einsteine:


You can no longer open an Upwork account as a Nigerian. Except you are offering programming and mobile development services. If it is writing or digital marketing, your profile won't be approved.

Jasi7:
Einstein please I'm stuck o...on upwork I got to the stage where I am asked to fill in my certification,which certification am I supposed to put there,I saw oracle,adobe certified expert,blackberry certified builder blah blah blah...but there is an option of ''other certifications''.what should I do

einsteine:


It's not compulsory. If you have any certification pertaining to the service you are rendering, then you can include it there. Other certifications is for certifications that are not on the list.

MULLAH123:
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zeke100:
Pls house help your boy, i tried opening an account again and I am still getting the same response. After changing IP, time and co

http://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/_~014f2d1864c437d8f6/

cc: databoy247, MULLAH123, ladyF, I888

zeke100:

databoy247:


Take it off. What network do you use?

MULLAH123:

Seen.
Add skill, work experience, school attended, and take like 2 more test in addition.

Jasi7:
mullah good afternoon sir,please o..I have registered on upwork but I was told to add skills and when I tried doing so a pop up came and it read that I should put up at least 10skills...[b]during the typing they don't provide spaces for you to type the skills just a blank page for you to type,[/b]how will type multiple skills? Is it by numbering them on that blank page?

MULLAH123:

This your statement is contradicting.

Start typing the skill, you will see a drop-down suggestion, select what you intend typing.

Note: you choose what pops-up, you don't completely write it yourself.

Jasi7:

I just checked my mail to see a warning from upwork saying the image I uploaded is not a true likeness of me...what does that mean?...to say the truth I used fakenamegenerator and I got the pic from the web though...a female name with SSN,DOB and the rest plus a female pic from the net

databoy247:

Upload the pic here plus the name so i take a look.

Jasi7:

I just checked my mail to see a warning from upwork saying the image I uploaded is not a true likeness of me...what does that mean?...to say the truth I used fakenamegenerator and I got the pic from the web though...a female name with SSN,DOB and the rest plus a female pic from the net

databoy247:

Upload the pic here plus the name so i take a look.

Gudiza:
Saw and followed this thread earlier in the week hoping to read it when I had the opportunity. Was about to say well done OP for creating this wonderful empowerment opportunity for youths, but.......I have to say suggesting we use, or the use of Foreign IPs, Photos etc is NOT legal.i.e. ILLEGAL..Get it Right and Do Not Kill Your Conscience! I mean, this expressly violates the terms and conditions for registering on UPWORK declared on the website if you ever bother to read anything -- which you AGREED to uphold BTW.

That said, I want to encourage and tell good Nigerians that you should not be bothered about all what we Nigerians say about ourselves. It is true there is a lot of cyber criminality about these parts and it might seem we're disadvantaged in some aspects when starting out, but, at the same time, it is general to a very large extent. Hence, let us not feel boxed into a corner.

Just be ready to work hard. If you keep focused, it will start rolling in. I registered on Upwork myself last year 2015 as an experiment, completed my profile and two exams which I passed well. Stayed like that for a while (maybe 1 or 2 months) and began to get invites for interviews without even doing any bidding. Same story with Fiverr, Freelancer..

I strongly advice you desist from towing the path of illegality, hope you all know that Upwork reserves the right to arbitrarily request verification from anyone at anytime. What would you do when you rake up that $$$$ with your fake picture, addresses, phone no and then get blocked till you provide some ID & bank Statement or even worse, permanently suspended?

Remember this because once you go down that rabbit hole there's only one outcome at the end which is more and more frustration!

Jasi7:

I just checked my mail to see a warning from upwork saying the image I uploaded is not a true likeness of me...what does that mean?...to say the truth I used fakenamegenerator and I got the pic from the web though...a female name with SSN,DOB and the rest plus a female pic from the net

stagger:


People like you are the reason Nigeria stinks to the high heavens abroad. Why must the mindset of a Nigerian always border on ILLEGALITY? WHY?

databoy247:

Thanks for your advice, but this is the risk some of us are willing to take. While it lasts, we hope to earn some money (also by working hard) and improve our personal economic situation which the government has totally failed to do. And before you talk about legality, don't you think it is totally illegal for PayPal to keep collecting our money without allowing us receive payments??

Fraud or not, Nigerians are one of the largest internet spenders in Africa and legal binding guys like you and the Nigerian government can do absolutely nothing to force PayPal to do the needful. If we can accept payments with our PayPal accounts, do you think we will be looking to cut corners just to earn money we intend to work hard for?

Let's face facts. You may be good at what you do, but how many Americans will be willing to work with you especially for the first time as a Nigerian? Are you telling us it is that easy?? You may have the patience BUT others do not have the patience. If you make the money, fine. If you get banned, fine. Life goes on.

But spending 3 years with just $200 earned?? No way. There is a lot we need to accomplish in life than spend 10 years trying to earn $500. If you have no day job or side business (and have a family), you will feel the pain of others struggling with online freelancing.

Cheers.

Jasi7:


CORRECT GUY!!!...GOOD ANSWER...by the way databoy247,upwork has finally approved my profile.

stagger:
Let me issue a VERY STRONG WARNING to Jasi7 and others like him here. Some of us have worked hard on that site for years to build it. Back then in 2009, Nigerians were hardly allowed on Elance, never on oDesk. Elance came to Lagos in 2011 where I and a few others were given invitations to speak at that event in Victoria Island. We opened the way for Nigerians to work there.

What I will not stand for, is for a few persons to use their criminal, nefarious ways to damage our reputation further and ruin a genuine opportunity for other upcoming Nigerians on Upwork, AND STILL COME HERE TO DEFEND THEIR ACTIONS!

No, enough of that rubbish. I will reiterate it again. If ever Upwork bans Nigerians from that site, I will personally put a call across to a few of their team members who were in Lagos in 2011 and assist them to fish out every single person with a false identity and get them arrested and prosecuted. Nobody will perform criminal actions on that site and come here to insult me for raising eyebrows about this. I would rather that person rot in jail.

Enough is enough!

stagger:


If Upwork ends up banning Nigerians from their site, I will be one of the first to travel to their headquarters to negotiate for your arrest and others like you as a bargain to getting that site open again. Mark my words. You do not know whom you are playing with. You think we are mates right?

Just watch out. Here you are committing an outright crime by using a false identity on that site and you are even bold enough to be making noise about it. What makes you different from terrorists who use false identities, false passports and falsified documents to enter countries to commit terrorist acts?

Better check yourself before you end up where you never ever dreamed of. I repeat, if Upwork ever bans Nigerians from their site as a result of your nefarious activities, I will be one of those who will personally make sure that you and others like you are fished out for identity theft and face the law.

Jasi7:


Stagger to hell with your black azz...if you like call the owner and head of operations it's your own cup of tea....you are foolish person to take upwork's business as yours...you for tell them make them employ you now,otondo....it is your your dead grand father that was a terrorist....let me tell you something you this big for nothing son of a lazy man,you need to respect your age and don't mettle in stuff that doesn't add value to your life. You too big pas this kind rubbish me and you dey do for here. You are just too pompous and it's not helping your already miserable sense of humour.

Arrest ko...Imprison ni

stagger:


You have been put on notice.