/43/44 Fax: 24122138 E-mail: nhcnder@vsnl.com Website: http://www.nigeriahcindia.com

The employer will invariably pay visa fee and the air ticket.  Do not pay for visa or ticket on the promise of getting refund.  Also visa or residence permit cannot be prepared in Nigeria and sent to you.

To get an idea of the perpetrators of frauds and their modus operandi, please do Internet search for “419” or “Advance Fee Fraud” and visit websites:

Central Bank of Nigeria	www.cenbank.org
The Nigeria Police	www.nigeriapolice.org
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/ http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Nigerian/central_bank.htm,  Also please see www.efccnigeria.org web site of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC)

Please visit website of Nigeria LNG Ltd.  www.nlng.com and read carefully “Scam Alert’ and ‘working for NLNG’.

The information regarding Bank accounts and your personal details should not be divulged.  No payment for services relating to job offers/visas etc. to be made.  Simple precaution can avoid disappointment to you.

Also please be alerted about scams in the form of tender/ order/enquiry for supply of various goods/services floating around, often for huge quantities/value, to entice and cheat inexperienced exporters. Often, such orders/tenders/trade enquiry would claim to be from / or on behalf of very high Official/Semi-Official Authorities.

Also please do not reply to or enter into correspondence with anyone offering you a lottery prize (unless you have participated and paid for it) or invite you to   share in or recovering / transferring any inheritance or unclaimed money.