INFORMATION ABOUT NEW CASES IF FRAUDULENT ACTIONS
Please be informed about new cases of fraudulent actions using the business reputation and means of individualization of “Surgutneftegas” PJSC, in which offenders try to illegally receive funds for petroleum products.
Deceivers continue to send fictitious commercial offers for the sale of petroleum products by email on behalf of “Surgutneftegas” PJSC and its officials, using distorted information from the official website of “Surgutneftegas” PJSC.
Presenting themselves as employees of “Surgutneftegas” PJSC, the fraudsters offer some allegedly previously purchased volumes covering “the entire range of products produced by LLC “KINEF” and Gas Processing Division of “Surgutneftegas” PJSC” as well as “rejected volumes of these enterprises at a good price.”
As contact details, such persons provide email addresses similar to the addresses of “Surgutneftegas” PJSC (e.g. sbyt@surgutneftgas.ru) or other addresses (e.g. galjatin@obedinenie-ms.ru) as well as telephone numbers unrelated to the Group of “Surgutneftegas” PJSC (e.g. (3462) 27-07-72, 38-52-35).
As we have repeatedly stated, “Surgutneftegas” PJSC sells petroleum products only via exchange trading; the Company does not offer its products by sending commercial offers and does not correspond about conclusion of contracts by email.
“Surgutneftegas” PJSC employees send electronic business letters exclusively from their corporate mailboxes with email addresses ending in @surgutneftegas.ru. The official website of “Surgutneftegas” PJSC is https://surgutneftegas.ru.
Be vigilant and do not accept offers emailed purportedly on behalf of “Surgutneftegas” PJSC. We recommend verifying any information received supposedly from “Surgutneftegas” PJSC using the official website.
In order to comply with the tax legislation of the Russian Federation, we strongly suggest carrying out a set of measures to verify a counterparty before concluding contracts and prior to the transfer of funds.
We advise to carry out counterparty due diligence taking into account the recommendations of the Federal Tax Service of Russia on the application of the provisions of Article 54.1 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation given in letters No. BV-4-7/3060@ dated 10.03.2021 and No. ED-4-9/22123@ dated 31.10.2017 as well as using the Know Your Customer Platform, a service implemented by the Bank of Russia.
If you have become a victim of fraud, you should report the case to the law enforcement authorities and also inform on the facts of fraud using the data of “Surgutneftegas” PJSC published on the official website of “Surgutneftegas” PJSC.