1. Pay to get a job

Job Seekers are the main target of this scam. You promised a job but a condition is set, "Pay a fee" for the job.

2. Romance aka Yahoo Yahoo!

People who pretend to love you only because they want you to care for them. Shortly after they bring to your attention their financial problems which are often fake. These scams are popular in chat rooms e.g yahoo chat, facebook chat etc but a few ingenious folks have taken to nairaland to spread this here.

3. Product Promotion/Lottery Scam

Someone contacts you usually by sms that you're the lucky winner in a product promotions lottery.

4. Contract Scam

The scammer gets your details from nairaland then contacts you claiming they have a contract for you to supply goods.

5. Online Sales Scams

When a scammer offers a product at a highly attractive price but never delivers the goods or delivers a damaged item instead.

Here on Nairaland which of these scams have you ever faced?

Interesting stuff here.

@Poster, tell us more about Point 1.

I was under the impression that there are some agencies out there that specialize in recruitment (say graduate recruitment for example). Doesn't it stand to reason that they'll charge customers / Job seekers for their services? If not, then how else do they make their money?

The reason I ask is because I'm curious...

Eze Promoe: None! Do they really exist?

Do they really exist? Ask one of their victims, they'll tell you everything you need to know!

Efemena_xy: Interesting stuff here.

@Poster, tell us more about Point 1.

I was under the impression that there are some agencies out there that specialize in recruitment (say graduate recruitment for example). Doesn't it stand to reason that they'll charge customers / Job seekers for their services? If not, then how else do they make their money?

The reason I ask is because I'm curious...

Point 1 is what some fake recruitment agencies do to desperate job seekers. For instance someone sending you a congratulatory sms that you've landed a job when in actual fact there isn't any. The long and short of it all is you pay registration fees for jobs that don't exist!

6. People who 'compete' with themselves ONLINE. . .CLAIMING THEY HAVE THIS AND THAT WITHOUT PROOF!
Awon . . . "Married to and impregnated by THE ONE AND ONLY HOLY GHOST"!