Scams and Phishing

This type of fraud consists in the promotion of disinformation and profiling campaigns that abusively exploit Eni’s brands, names and people and leverage the attractiveness of topics such as "investments" and "economic bonuses", for example periodic or fixed economic rents or fuel vouchers. 

These campaigns set up fake websites, fake accounts, and fake pages on social networks to sponsor initiatives. They also use other propagation systems, the so-called "chain letters", taking advantage of widespread instant messaging service chats (e.g. Whatsapp). Recipients reached by such campaigns are often asked to fill out online forms to obtain personal data, or questionnaires are submitted whose answers allow them to profile the recipient.

Often, after the steps outlined above, you will be contacted by phone, also by international numbers or by email. Eni’s alleged employees or agents will request, on behalf of the company, and in order to activate the promo or investment, the payment of certain amounts, and will specify IBAN codes or online financial platform websites to collect the requested payment.

Be wary of any financial promotions that can be activated via payments on IBAN in the name of private individuals or unauthorized financial operators.

The presence of these elements indicates a possible fraud. Report it to the Authorities.

The victim is contacted for a job offer at Eni by so-called recruiters or Eni executives. With this scam technique, the victim is often asked for a sum in advance for the purchase of technical material. Other times, the victim is asked to receive a sum of money from their bank account to be transferred to another account indicated by the scammer, withholding a percentage of the same amount (see "Money muling" below).

To avoid falling into this type of scams, we remind you that Eni proceeds to contact potential candidates for work positions exclusively:

• via email addresses ending with @eni.it or @eni.com or @example.eni.it or @example.eni.com
• via Linkedin with Eni’s official account (find out how to check if a Linkedin account is legitimate here)

Senders such as, for example, recruitment@eni-ng.com, eni.nigeria@gmail.com and eni.spa9090@gmail.com are to be considered not legitimate.

The presence of these elements indicates a possible fraud. Report it to the Authorities.

The victim is contacted by a person who deceitfully declares to be one of Eni’s employees or their independent supplier, often "offshore", expressing an urgent need for money for:

• repairing a damaged mechanical part, in order to complete a project
• reaching the necessary budget to start a project
• issues related to their bank account
• other fake reasons for not being able to move or get money (for example, due to illness, broken means of transport, problems with the police, etc.).

Sometimes, to increase credibility, the scammer accompanies the request for money with attachments (email or via chat) depicting company badges and (obviously false) contracts awarded, in Eni’s name, or providing specific times for starting and ending the project, and therefore the reimbursement of the amount.
Often all this happens after the scammer has previously established a personal relationship – usually via social networks or via phone/email – with the victim. In some cases, the relationship might also be romantic, hence this fraudulent scheme is also known as "Romance scam".
The presence of these elements indicates a possible fraud. Report it to the Authorities.
To know more, read here.

It may occur that the two previous fraudulent modes (Job scam and Romance scam) are conveyed with a variant, called "Money muling". It is a technique whereby the fraudster transfers money, obtained illegally, using the victim's current account as a "bridge of passage" for the final destination, or of course another landing account. The victim is promised and/or recognized a small percentage of the transferred amount.
In essence, it is a matter of money laundering aimed at shielding both the real sender and the real recipient of the transaction.
The presence of these elements indicates a possible fraud. Report it to the Authorities.
To know more, read here.