Heritage, Angostura warn of fraud acts

TWO companies – Heritage Petroleum and Angostura ­– are warning the public to be aware of online scams involving false recruitment services in the case of the State oil company and credit card scamming by way of a false online competition, in the case of the alcoholic beverage company.

Heritage in a press release on Tuesday warned that people and organisations are hosting false recruitment orientations promising employment with the company in return for a fee.

These individuals, Heritage said, are also using the names and contact information of actual Heritage employees to solicit large sums of money from unsuspecting job seekers.

Heritage said it is taking this matter very seriously and has already sought the help of the TTPS and its Fraud Squad unit. Heritage said that payments of any kind are not part of its recruitment process and absolutely no one is authorised to accept or request funds in return for employment with the company.

Therefore, persons acting legitimately on behalf of Heritage will not at any time whatsoever request cash or any related benefit from anyone in connection with any job prospect or otherwise during our actual recruitment process.

The people conducting these false recruitment orientations are neither affiliated with nor acting on behalf of nor authorised to act on behalf of Heritage. The company strongly condemned these unlawful acts and urged the public to be aware of the scam.

In its release, sent on Tuesday, the House of Angostura said it recently become aware of a fraudulent website (https://sites.google.com/view/whiteoak/halaman-muka). This website, the company said, invites unsuspecting users to register to win the new White Oak Grapefruit flavour and asks users to enter their credit card information along with other personal details.

Angostura said this website is not legitimate and there is currently no promotion which requires credit card information or personal data to be entered.

As such, it advised, users should refrain from interacting with this page, and if you are contacted via direct messages on any social media platform report it immediately to law enforcement. Angostura reminded that its official social media pages remain as follows: Instagram: @whiteoaktt ; Twitter: @whiteoaktt and: Facebook: @whiteoakrum