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Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by FunnyDude(m): 6:21pm On Oct 19, 2018 |
HendrixAya: Bros. Change your ways. Life is short |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Nobody: 7:25pm On Oct 19, 2018 |
HendrixAya: See talk.. So you expect a standing ovation for this abi. Nonsense.. After how many months, now you suddenly want me to contact you. Well like you said it's my money.. My well deserved cash and until you pay me, I ain't bringing any shit down. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by ewawumi(f): 8:00pm On Oct 19, 2018 |
HendrixAya:Oh! You are the one! I owe you no apology cos I merely fed everyone back on the rules we all made here. I can proudly say I haven't even said anything pointing to you. Only your reluctance to give your moniker which shouldn't be a big deal if you've got nothing to hide. Plus, when did I mention book review? Calm down n check again |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by funlord(m): 5:15pm On Oct 21, 2018 |
HendrixAya: Dominique mynd44 Fidelmalek aka vjsmiles the thief admitting by himself |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Missnande(f): 11:36pm On Oct 24, 2018 |
Thank you very much people, please keep sharing your story and possibly share their monikas and whatsapp number used to contact you. We are working on creating a thread to expose them, but also to credit reputable ones so you can share those as well. |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by mrphysics(m): 5:25am On Oct 25, 2018 |
Missnande:Honestly, it's evil having the that plan to use and scam people. I have been scammed by nairalanders and even when I meet new writers, they express insecurity towards our new transaction and I always relate with them. We might also have to create a thread on writers one should not use. Trust me, I have been frustrated by a writer or writers I met on nairaland. Basically, I have stopped accepting more works than I can do. If I complete three orders alone in a month, as long as I am happy and not having to run around someone then I am cool. My bad experience with a writer here. We met and I gave him a work on event planning. He was supposed to submit on Thursday. The order due date is Monday, so if he fails, I still have time to extend. On Thursday, he told me he had issues but would unfailingly deliver the order on Friday. And that I am free to cancel the order if I don't want to wait. Being the patient type, I apologized for the problems he had and encouraged him. On Friday, he did same thing and promised to unfailingly deliver on Saturday and that I can cancel the order too. On Saturday, he told me his dad got accident that he is almost done with the book. Only about 1000 words that is remaining. So he promised to deliver on Sunday morning. On Sunday, he did same thing. Immediately I had to request for extension of delivery time. It was granted by the client and I started making alternatives. I had other writers but their hands were filled with works at that moment. Luckily, one of them finished with the one with her and I immediately reassigned the work to her. She told me she is going to start on Monday. I didn't tell you that she's teaching and I also have other works to give to her. So I contacted the guy I met here and told him that, in other not to waste his time and energy as I understand what it means to write, that if he is able to deliver the work by 12PM on Monday, then I will be okay with it. He praised and thanked me. By 11Am, he told me to give him 2pm. By 2pm he said 4pmBy 4pm, he sent in something. I asked him if it's free from plagiarism and checked on Grammarly, he confirmed. I took the work, formatted to Kindle and was about to deliver it only for this guy to tell me to hold on as the content hasn't been checked for grammar or plagiarism. I got angry because I almost delivered the work and stood a risk of getting a bad review one that would lead to order scarcity. At that moment, I told the guy that we are done. Immediately I said that, he began raining insults and calling me a scammer. And that he's coming to Nairaland to call me out. I just smiled and told him to go ahead. I had screenshots of everything. I began quoting his words for him. It was a very bad experience and such writers don't deserve to be giving a work. I have met those that deliver 60% plagiarized contents and expect to be paid. |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Missnande(f): 8:07am On Oct 25, 2018 |
Thank you @mrphysics. Although the plan is actually to list out names of credible writers so those giving out jobs wouldn't have to suffer. I see your point because there are fake writers as well. |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by ArticleBeast: 5:21pm On Oct 25, 2018 |
hiibiz:They should send Govt ID. Why don't you create your own freelance account bro? |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by ewawumi(f): 4:13am On Oct 26, 2018 |
ArticleBeast:Everyone wants a freelance account, but all the stress nko? |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Divepen1(m): 5:13pm On Dec 17, 2018 |
FunnyDude: Hi, what was outcome of this. Someone contacted me about this number and when I searched for it on Nairaland, all the posts with this number were marked as Spam.... I had to correct the one in the literature section. |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Tyrexw: 4:03pm On Jan 11, 2019 |
sirevee:lol I can imagine how many guys he or she has scammed. he or she is stevengerrard, aosha007, hope aganyi, lifeishope, and his or her profiles are usually old, never new. you'd recognize him or her via the tone of writing. his things are always in a hurry. life time scanner he is. he'll never rise. I met him in the industry. he scammed me too. possibly twice with different usernames and phone numbers. whenever he is caught, he changes profile and numbers. this guy has to be caught in real life. maybe by disguising and trapping him somewhere. one thing I'm sure of is he'll never rise. nobody rises by doing such since four of five years now. he's and will always be at the bottom |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Tyrexw: 4:09pm On Jan 11, 2019 |
that Hendrix guy is the same scammer
same voice, I remember
plus, those are not his pictures
they're all fake |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Missnande(f): 1:04am On Jan 13, 2019 |
Tyrexw: hmmm. God help us. |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Nobody: 7:01am On Jan 13, 2019 |
Missnande: Amen o! Had some I wanted to apply for but after going through this thread, I quit. I only write for one person and so far everything has been smooth. |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Missnande(f): 11:44pm On Jan 13, 2019 |
KimberlyWest: I understand. Although playing safe sometimes can hinder numerous orders. If we don't broaden out, how will we get multiple offers? |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Jollyana(f): 10:50am On Jan 14, 2019 |
ewawumi:hello, can i offer you a writing job? |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by ewawumi(f): 11:58am On Jan 18, 2019 |
Jollyana:Yeah, inbox me at 08171602230 |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by AceGeraci: 12:48pm On Jan 18, 2019 |
mrphysics:I write good articles. Range. 500—1500 words should you need a writer. |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Silensa(m): 3:09pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
I believe that there are writers and client that scam people and some of them are found here. I haven't had such experience yet but from the reactions, it is painful. The solution for me, is to research and find out all you can about any client/writer. Remember to call out anyone who have scammed you in the past for people to learn. Anyway, I started content writing newly. You can contact me if you want my service |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Missnande(f): 12:16am On Jan 28, 2019 |
Silensa: Well said, thank you 1 Like |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by ElsonMorali: 11:36pm On Mar 27, 2019 |
If I ever had it in my head to outsource my writing I'd be asking for IELTS certification with at least an 8.0 score on each of the tests. I so much hate grammatical errors like confusing "been" for being", "their" for "there" and some other ones which I have seen on this thread from writers who claim to write and expect to be paid. If writing is your craft, the least you could do is to perfect the medium of expression of that craft. As for scammers, I can only laugh at your stupidity. What comes around that goes around isn't just some lame cliché. |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Juliusij(m): 5:06pm On Oct 10, 2019 |
Missnande: Beware of the moniker Angelinax is a guy and a notorious scammer and this is his real name: aganyi Fidelis Ukwada we had deal for a video verified upwork account..which he violated a law and the account has flaged then he came back got my accounts banned and started threating me, finally after giving him an account, he said and I quote I will use this one now I give you two weeks to get me a female accounts or you won't find it funny. He wants to get two free video verified accounts So I went to my bank statement to check for his name and I found aganyi Fidelis Ukwada Which when I search here is a notorious scammer who is not active on this thread for a while because he is now in the business thread pretending to be a female with probably his sister's account details: Keystone bank Account number: 1004190023 Account name: AGANYI PATRICIA OGAM Phone number: +2348154549093, 2348154549093, 08154549093 getting everyone to trust him so he can score a big one The worse part is he is framing me so as to trusted. My name juliusijidola has be added to the list for no reason See proof herë ��� https://www.nairaland.com/5461900/scammer-alert-aganyi-fidelis-ukwada |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Nobody: 12:10am On Oct 11, 2019 |
Juliusij:You are a wise person, no one could have known or believed you were saying the truth if not for this uncover you made 1 Like |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Bigcowhorn: 5:09am On Oct 11, 2019 |
Matwev: Yeah, he is. I've been following the issues for a while now. Let's hope Dominique and Tabbaz who had him blacklisted will rectify the situation. I so hate innocent people going down for things they did not do |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Nobody: 7:48am On Oct 11, 2019 |
Bigcowhorn:they would rectify it. The word of a scammer is usually given little attention. Having uncover that scammer, no one here will not assume that notorious scammer's word against him was vague and untrue. The scammer decided to blacklist him by notifying everyone that he is a scammer. And the mods then didn't even check and investigate very well. Angelinax, that guy is a very smart theif mod should send him to where he belongs |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Nobody: 7:49am On Oct 11, 2019 |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Joystark(f): 9:36am On Oct 18, 2019 |
Matwev: Whatever you do, never work for Angelinax, She's/He's a heartless scammer. Took her 3weeks to realize my writing was bad. After giving me series of run around. She claims she's in Canada, not satisfied with Nigerian Writers blah blah, yet she hires and doesn't pay. Turns out I'm not the only one on NL. +2348154549093 Aganyi Patricia Ogam, Fidelis Aganyi 2004980494 Angelinax just keep at it. I hope one day you get paid in your own coin. |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Eze2000(m): 1:43pm On Oct 18, 2019 |
KimberlyWest: Hi, I'm Eze2000. I have a very old reputation on this section and if you have to be scared of me at any point then its either it is not my moniker you are dealing with or the world has come to an end. I've been scammed many times... lost my first book to a scammer, lost my website to another and that nearly made me quite writing for good. It certainly put me off writing free stories on Nairaland. Do you live in Lagos? The job I have requires a one-on-one approach, at least for the first project. Trom then on, if you get it right, I'll give you a free hand. |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by GraciaKim: 12:10am On Oct 19, 2019 |
SoberDisciple:Can i... Get the gig? |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Nobody: 10:12pm On Oct 21, 2019 |
Eze2000: So sorry to hear about your experience. And, I don't live in Lagos but I would love to do work with you, if not this one, another one probably. Let's chat on whatsapp please, 08120912480 Again, Happy birthday to you. I wish you all the best things of life. |
Re: Have you been scammed as a writer? Share your story! by Eze2000(m): 5:55am On Oct 23, 2019 |
KimberlyWest: Thankss. Check you whatsapps |
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