Fraud and Scam alert
a) Business propositions
The business propositions pretending to be made on behalf of ElitexEnergy come in different guises, but generally solicit the help of the recipients in transferring huge sums of money in foreign currency. The people initiating these propositions claim the sums involved are, for instance, entitlements in respect of deceased relations, or monies accruing from excess crude oil sales, or have been forgotten in some dormant account. Sometimes they also propose to award huge-value contracts to the recipients of such mails.
b) Recruitment scams
The job offers come from organizations falsely pretending to recruit on behalf of ElitexEnergy or by people claiming to work for, or be affiliated with, ElitexEnergy. These propositions notify individuals that their qualifications were found suitable to work as an employee (local or expatriate) for ElitexEnergy and solicit the transfer of significant sums of money to pay for work permits, insurance policies, etc.
Please note that ElitexEnergy (nor any of the organizations that recruit on our behalf) never asks for any money or payments from applicants at any point in the recruitment process. All individuals who are successful in gaining an offer of employment from ElitexEnergy, whether directly or indirectly, are always required to go through a formal recruitment process. All communications should originate from a verifiable ElitexEnergy e-mail address and not from an Internet e-mail address (e.g., hotmail, yahoo, etc.).
c) Prize awards and grants
Please note that ElitexEnergy is NOT involved in any lottery or mobile draws, e-mail/SMS (grant) awards.
d) Change of banking details scams
An individual claiming to be an employee from ElitexEnergy, its Finance department, or a representative of ElitexEnergy informs a customer/supplier that there has been a change to ElitexEnergy’s bank account details. The customer/supplier is then instructed to make a payment to a new bank account, the details of which are then provided telephonically or via an email. Alternatively, a customer/supplier may receive an email containing a URL to what appears to be an ElitexEnergy-branded website, where they are asked to enter their banking details in order to make a payment.
What to do?
Do not respond to unsolicited business propositions and/or job offers from people or e-mail addresses you do not know or trust.
Do not disclose your personal or financial details to anyone you do not know or trust or on a website you do not trust. Should you have disclosed this information to somebody you do not know or trust or to a website you do not trust, consider reporting the incident to your local law enforcement.
Be on the lookout for suspicious signs – e.g., communications from non-ElitexEnergy e-mail addresses (e.g., from a yahoo.com address); poor use of English; and requests for money.
If you receive a request to change banking details for payment to ElitexEnergy, do not respond to the email, click any links in the email, or provide information over the telephone. Instead, send a separate email to or call your ElitexEnergy representative that you typically work with to confirm whether the request received is legitimate.
Our position
ElitexEnergy’s name and identity are being used fraudulently in these instances. In as much as we sympathize with anyone who has lost money in this way, ElitexEnergy cannot accept any responsibility.