Harbioye:


I have a friend that works @ Neo Life.
The guy seems happy doing this job (I don't know y) and he thinks he's gonna be successful doing this job.

When he started, he explained how this job is and I was like "how could u fall for this scam?". I was surprised when he replied me with "it's not a scam".

Judging from ur comment now, I'm a bit confused.
Do u think he's hiding something?

Donkastrow:
Becoming a graduate isn't a day's job. It comes with lots of efforts, costs and commitment, regardless of one's class of degree. A 'true' graduate is expected to have developed a broad range of skill sets needed to thrive in both workplace and street settings.

As such, graduates should be able to trust their judgements (and not someone else's) when it comes to honouring certain interview invites. It's perfectly fine to sample opinions but the final decision should be yours to make. You're the CEO of your life. Take charge of it!

If I were to go by the OP's listed criteria, I would have lost a lucrative job opportunity which as it turns out, happens to be my current job. I saw the advert and applied via one funny email address like that. What captivated me was the fact that they wanted a graduate with an experience in a specified branch of Chemistry. I applied knowing I had nothing to lose. And when the invite came via email and sms, no company name still but I went ahead after doing my homework on the address and name of the sender.

This is not to say the OP's totally wrong. Some invites are suspect without a doubt, and are usually dead on arrival when sighted by bright/smart minds.

If you applied for a job posting and receive an invite afterwards, as graduates, suspend judgements first, do your research via online platforms (Nairaland, LinkedIn, etc) and other sources before coming to conclusions.

It is well even in the well.

Chukwudi4naija:
Any time you get a text from Denva Castle, pls just delete and don't bother to read. Can still recall the time I went for their job briefing in their empty office and make-shift banner. After waiting for long hours, there came some shabby looking illiterates blabbing of their exploits working for themselves, especially the girl who said she was 24 yrs old and a graduate of Ambrose Alli University. She said boastfully how she had built houses for her parents receiving close to a million naira per month and other benefits just for speaking to people. Someone who earns that kind of money cannot wear the clothes and shoes she put on that day. The most annoying part was how we were made to clap repeatedly for 7 times as they came in turn to address us, some of who could not speak a simple English. It was a nice drama to behold though, just that time is golden for me. And at the end we were ask to pay 15k after saying that our starting salary would be 67k. I was amazed when graduates were jostling to pay that money because it was meant to be paid instantly. I smartly collected that stupid Ekpoma girl's number. Very soon she will know that it's not everyone that can let go such a scam.

Chi133:
Pls who got job interview alert with conoil

kernniejay:
Thanks for this insight. I have attended hundreds of such interviews before, they would tell you about Dangote, Otedola, Otunba Gadafi (mobile toilet) etc. In such their chats they roll out their dos and donts such as, you must never answer a phone call, you cannot take an excuse to ease yourself at the restroom, no side talk, no getting up to do anything, infact once you enter their so called interview room, to get out is by stubborn determination. At the end of the day, they tell you to come and register with certain amount of money and become their "drug dealer". Pls shine your eyes. The OP has already given you most of their common gimmicks like the HR stuff, Ref code and their usual "Job briefing" line.

Articlewritter:
I have seen so many Nairalanders complaining and lamenting their ordeal in the hands of fake scam companies who invite people for interview only to introduce them to fake drug marketing business.
I'm doing this not only because these companies waste people's time, energy and T-fair going to such interviews, but also because most of these scammers extort money from hapless job seekers thereby making their suffering times two.
Imagine a scammer extorting #10,500 from a graduate who have been unemployed for years, not to talk of the transport fare wasted going to such fruitless interviews or job chat as they usually call it.
Some people even borrow money to pay these sheep in wolves clothing, who promise them heaven on earth. Some will tell you that you will make half a million within 1 month and all that. If you're not careful, you will take a loan that you will not be able to repay thus causing embarrassment and lack of rest of mind. An unemployed person should have only himself to worry about, not having debts also.

So I believe that if we are properly guided, we will not fall into the hands of these scammers.
Having said that, there are ways by which one can identify a fake or scam interview invitation and there fore avoid such waste of time and money. The good thing is that most of their messages come in the same format, so you will know its fake!

1. The message does not bear a company name: most of these scammers won't include their names on the message you will receive. All you will see are the address, the time and date and a phone number. A genuine company will not hide its identity from a potential employee.

2. The message will say "interview/job briefing": whatever job briefing means I don't know!
3. You will see a code or reference: something like "HR=0056" or "REF=002". This is an indication of the code number of the person who invited you to the "job briefing".
4. It will contain a phone number: this is the number of your referer. Most genuine companies don't give phone numbers.
5. You will see HR Admin in the message instead of company name
6. If you call their number, they will be reluctant to give info on the company.


And pls, ignore those people sharing job flyers on the streets, and those ones they paste on walls. Those are scammers and some ritualists too. And also most of these so called agencies are avenues for duping unsuspecting job seekers. Pls shine your eyes well well.
I will post the names of some of these fake companies/ agencies later.

Pls if you have any experiences inthe hands of these scammers kindly share it here so that others can learn and avoid them too. Thank you

Cheers!

400billionman:


Those ones they paste on walls read like.

" URGENT JOB NEEDED N3,000 per day or N50,000 a month "

" CALL 080........, 081........, 070........ ike 10 different phone.numbers "

But each flyer will contain one or two numbers pasted on different locations..

Nah Yahoo or Yahoo Plus..

kernniejay:
Thanks for this insight. I have attended hundreds of such interviews before, they would tell you about Dangote, Otedola, Otunba Gadafi (mobile toilet) etc. In such their chats they roll out their dos and donts such as, you must never answer a phone call, you cannot take an excuse to ease yourself at the restroom, no side talk, no getting up to do anything, infact once you enter their so called interview room, to get out is by stubborn determination. At the end of the day, they tell you to come and register with certain amount of money and become their "drug dealer". Pls shine your eyes. The OP has already given you most of their common gimmicks like the HR stuff, Ref code and their usual "Job briefing" line.

Donkastrow:
Becoming a graduate isn't a day's job. It comes with lots of efforts, costs and commitment, regardless of one's class of degree. A 'true' graduate is expected to have developed a broad range of skill sets needed to thrive in both workplace and street settings.

As such, graduates should be able to trust their judgements (and not someone else's) when it comes to honouring certain interview invites. It's perfectly fine to sample opinions but the final decision should be yours to make. You're the CEO of your life. Take charge of it!

If I were to go by the OP's listed criteria, I would have lost a lucrative job opportunity which as it turns out, happens to be my current job. I saw the advert and applied via one funny email address like that. What captivated me was the fact that they wanted a graduate with an experience in a specified branch of Chemistry. I applied knowing I had nothing to lose. And when the invite came via email and sms, no company name still but I went ahead after doing my homework on the address and name of the sender.

This is not to say the OP's totally wrong. Some invites are suspect without a doubt, and are usually dead on arrival when sighted by bright/smart minds.

If you applied for a job posting and receive an invite afterwards, as graduates, suspend judgements first, do your research via online platforms (Nairaland, LinkedIn, etc) and other sources before coming to conclusions.

It is well even in the well.