Cluster Intelligence · Investigated + tracked

The scam cluster directory. Investigated, sourced, public.

Entities investigated first-party by OilFlow's named investigator after real cargo-scale pitches (the confirmed clusters at the top), plus corroborated likely-shell entities, each carrying its source. This directory lists only first-party-confirmed and corroborated clusters; the broader set of publicly-reported suspected patterns we track (counted below) is reviewed individually before any named entity is published.

The flagship cluster, mapped

A cluster is not one bad actor, it is a network. This is the Simar Chahal investigation: the principal who claimed to be Chevron's CEO, the entities he claimed around him, and the $50M cargo lift the map stopped. Every node is a real, published finding.

oilflow: cluster mapReal data
Simar ChahalCONFIRMEDSSW KafcimaLIKELY SHELLArrakis DevelopmentLIKELY SHELLLinked entityLINKEDLinked entityLINKED$50M cargo liftSTOPPED
Replay of a real investigation5 linked entities · $50M cargo lift stoppedRead the evidence chain →

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How a cluster gets onto this directory

  1. A customer, journalist, victim, or inspector reports the pitch at /clusters/submit or via POST /api/v1/clusters/submit.
  2. An OilFlow investigator triages the submission against public registries, sanctions lists, the existing corpus, and adverse-media databases.
  3. On accept, a row enters broker_scam_blocklist with the investigator's name + the evidence chain intact. The submitter is never named in the public record.
  4. Every Cluster Intelligence Feed and Pre-Deal Copilot customer is then automatically protected. Pre-Deal verdicts against the entity return a block tier with clearance probability under 5 %.

Questions people ask before they wire

What is a scam cluster?
A scam cluster is a network of counterparties, front companies, and impersonation identities that OilFlow has traced through first-party investigation of physical commodity trade, not a generic blocklist. The confirmed cluster this directory was built around is the Simar Chahal case, a Chevron-CEO impersonation used to push fabricated crude and product deals. Each entry documents the pitch, the routing layer, and the evidence behind it.
How do I check if an oil or fuel supplier is legitimate before I wire funds?
Run the counterparty through the free check first. It screens against this first-party fraud-cluster corpus, with a result in seconds, and it queries no sanctions list.
Why doesn't sanctions screening alone catch these scams?
Sanctions lists only cover entities a government has formally designated. Most counterparties in these clusters, including the impersonators in the Simar Chahal case, have never been designated and pass a standard OFAC or UN check cleanly. Catching them takes first-party investigation of the pitch itself, the intermediaries in the chain, and how payment and documents are routed.
How do I report a suspected scam or fraudulent pitch?
Send the counterparty details, the documents, and how the pitch reached you through the report form at /clusters/submit. An OilFlow investigator reviews each submission, and the submitter is never named in the public record. Confirmed cases enter the cluster corpus, so the next person who screens that name is protected.

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