Seisma Oil Research LLC, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

Hi - Seisma Oil Research are listed on the FSA's warning list of unauthorised overseas firms operating in the UK

It warns: "Such firms are often involved in ‘boiler room’ activities and pose a high degree of risk to consumers... If you are cold-called by an unauthorised overseas firm in relation to stocks or shares, you should be extremely careful – the most effective protection against such unauthorised firms is to have nothing to do with them."

You can see the list here fsa.gov.uk/pages/Doing/Regulated/Law/Alerts/overseas.shtml

I hope that helps.

If you are thinking of investing in any company in this country get in touch with Trading Standards/OFT first as they are bound to know whether there have been any problems. Should also be registered at Companies house. If it is overseas leave it alone as nine times out of ten it is a scam, they should also have a base in this country if legal. I would think you have lost your money. Would probably be impossible to trace.

I've bought into several oilfields, and after thinking initially that they were a good investment, I'm now having my doubts. Production on a couple of the wells is supposed to be starting soon, so I'll see if any income is forthcoming.

I'm sure there are hundreds of investors in Seisma in the UK alone, and no doubt all of them, like me, will have been subjected to the hard sales pitch of Nigel Bond, Phil Stearn and Victor Hadley. Their blackmail tactics used on me were scandalous!

Partners Enermax, Evans Energy and NeoFirma all seem respectable businesses and Bigger Badder Wolf oil well would appear to be paying out.

Only time will tell!

Hi,

For anyone interested there is an ever growing discussion on Seisma and their activities on http://hubpages.com/hub/Non-US-citizens-Investing-in-American-Oil-Gas-Re...

A number of seisma investors are looking into what group legal action can be taken through the aforementioned pages.

I, along with many other investors are taking legal action against Seisma Energy Research AVV and their industrial partners to get our money back with damages. Do you wish to join us?

Please e-mail me I am an investor like you but I am taking legal action

I am from Australia and I also have invested quite a substantial amount with this company - after doing some research on Enermax and Evans Energy I thought it should be OK as they seem quite reputable businesses but I am starting to think that this Seisma Oil Research Co is a scam. All I get from them are calls to invest more, pay money to the Carribean Stock Exchange in order to sell stocks or pay an extra $2,700 to secure LDA shares. I feel ridiculously STUPID...
Please count me in regarding group legal actions against these people. These were the people that contacted me: Nigel Bond, James Le May and Adam Greene.

I invested in West Janice No. 1 and West Janice No. 3 after due online research which convinced me they were sound investments. Promises of dividends never materialised and kept being pushed back further and further. Also finally told unless I invested more money then the values of my units were now worthless. I presume they moved registered address from Florida to Aruba to escape USA jurisdiction. James Le May, Colin Masters, Nigel Bond, Adam Greene and Michael Rose are the names of people at Seisma who have contacted me since making the investment. I would love to see these people get their just desserts.

Im from Australia too, same same dealing with frauds Nigel Bond, James Le May and Adam Greene...it hasnt sunk in yet. please include me in taking action!! i have a year of records!

Hi Larry
I to invested in Seisma Oil over 12months ago in West Janis 1 and also 2
As you already know that no dividends have been issued ( don’t suppose ever will)
I have been ask for various interim payment over the last 9 months, “water disposal on two occasions, and to pay 5000 dollars into a Caribbean stock exchange two weeks later asking for a further 5000dollers
saying that the minimum dealings were 10,000 dollars if I did not pay this I would lose every think, (Have not paid) as all other investors l cannot afford to lose this sort of money.
I would like to be involved in bringing these scammers to justice.
Further to this I was informed by my Bank (high st Bank) that my account had been a target of
identity fraud and all but £18.54 had been removed and the souce went back to the payment I made through their German bank for water disposal I do not keep a lot of money in this account
just as well. my insurance company are on the case with the police.
Regards Ken

I was scammed as well I have launched a complaint against them with the SEC gov complaints but want to take legal action to recover my money back. I will join you as I have kept all documents and emails trails.

They have defrauded me in the West Janice 2 & 3 project.

Regards

Abdul.

Please send me any details , l would like to also find a way of getting my funds back and wwould be willing to help with legal actions.

Hi,
I invested over 10K in this firm, our tel num is 01443 662555, should you wish to get in touch.

Regards,
Lisa

i have invested into oil field "west janice" (no. ?). then i had to pay a charge for the water disposal machine they had to install.

last year i got several calls, each time from a different person. one said my money is lost and i could pay what i have paid to save what i have invested. that one claimed to be from a different company who allegedly has bought up seisma (or parts of). it became obvious to me that this is a scam.

but are their oil fields really all bogus?

Hi, I to am from Australia, I think we should stick together and
approach the Australian Foreign affairs department to assist us.
I have spoke to the Police in Aruba who are asissting me with my investigations. I will let you know the outcome.
If any one is interested we need to band together and make our
government listen and help us.

I would like to know who you contacted in the police in Aruba and Australia. I am an Australian and would like to complain to the same people.
Steve

Hello sir,

I am an investor in janice 2 with seisma, paid approx £7500. in Sept '08 havd had no dividend payment just one delay after another they have asked for £750 mor to pay for saltwater deposit.

I would be interested in joining a group to return our money.

i'm from ireland.i too would like to know who you got in contact with so i cna make a formal complaint against these assholes.
declan.

Guys, as with everyone on this page i have invested a considerable amount into this business after what i thought was a good deal of research. I have so far recieved nothing but more calls asking for additional investment. I have today informed them that i would be seeking legal representation so if anyone is truly looking into what can be done then i would be keen to support and take part.

I contacted the authorities at an early stage regarding Seisma but unfortunately they did not want to know. I alerted them when I got caught out with Future Power Industries and this was part of the same scam. You will see the link and my alert on the Fool discussion board..
I tried to shut them down but to my disgust no one would listen I also informed the F.S.A and the S.E.C. but again my warnings fell on deaf ears.
Something should be done and I have kept the paperwork I even mentioned them in a newspaper article in the U.K.

Please contact me atr my e-mail address, as I too am going about suing this Company.

I have visited the South Braslau site in Texas with Justin Solomon and Robert Gaylord and met Lavon Evans of Evans Energy. The drill site is genuine and Lavon Evans told me he had invested in it.
Investing in oil wells is very risky. We were made aware of the potential gains to encourage investment, but the return is based on what comes out of the ground and unless one is experienced in the oil industry we haven't got a clue.
Should we (the investors) try to go directly to the drilling companies Enermax and Evans Energy to establish what is happening with our investment
The SXC shares are a different matter and by the sound of it there is some skulduggery going on. The shares were offered in place of half a unit in LDA providing we put some money towards the puchase and then the shares could be sold and we would be paid out. So far it has not happened.

I also have invested with seisma in both West Janice No 1 well and South Braslau No 1 well. to date I have not received any of the promised returns and am now investigating as I have not been able to login to the client information site.

Been scammed for £5000. There trying to get me to open the SXC share account for £5,000 to allow the sale of my unit for a huge profit.
It's all lies. I dont trust them or even people on the forums because you dont know who's who.
Be careful with people talking about taking legal action to recover losses. If they ask for money how do you know it's not the same people trying to scam you by pretending to take legal action against themselves?
They've moved to Aruba knowing that they can get touched (well not by law enforcement agancies anyway).

Anyway, Im a Royal Marine and heading to Aruba for some training exercises this year. Think I'll say hello.

Per Mare Per Terram

I have invested as much as USD 345 000. I had some savings and
also borrowed from the bank. Now I have not been contacted for
1 month and they seem to have shut down completely. Nobody answers
the telephone, their homepage is gone etc.
Can anyone give some hope? I am 70 years old and feel so utterly stupid.
I am trying to contact Evans Energy and Enermax to see if they can give
some information.