Raptor,
Thanks for the heads up. SERS Group of companies has been alerted of this SCAM only last week via a disgruntled student and potential students.
On further investigation it can be clearly seen that the SERS Group of companies are NOT actually involved in this. SERS Group of companies are involved with training but only at a corporate level.
Please see the DISCLAIMER below from the SERS Group website.
DISCLAIMER
SERS Group is an independent subsea service provider. SERS Group and its employees, agents and representatives, are in no way, shape or form affiliated with any companies or entities registered in South Africa. No inference should ever be drawn that we have any links or reference to any South Africa companies or entities. We are an accredited IMCA member and provide subsea services with high quality.
SERS Group is currently the subject of a hoax domain connection campaign. The hoax domain connection is linking one of our company websites to an alleged business in South Africa to create an illusion to the members of the public that the alleged business is part of SERS Group. The hoax domain connection is in no way acknowledged, approved or authorised by SERS Group. Please visit us at our authentic website: www.sersgroup.net and do not click on suspicious links, e.g. SERS Group South Africa or sersgroup.com.
Please see below an extract of an email sent to the website hosts by the SERS Group of companies.
Hello
I am one of the directors of Subsea Engineering & ROV Services Pte Ltd (in short SERS Pte Ltd). SERS Pte Ltd is a member of SERS Group who is a subsea service provider established in early 2011.
The domain sersgroup.com under your registrar is legally owned by SERS Pte Ltd and the current registered owner xxx was an ex-employee of ours who worked as free-lance consultant. During his employment, he was assigned to set up and run the company website sersgroup.com and all the website-related expenses were paid by SERS.
www.sersgroup.com is the property of SERS Pte Ltd and xxx failed to set the site up after one year so SERS decided to purchase another domain sersgroup.net. Now xxx has left the company and we are taking legal action against him to retrieve all the assets he purchased abusing SERSs fund, including all the equipment, hardware, computers, vehicle in his South Africa factory and the factory deposit/rental.
Recently to our surprise, the company website sersgroup.com is being directed to Ezze Marine, a business owned by xxx without SERSs authorisation. This is a violation to our ownership and fraudulent activity. SERS Group, its affiliate, its and its affiliates employees, directors, agents and representatives are not in any way shape or form affiliated with Ezze Marine or alleged SERS Group South Africa. Our lawyers are preparing a legal suit for infringement.
We demand you to take the following actions immediately:
1. Disconnect the link from www.sersgroup.com to Ezze Marine
2. Freeze or transfer the ownership of www.sersgroup.com to SERS Pte Ltd or one of the registered directors.
Further to all of the above IMCA have been notified regarding the SCAM that Ezze Marine are running.
Again for clarification, this course is NOT BEING RUN by SERS GROUP.
If anyone would care to know who xxx is so that you can send him a personal email then feel free to PM.
Thanks for the heads up. SERS Group of companies has been alerted of this SCAM only last week via a disgruntled student and potential students.
On further investigation it can be clearly seen that the SERS Group of companies are NOT actually involved in this. SERS Group of companies are involved with training but only at a corporate level.
Please see the DISCLAIMER below from the SERS Group website.
DISCLAIMER
SERS Group is an independent subsea service provider. SERS Group and its employees, agents and representatives, are in no way, shape or form affiliated with any companies or entities registered in South Africa. No inference should ever be drawn that we have any links or reference to any South Africa companies or entities. We are an accredited IMCA member and provide subsea services with high quality.
SERS Group is currently the subject of a hoax domain connection campaign. The hoax domain connection is linking one of our company websites to an alleged business in South Africa to create an illusion to the members of the public that the alleged business is part of SERS Group. The hoax domain connection is in no way acknowledged, approved or authorised by SERS Group. Please visit us at our authentic website: www.sersgroup.net and do not click on suspicious links, e.g. SERS Group South Africa or sersgroup.com.
Please see below an extract of an email sent to the website hosts by the SERS Group of companies.
Hello
I am one of the directors of Subsea Engineering & ROV Services Pte Ltd (in short SERS Pte Ltd). SERS Pte Ltd is a member of SERS Group who is a subsea service provider established in early 2011.
The domain sersgroup.com under your registrar is legally owned by SERS Pte Ltd and the current registered owner xxx was an ex-employee of ours who worked as free-lance consultant. During his employment, he was assigned to set up and run the company website sersgroup.com and all the website-related expenses were paid by SERS.
www.sersgroup.com is the property of SERS Pte Ltd and xxx failed to set the site up after one year so SERS decided to purchase another domain sersgroup.net. Now xxx has left the company and we are taking legal action against him to retrieve all the assets he purchased abusing SERSs fund, including all the equipment, hardware, computers, vehicle in his South Africa factory and the factory deposit/rental.
Recently to our surprise, the company website sersgroup.com is being directed to Ezze Marine, a business owned by xxx without SERSs authorisation. This is a violation to our ownership and fraudulent activity. SERS Group, its affiliate, its and its affiliates employees, directors, agents and representatives are not in any way shape or form affiliated with Ezze Marine or alleged SERS Group South Africa. Our lawyers are preparing a legal suit for infringement.
We demand you to take the following actions immediately:
1. Disconnect the link from www.sersgroup.com to Ezze Marine
2. Freeze or transfer the ownership of www.sersgroup.com to SERS Pte Ltd or one of the registered directors.
Further to all of the above IMCA have been notified regarding the SCAM that Ezze Marine are running.
Again for clarification, this course is NOT BEING RUN by SERS GROUP.
If anyone would care to know who xxx is so that you can send him a personal email then feel free to PM.