Fraud and Impersonation Warning

1The warning

Eurabelt Fuels Ltd is aware that its name, its seal and the names of its people may be used by others to make offers, documents and requests appear genuine. This warning describes the schemes, what Eurabelt never does, and what to do.

2Schemes to recognise

2.1 Fake offers

Offers of petroleum products said to come from, be supplied by or be “approved by” Eurabelt. Eurabelt is verification infrastructure, not a trading house: it does not sell product on its own account and does not issue supply offers.

2.2 Fake mandates

People who present themselves as a mandate, agent, broker, representative or Custodian of Eurabelt, sometimes with letters of authority, identity cards or e-mail signatures. Only the people listed on leadership.eurabeltfuels.com act for Eurabelt, and only in the role listed for them.

2.3 Fake certificates and documents

Forged or altered sanctions screening certificates, banking verification certificates, vessel clearances, passport verification records, EBRICS codes, introducer agreements or documents bearing the Eurabelt seal. A genuine certificate always carries a number that the issuing register confirms.

2.4 Requests for fees

Requests to pay an “onboarding fee”, “screening fee”, “registration fee”, “compliance deposit” or similar to Eurabelt or to anyone acting in its name — often to a personal or third-party account.

2.5 Lookalike addresses and sites

E-mail addresses and websites that resemble Eurabelt’s, using free e-mail services or domains with extra letters, hyphens or different endings.

3What Eurabelt never does

• It never charges for onboarding, sanctions screening, registration or verification.
• It never holds the funds or the cargo of the parties, and never asks for payment to a personal account. All financial transactions must be made through approved bank-to-bank channels.
• It never corresponds from free or personal e-mail services.
• It never authorises anyone who is not listed on the leadership register to act or speak for it.
• It never makes a determination by personal decision: no person can sell, promise or arrange a pass.

4Always verify

Before relying on any document or person presented as Eurabelt:

1. Check the document at the Verification Centre using the number printed on it — banking certificates (EF-BK-…), sanctions certificates and notices (EBF-…), vessel clearances, passport verification records, EBRICS codes, agreements and documents prepared by Eurabelt.
2. Open the Verification Centre yourself, by typing eurabeltfuels.uk. Do not rely on a link, QR code or telephone number supplied with the document.
3. Find the person on leadership.eurabeltfuels.com.
4. Check the sender address against the Communications Authenticity Notice (EBF-DOC-004).
5. Check Eurabelt’s own registrations on the official registers from the Credentials page.

5If you have been targeted

1. Stop. Do not pay and do not send further documents or information.
2. Keep everything: messages with their full sender addresses, documents, account details and the names used.
3. Report it to compliance@eurabeltfuels.eu.
4. If you have paid, contact your bank at once.
5. Report the matter to the police in your country; in the United Kingdom, to Action Fraud.

6Responsibility

Eurabelt Fuels Ltd is not bound by, and does not accept responsibility for, any offer, commitment, document or request made in its name by a person who is not listed on its leadership register, or made outside the published channels described in the Communications Authenticity Notice. Eurabelt reserves all its rights against those who impersonate it or misuse its name and seal.