Fact-check: Total Energies Company is NOT hiring labour workers for 2023 via a viral WhatsApp link

Writer: Ochaya Jackson

A widely circulated WhatsApp message claiming that Total Energies Oil and Gas Company is looking for skilled and unskilled labour workers with “good pay” is false.

TotalEnergies is a multi-energy company that produces and markets fuels, natural gas and electricity. Our 100,000 employees are committed to better energy that is more affordable, reliable, cleaner and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 130 countries, its ambition is to become a responsible energy major.

The application link attached to the WhatsApp message is a dangerous phishing mechanism, and here is why:

The link, which has been investigated by 211 Check, if once clicked, takes to a one-page form for filling in personal information and calls on applicants, regardless of nationality, to apply.

Once the application is filled, a pop-up message appears indicating that the application is in process and warns that the number of applicants is narrow.

Continuing with the process brings on a page to validate the applicant’s name and fill in the current education status before sending the application.

After validating and filling out the educational status, a congratulatory pop-up message appears with the assurance that one is qualified to serve in Total Energies Company. Still, it requires one to share with five groups or fifteen WhatsApp friends before a confirmation email detailing the successful application is sent.

Websites Forensics

Total Energy has not advertised for the 2023 recruitment of both skilled or unskilled labor, and its website does not bear any ongoing recruitment process.

The whois information for the claim differs from the Total Energy company, the website domain was registered in January 2022, while the Total Energy website was in March 2014.

All social media accounts of Total Energy have yet to share information regarding the 2023 recruitment drive claim.

Conclusion:

The claim that Total Energy is currently recruiting skilled and unskilled labour for 2023 with reasonable salary payment through a WhatsApp link is false.

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