Recruitment fraud
Recruitment fraud
It has come to our attention that various individuals and organisations are contacting people offering false employment opportunities in BP. These individuals and organisations may request personal information or money in order to progress the application.Please note that BP does not ask for money transfers or payments from applicants to secure a job, either as an employee or as a contractor, and will never ask for payments towards travel expenses or visas/work permits. Therefore you should assume that such individuals and organisations are not providing genuine offers or services.
During our recruitment process you will always meet in person with a BP employee or representative for an interview before any formal offer is made. Furthermore all e-mail correspondence relating to employment with BP will never be sent either from (or to) free web-based e-mail accounts such as Yahoo.com, Yahoo.co.uk, Gmail.com, Googlemail.com, Live.com etc.
However, if you receive an email from bprecruiting@bp.com or any other email address that contains @bp.com that instructs you to send replies to an email address other than one containing @bp.com, please treat it as fraudulent and forward it to us at bprecruiting@bp.com
If you are asked for personal information and are unsure of the legitimacy of the request, or you wish to determine whether an individual or organisation is offering genuine employment opportunities within BP, please contact us at the following address. MAKE SURE THAT YOU INCLUDE THE THREE ITEMS BELOW. If your email is missing any one of these three items, it will take us longer to investigate and identify the perpetrators.
However, if you receive an email from bprecruiting@bp.com or any other email address that contains @bp.com that instructs you to send replies to an email address other than one containing @bp.com, please treat it as fraudulent and forward it to us at bprecruiting@bp.com
If you are asked for personal information and are unsure of the legitimacy of the request, or you wish to determine whether an individual or organisation is offering genuine employment opportunities within BP, please contact us at the following address. MAKE SURE THAT YOU INCLUDE THE THREE ITEMS BELOW. If your email is missing any one of these three items, it will take us longer to investigate and identify the perpetrators.
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Original subject line
Please do not change the original subject line of the email you received.
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Complete headers
Email headers contain a detailed record of the specific route that an email took through the internet when it was sent to you. This means it can help us identify the perpetrators’ location(s). Full header information is included in every email that is sent. However, often email programs do not display the complete headers. The link below explains how to find this information so that you can send it to us.
- Complete message body
Please include the complete, unedited content of the email message in question. Do not change or edit the message in any way.
We recommend that you do not respond to unsolicited business propositions and/or offers of employment from people with whom you are unfamiliar. Do not disclose your personal or financial details to anyone you do not know. If you receive such proposals, we would advise you to contact your local police and provide them with all information you may have from the senders.
Online lottery fraud
We are also aware of another fraud involving an online lottery. Please note that BP does not run such a lottery.If you have been notified that you have won a large sum of money in an online lottery you should assume that this notification is fraudulent.
If you wish to determine whether an individual or organisation offering such prizes is genuine, please contact us at the email address above.
We are taking this matter extremely seriously, and are passing all information relating to these frauds to the legal authorities for appropriate action.
Not sure how to find internet email headers?
Click here for guidance on how to view headers
