Nigerian scammers on LinkedIn

[Eirikur]

Just set my LinkedIN profile yesterday to open for work (as my contract that was just renewed for 8 months, suddenly got binned after one month) and got inundated with Nigerians wanting to find a job for me and to rewrite my CV. Most of them claim to be from an agency called Fiverrr, minutes after changing my profile they started flooding my inbox.

Just a warning to keep checking who you send your CV

[WTFH]

It's a company based in Tel Aviv.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiverr

[northernladuk]

Seems to be a case of a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

[ladymuck]

Fiverr have been around for while. It's a freelancers services platform, much like People Per Hour where people bid for piece work.

I suspect that you've been approached by people who tout their wares on that platform. I'd be surprised if the platform owners had branched out into CV writing.

[avonleigh]

Not necessarily a scam. Fiverr is a legitimate platform.

[northernladuk]

I don't understand it therefore it must be illegal

[Dactylion]

I don't understand it therefore it must be illegal

tbf You don't really understand how shoelaces work so......................................

[Eirikur]

Not necessarily a scam. Fiverr is a legitimate platform.

Someone from Nigeria, called William, with 5 followers and a profile pic of a white girl, sounds very legit to me

[northernladuk]

tbf You don't really understand how shoelaces work so......................................

Velcro baby. Non messing about with strings and all that malarkey...

[ladymuck]

Someone from Nigeria, called William, with 5 followers and a profile pic of a white girl, sounds very legit to me

The platform is legit. The person claiming to be from that platform evidently is not. The two are not the same thing.