Nigerian scammers on LinkedIn

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ladymuck replied

13 February 2024, 13:50
Originally posted by Eirikur View Post

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.
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northernladuk replied

13 February 2024, 12:51
Originally posted by Dactylion View Post

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

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

13 February 2024, 11:53
Originally posted by avonleigh View Post

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
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Dactylion replied

13 February 2024, 11:39
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

I don't understand it therefore it must be illegal

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

13 February 2024, 11:31
I don't understand it therefore it must be illegal
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avonleigh replied

13 February 2024, 11:29
Not necessarily a scam. Fiverr is a legitimate platform.
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ladymuck replied

13 February 2024, 10:06
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.
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northernladuk replied

13 February 2024, 09:06
Seems to be a case of a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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WTFH replied

13 February 2024, 08:40
It's a company based in Tel Aviv.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiverr
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Eirikur started a topic Nigerian scammers on LinkedIn

13 February 2024, 08:13
Nigerian scammers on LinkedIn

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
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