LoJ:

Sorry dearie. I never knew o. It shall not be well with these fraudster kwanu

MizMyColi:


That's alright
The way he blanked me till date surprises me.

Thank you for your work here

SoapQueen:


He scammed me just on Saturday. I remember adding him a while ago (like I added a few other good people from the writers thread), he contacted me begging to help him work on a book on etiquette in Europe.

After working, he refused to pay and insulted me non-stop. Sent a fake screenshot and has stopped picking my calls.

His name is Hope Daniels from Montreal on Upwork. I played a fast one on him by posting the job I wrote on my blog. The client whom he wrote it for can no longer use the job.


How can we track this guy?

lynx200:


Hmmm! Smart thing you did there. This sounds familiar to a guy who contracted me to work on a 6500 word e-book titled etiquette and negotiation in Europe. Despite the low pay and the tight time duration which I had to appeal to him to lenghten, I started work on the job but had an uncomfortable feeling which made me stop the job halfway on Friday lastweek. @Soapqueen, did he promise you a 100,000 word ebook project after this job? Just want to know if it's the same guy because he used a foreign name which one could tell wasn't his.

MizMyColi:


That's alright
The way he blanked me till date surprises me.

Thank you for your work here

SoapQueen:


Yes, he is one and the-same. I launched my investigation skills and I have gotten in touch with the client. I told him he has met his match. He insulted me and kept laughing at me. I baited him, and he kept saying he has a verified Upwork account and that he has white friends that help him with video verification.

He didn’t know I was setting a trap. @dominique

Benscolari:
I don't really have the leeway to dabble words.
Pictures will do the talking...
Dominique, this clearly contradicts whatever this man is saying.
I remember telling him he'll get his money as soon as my client gives me feedback. Which my client has never done to this day, and he agreed. So I should go ahead and pay him without hearing from my client or anything?
Nigerians!
Thank you

GiftedMind1JEM:
@Sirevee was able to discover and reveal the facial identity of @Benscolari...

I present to you the 'FRAUDSTER'...

MizMyColi:


I am not surprised. My PayPal account was limited due to high influx of funds. Despite this guy's transaction being among the transactions that caused it to be limited, I asked him to help me get more details of the transaction from his/her client, he never did.

He stopped responding to my texts even as I write. He is a male posing as female. Even during our chats, he never corrected me despite my referring to him as "sis"

Other people whom I transacted with even went as far as sharing their freelance earnings and withdrawals to help me.

I finally resolved the issue in less than 24 hours because all the info I used to open the account was genuine and i gave them proof.

Aganyi Fidelis Ukwada
With mobile number +234 803 417 4718 or 08034174718 and monikers ranging from BenScolari to Fidelmalek..

You are a dishonest and untrustworthy individual.

I get that you use a female account on upwork, but deceiving even we that are supposed to be your people as well?

Shioorr

sirevee:



I personally gave him your moniker on Nl. Actually, it was my way of making him fall for a ploy cos I had long detested him without him even realizing. Every of the works mentioned here had one way or so related to me. I wrote virtually every one of the propositions he used for landing the jobs and for the ones I didn't write, he begged me to edit to taste for him. Coincidentally, this thread and the one involving GiftedMind was already up, hence i knew it was edging close to when he wants to launch his duping spree so i pressed him with some demands and as stupid as he was, he fell for it and actually contacted MizMyColi. Sincerely i don't hate people but for this guy, i could actually use him as a target for my shooting lessons (lol, true though) and believe me when i say he might soon be history..

GiftedMind1JEM:
@Sirevee was able to discover and reveal the facial identity of @Benscolari...

I present to you the 'FRAUDSTER'...

SoapQueen:


I’m in talks with the client of the job he scammed me with. I told him I will be his nemesis.

He edited a fake deposit alert and sent me the screenshot, knowing fully well that he didn’t make deposits. He is a fraudster.

The devil works hard, but I work harder.

sirevee:


The last part of your text cracked me up. @MizMyColi, I booked an appointment with your Whatsapp office already. Your secretary asked me to wait... Hoping for an enjoyable reception.

mrphysics:
Sorry for your experience with him.
He is has proven to be a very dishonest and unrepentant criminal.

If there is a way to report a seller on Upwork, I think his account can be blocked if Upwork support receives many report from different people about a particular seller.

We need to take him down pending when nature will reward him of his evil deeds

mrphysics:
Sorry for your experience with him.
He is has proven to be a very dishonest and unrepentant criminal.

If there is a way to report a seller on Upwork, I think his account can be blocked if Upwork support receives many report from different people about a particular seller.

We need to take him down pending when nature will reward him of his evil deeds

lynx200:
You guys are doing a great job exposing the fraudsters preying on their fellow Nairalanders. Funny thing was I was almost working with Benscolari but for a minor detail that stopped our relationship and looking at this thread, thank God it happened.

Can I give an advice here that would help writers here? If you're writing a long form work, an e-book of 7000-10000 or more words, ask for an upfront fee(at least 50%) before working. In the scriptwriting world where I came from, that's how we work. Some even pay the whole fee before the job. At least this way you can know the scammers out there as well as the serious ones.

Fortunately, there are still many good Nairalanders who play fairly in business relationships and I have had dealings with some of them. I think it's high time some sort of rules be made about outsourcing writing jobs just like its done on reddit. Something like the presence of an escrow for e-currency exchangers and others like it. This could help safeguard this industry which is helping a lot of people on Nairaland. It's unacceptable to allow these fraudsters to drag the name of these good forum into the mud with their selfish acts.

Benscolari:
where do these people come out from?
Just where?
This guy did a job for me... In milestones (like I usually do)
I submitted the first part of the project to the client, and client went MIA, Kindly use Google to know about scam clients on Upwork and other freelance companies.. So I should pay you, when the client is UNRESPONSIVE, right?
Now if I wanted to scam you, I'll definitely ask you for the whole job right? Nigerians are something else.
Out of over 30 writers plus, only just you and that gifted mind of a guy..
Someone should call me out for a proper scam case not this infallible talks

Lizwriter:


I want to appeal to all those accepting writing jobs to ask for part payment at least before proceeding. I've been duped uncountable times. Writing is not an easy task abeg.

LoJ:

His pictures were already available on nairaland. Just look up his other monikers greenstar or fidelmalek. He is a notorious scammer and has been operating for a long time.

sirevee:



I wouldn't deny that writing isn't easy but abeg, we live in a country where everyone is a suspect. What if you paid upfront only for the writer to do a below par job? Or in even a worse case, doesn't even deliver anything at all? What do you do then? Don't get me wrong, I'm not against your idea but we need to understand that this thing is a two-sided coin. Caution pays.

Lizwriter:


I said part payment! Most of the people outsourcing jobs are often at fault. They will get the job and disappear. I remember one like that; he even appreciated the job and also confirmed that his client loved it but disappeared without paying and many others like that. I can't work for you and you complain, it's not possible. It has never happened. There's nothing wrong with part payment. If you're not satisfied with the job at the end of the day, your money can be refunded.

Lizwriter:


I said part payment! Most of the people outsourcing jobs are often at fault. They will get the job and disappear. I remember one like that; he even appreciated the job and also confirmed that his client loved it but disappeared without paying and many others like that. I can't work for you and you complain, it's not possible. It has never happened. There's nothing wrong with part payment. If you're not satisfied with the job at the end of the day, your money can be refunded.

MizMyColi:


Cocky much?

That I didn't complain doesn't mean you wrote well.
I never used that job.

I paid you nonetheless.

MizMyColi:


Cocky much?

That I didn't complain doesn't mean you wrote well.
I never used that job.

I paid you nonetheless.

MizMyColi:


Cocky much?

That I didn't complain doesn't mean you wrote well.
I never used that job.

I paid you nonetheless.

MizMyColi:


Cocky much?

That I didn't complain doesn't mean you wrote well.
I never used that job.

I paid you nonetheless.

Lizwriter:


I can't remember handling any job for you. If your claim is true, attach the job here and tell everyone why you didn't use it. Let us also know how much you paid for it.

MizMyColi:


I don't need to do these for my claim to be true.
I don't say stuff i don't mean.
That you don't recognize this moniker does not erase the possibility of a secondary one.

Go figure.