Gulf Coast Western, a U.S. company that participates in the acquisition, exploration, anddevelopment of domestic oil and gas reserves, encourages investors to learn how they canrecognize legitimate opportunities while avoiding Ponzi schemes, scams, and frauds. Gulf CoastWestern focuses on oil and gas reserves located in the United States’s Gulf Coast region anddoes not offer or sell securities.Gulf Coast Western Encourages Measures to Protect InvestorsOil and gas investment scams that were causing complaints during periods of high commodity prices have scared many potential investors into seeking opportunities elsewhere. Some,however, have begun to recognize that the correction in commodity prices have encouraged mostscam artists to seek investors in other industries that are currently hot. This means that the oil andgas industry is free of most of the Ponzi schemes, scams, and frauds that existed a decade ago.There are, however, still complaints about scam artists trying to prey on unsuspecting investors.That is why Gulf coast Western encourages potential investors in oil and gas to follow allguidelines that have been established by the NASAA and the SEX. This will help protect themfrom schemes and scams.Gulf Coast Western Supports Initiatives to Educate Investors about Potential FraudThe recent economic crisis has caused downturns in just about every industry, including oil andgas. Gulf Coast Western, however, sees this as an opportunity for them to build a stable future bytaking advantage of the low prices of land, services, and pipes. Investing wisely in the future of domestic oil and gas, however, means that investors need to understand effective ways todifferentiate scams from legitimate opportunities.Gulf Coast Western has added a Due Diligence page to the company web site(http://www.gulfcoastwestern.com

) that will assist potential investors as they consider their options. Gulf Coast Western’s Due Diligence page is committed to helping investors findlegitimate opportunities while avoiding scams and schemes.Oil and Gas in America’s FutureGulf Coast Western has prepared to use the current market downturn as an opportunity to build amore stable future in the domestic oil and natural gas exploration industry. Currently, thecompany has thousands of acres of land in areas that are rich in oil and natural gas. Theeconomic downturn provides an excellent opportunity for Gulf Coast Western and similar companies to discover and produce new reserves that will serve the United States for decades tocome.Gulf Coast Western’s Attempts to Help Investors Avoid Scams and FraudSince Gulf Coast Western understands that there is a stable market for domestic U.S. oil and gasin the future, the company also wants to help investors avoid scams and fraud so that they can put their money into legitimate ventures that will build wealth and help reestablish the goodname of oil and gas investments.