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Kled Bans Nigeria: 95% Fraud Rate Forces AI Data Startup to Pull iOS App

We have removed Kled from the Nigerian app store and IP banned the entire region.

The first thing I would like to say is I have nothing against Nigeria. I have a ton of friends from this region and these were some of our earliest app adopters. Genuinely, thank you all for the support.

Kled has been up and running and out of beta for 4 months now. We have paid out hundreds of thousands of people for their data, and our users have uploaded over 1 billion assets onto our platform.

After several months of uploads we found that Nigeria had a ≈95% fraud rate. Instead of real, usable data, users were uploading pictures of black screens, duplicate photos, internet generated images, AI generated images, etc. at an unimaginable scale.

In comparison, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines have a less than 10% fraud rate across 10x the userbase size.

Our fraud system is fast to catch these issues but the level of complexity of these schemes is getting out of hand.

This weekend we were flooded with thousands of fake Japanese passports and identity cards with Nigerians photoshopped onto them in our KYC system. That was the final straw.

As a startup we can't afford to eat the costs of that data overhead, so we temporarily removed the app from the region while we improved our fraud detection and banning system to quickly filter out bad actors when the time is right.

On top of all of this, every time we make a post there is someone asking us to bring the region back within seconds. We hear you, but it's gotten out of hand.

We've made this decision with great care. We love everyone who has genuinely supported Kled from Nigeria, and we hope to return when the time is right.

-Kled Team

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Nigerians are just terrible. Just look at the fake ID nitori Olorun. Which kind of bold faced rubbish is this?

Anywhere we are Nigerians must display their DNA encrypted dishonesty and call it "smartness". Meanwhile we are treated like criminals everywhere because of this propensity to cheat and cut corners.

I am tired of this country.


President is a thief.

It's our work oOoOO, soft work

This is indeed an embarrassment which has left me speechless

Hello Nigerians. See how apc ,cbn , and those in government has increased poverty, naira devaluation and economic failure in Nigeria to make more Nigerians turn to fraudsters and criminals . What a national disgrace and shame

Waiting for one person to come and blame Tinubu they won't disappoint

Omo anything wey enter Nigeria especially some set of persons hand don go

Tinubu promised to employ all yahoo boys

The problem is these yahoo boys will damage the image of Nigeria
Then relocate their families to abroad to escape the consequences of the negative image they have created for Nigeria.

Imagine your child is very intelligent wants to apply for $40k USD grants to establish her genius idea into a productive company
But her application gets rejected because
Nigerians are blacklisted or banned and not allowed to participate due to high fraud rate.

All the opportunities accessible to others are blacklisted to Nigerians.
Now Nigerian kids who have ideas to innovate and create are being denied these vital services because of the bad eggs damaging the image of our country.

When you calm down and look at the number of profitable services Nigerians were banned from or blacklisted. You begin to realize the damage these yahoo boys have caused.

I personally know one of them immediately he bomb he move go UK pregnant him babe
Born for UK he come back Nigeria begin dey bomb creating more negative image for the Nigerian kids back here in Naija.

The scammer kids get to escape the damage their parents caused gets full access to these services that were blacklisted to Nigerians.

While the average Nigerian kid with talent who applys for a program abroad is rejected due to high fraud rate in Nigeria.

The worst are those damaging the image of the country while living inside the same country.
Na their children go suffer am

Eni eleni, o ya japaaa. Our own tie wrapper

Naso una chop this update and person no even hear pim. Wetin dey difficult in uploading real and usable data.

They will still blame His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) for their fraudulent behavior!

They tarnish the image of the country and point fingers at the government!

We have identified ourselves as nonentities in every part of the world.

why always nigerians??
who we offend??

Enough said, let them reevaluate and filter out the criminals instead of stereotyping

We are terrible people in this country!

Theanubu started this rot and he should be highly blamed for all these rot. He is a snatch and grab president, a big fraud.

As goat dey chew cud his baby dey look I'm mouth.

HacheNoire:
They will still blame His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) for their fraudulent behavior!

They tarnish the image of the country and point fingers at the government!

We have identified ourselves as nonentities in every part of the world.

You go explain tire, evidence surplus

But if election reach now you go vote people wey u no fit explain anything about them or where they came from or their source of stupendous wealth... Keep playing

Ishilove:
Nigerians are just terrible. Just look at the fake ID nitori Olorun. Which kind of bold faced rubbish is this?

Anywhere we are Nigerians must display their DNA encrypted dishonesty and call it "smartness". Meanwhile we are treated like criminals everywhere because of this propensity to cheat and cut corners.

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It doesn't stop there.
Watch these petty Nigerian criminals start wailing about "e-xenophobia". Nigerians are good at being the perpetrators and victims at the same time.

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The person that laid this curse on Nigeria - e no go better for you

Give us a little verifiable biography about him or his source of overwhelming wealth

Oluwaseunomo:
Waiting for one person to come and blame Tinubu they won't disappoint

tincityboy:
But if election reach now you go vote people wey u no fit explain anything about them or where they came from or their source of stupendous wealth... Keep playing

Do you know me from anywhere or my political leanings? Abeg no dey misyarn for where I dey

🤦‍♂️ when fraud turns to daily hustle of a lot of the youths, the system becomes what it is and how can we ask for a noble president? Our current government is a clear example of the current youth lifestyle.
It is well oooooo

Hehe see record oo. Nigerians oo. See people wey PO wan lead. Who will this people vote for ?

aworatak:
This is indeed an embarrassment which has left me speechless

It is indeed a huge embarrassment. 95%! I don't know who/what Kled is, but what did they do to deserve that from us?

ccollins:
Hello Nigerians. See how apc ,cbn , and those in government has increased poverty, naira devaluation and economic failure in Nigeria to make more Nigerians turn to fraudsters and criminals . What a national disgrace and shame

How is the government's fault for someone to be a fraudster?

What the f is kled? Claude never ban person na kled dey ban people?

Tenses:
I am tired of this country.


President is a thief.

I trust them. Dem dem!! Very apt to accuse the president of everything without any iota of accountability and taking responsibility. It's a curse that may never fade. Ndi dem dem.