5 Red Flags of A Russian Oil Trading Scam
3 min readApr 25, 2021
As exotic and mystical the world of oil trading can sometimes sound like, naturally in people’s perception an image of a Russian oligarchs or an Arabian Royalty buying European football clubs pops up to mind.
Every other day I get a call or an email from someone offering me an opportunity that will make me one of the wealthiest people in the world. It will turn the broker in that transaction into an instant millionaire and will never have to work a day again in his life. An offer of 50,000MT of Russian D2 cargo at $230 per Metric Ton keeping in mind that…