The Top 10 Petroleum Buyer Scams and How to Avoid Them

• Fake refinery mandate — demand notarized LOA.
• TTO direct from refinery — refineries don't sell TTO, terminals do.
• Advance fee for SBLC issuance — never legitimate.
• 2% PB upfront — PBs come from seller's credit line.
• CIF ASWP Worldwide at one price — economically impossible.
• "Saudi Aramco direct allocation" — Aramco sells through long-term offtakers, not LinkedIn.
• Russian oil Telegram brokers — sanctioned and fictional.
• Free dip test invitation requiring travel deposit — stay home.
• Photoshopped Q88s — verify on Equasis or AIS.
• "Closed group seller, only my mandate" 4-deep brokers — no principal at the end.

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