My Name is Godwin, CEO of Webdevelopersng.com., a web development and software development firm in Calabar. Am writing this piece of advice to all my fellow webmaster in NL and to all CEO's. Due to how we display our profiles, account numbers, phone number etc online.. i think this fraudsters are picking up this info and they decide to scam us.

My Story[/b]: Early this morning in the office, my phone rang, thinking its a genuine client, i never knew it was a fraudster. He called me by my name and called up my company name too, and claims to be an Honourable from Abakiliki in Ebonyi. He said, he wants our company to run an Online Networking website that will link all the government parastatals in Ebonyi state. I asked him few questions of which he could not reply me and he cut the call, i tried calling him back but he refused to pick, few hours later i called same number with another line, another person picked the call, as i was trying to threthen them that i will report them to MTN because they were using an MTN line, they cut and told me to get out.

My fellow webmasters and CEO's, these guys are out there against us and we just have to get ourselves ready for them. I once fell for them (frausters) and thank God it was little money i lost.

[b]BELOW ARE TIPS TO IDENTIFY A FRAUSTER OR A SCAMMER

1. They will call you by name, with your company name and also claim that a client of yours gave them your contact.
2. They will present to you a mouth watering contract and things they know you can do and those you cannot do.
3. They will tell you to provide something in advance like cash, recharge cards, etc.
4. Never you fall for a contract that you never initiated or been part of the initiators.
5. Try to control your taste and dont be greedy.
6. What they will present on the table is always mouth watering, and if you are a greedy type, you will fall for them. So try as much as possible to share the information with 1 or 2 persons close to you for ideas and suggestions.
7. They will always try to twist your head and warn you not to tell anybody about the contract... they are liars and thieves cos they know telling someone about it, could lead you to be discouraged.

I don't know who this person is and i don't know who and who he must have scammed with his fake contract. Maybe they have different lines they use for this business that i dont know, but here is the MTN line the fraudster used to call me: 07033474804 and he calls himself honourable from Abakiliki LGA in Ebonyi state.

I would have preffered this article to be in the FrontPage for so many people to learn from it. We need to start exposing these people and to make this country not conducive for them.

Thank you very much for the information. for those of you who are greedy and selfish dont let foolishness ruin what you have suffered for.

Thanks

people need to be wary of such scammers prowling the internet

I have never done or seen anywhere where you have to send the client recharge cards or money for a job he is "supposed to pay" you to do.

So if you ever fall for that, then you have yourself fully to blame.

I won't even lift a finger until half of my fee has been paid!
Me?! Send Recharge card?! Pfft!!!

I was once a victim of this. But it was for another kind of business. This guys called my name and my former working place. They now told me about a oil equipment business they will want me to run for them. They told me they will give an Alhaji my number and I should inflate the price so we can make some profit over the deal. The Alhaji called me. The hausa accent was flawless. A meeting was setup for two of us at the Airrport, where I come and pick up the money.

I kept on telling them I was coming to the airport till they realise say they don jam.

Well guys just be careful. Don't agree to pay anything before getting a job. Your portfolio should speak for you.

kingthreat: Well guys just be careful. Don't agree to pay anything before getting a job. Your portfolio should speak for you.

True talk bro. We just need to be carefull. They have different strategies. God will keep exposing them

Sorry am not derailing this thread but I have a simple question! 1. Why must you pay to get a contract? Illegal. 2. What if a client paid a webmaster for a job and the webmaster completed the job but with a BASIC feature missing. What do we call this? And how do we retrace it when the webmaster bluntly refuse to add the feature? Advice please cuz am a victim