WHY I THINK SUSDEVI is a Scam
WHY I THINK SUSDEVI is a SCAM
Alert! This is a long read, but it could save your life or that of a
close relative.
It is not in my character to malign people or dabble into matters that
ordinarily don't concern me. However, this post became necessary
because I feel I owe a duty to many innocent people who could become
victims of a coordinated job scam.
A few weeks towards the end of 2018, precisely in the month of
December, I saw a vacancy announcement on Facebook by this
organization ( susdevi.org ). They advertised several roles across
Nigeria for a project tagged, "Market Access Project". A portal was
created for applicants and had lots of condition that candidates
needed to meet in applying, including following Social Media handles
of the organization. The deadline was 31st December, but they made an
announcement recently about extending the deadline. (I believe it is
for the purpose of getting more people to scam).
Here is my honest and personal opinion from some little research and
the application of common sense.
I BELIEVE WITH A GREAT DEAL OF CONVICTION that this organization,
Sustainable Development International with the domain name
www.susdevi.org is a BIG job scam.
I have taken time to do some research on this matter and you can
independently verify everything on your own. I have no personal gain
whatsoever in reporting these findings.
MY REASONS:
1. The said organization has no known physical address in Nigeria or
evidence of registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (I have
checked them out on the website). For an organization that is claiming
to implement donor-funded projects across most states in Nigeria they
do not even have at least a branch office in Nigeria? Beware!
2. My little knowledge about development organizations is that they
have a lot of credibility which they demonstrate through open
communication and accountability. This organization lacks all of that.
Take a look at their web-page (I have attached it to this post.) It
has no evidence of the purported donors funding their projects, no
advisory board or team. They do not have any pictures whatsoever
showing the types and number of projects implemented in the regions
they claim to be working in.
3. Fake address. I used Google Map and Earth to try and confirm the
address given on their website and it didn't correspond. The
fictitious address Ballymote doesn't show up in California, USA. It
rather points me to Ireland. I pinned Google Earth closely to view
office locations with that name, it came back negative.
4. Domain name. If you check the screenshot of the domain name
registration here (Part of the attachments), you'd notice that it was
recently registered and traceable to Panama. This is very suspicious
and is a clear warning about scam sites. You can independently verify
this by going to whois.com to check out their info.
5. Fake employees. I did a little Linkedin search of employees linked
to this organization. You can verify through the attachment here if a
purported organization involved in global development will have only 8
staff with vague positions and unclear profiles.
6. Social Media handles. You can check out their social media handles.
I have checked all out. but I only picked twitter as an example of
their fraud. The name Lami Pamaren runs the account. The account was
registered in 2017 and has no history of following any major
development organizations. In the world of international development,
partnerships are a hallmark and you can find organizations showing
that by sometimes the accounts they follow on social media.
There are so many things that make this organization fake, but these
are the few which I have highlighted.
HOW YOU WILL BE AFFECTED:
Now some doubting Thomases may say, but they didn't request for money
during the application process. (Exactly, that is the bait). They
won't get the money directly from you.
But they have your Data (personal information etc) which they could
sell to 3rd party sites that can make you a target for hacks. Mind you
this is the first stage.They may shortlist some persons and bait them
to part with some money as service charges for the training they claim
they'd give.
CAVEAT:
Again, I have no personal gains whatsoever. If this organization also
feel they are credible, they can write a rejoinder on this post with
evidence to counter my claims and I will take down this post and
apologize.
ACTION:
There is only one thing I demand from my friends here. Kindly help
rebroadcast this post to help people not fall victim of this scam.
*All picture evidence and comments made on them are available here for
your viewing.
Sincerely,
Joel Onuoya Ikiba
Jan, 2019.
Alert! This is a long read, but it could save your life or that of a
close relative.
It is not in my character to malign people or dabble into matters that
ordinarily don't concern me. However, this post became necessary
because I feel I owe a duty to many innocent people who could become
victims of a coordinated job scam.
A few weeks towards the end of 2018, precisely in the month of
December, I saw a vacancy announcement on Facebook by this
organization ( susdevi.org ). They advertised several roles across
Nigeria for a project tagged, "Market Access Project". A portal was
created for applicants and had lots of condition that candidates
needed to meet in applying, including following Social Media handles
of the organization. The deadline was 31st December, but they made an
announcement recently about extending the deadline. (I believe it is
for the purpose of getting more people to scam).
Here is my honest and personal opinion from some little research and
the application of common sense.
I BELIEVE WITH A GREAT DEAL OF CONVICTION that this organization,
Sustainable Development International with the domain name
www.susdevi.org is a BIG job scam.
I have taken time to do some research on this matter and you can
independently verify everything on your own. I have no personal gain
whatsoever in reporting these findings.
MY REASONS:
1. The said organization has no known physical address in Nigeria or
evidence of registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (I have
checked them out on the website). For an organization that is claiming
to implement donor-funded projects across most states in Nigeria they
do not even have at least a branch office in Nigeria? Beware!
2. My little knowledge about development organizations is that they
have a lot of credibility which they demonstrate through open
communication and accountability. This organization lacks all of that.
Take a look at their web-page (I have attached it to this post.) It
has no evidence of the purported donors funding their projects, no
advisory board or team. They do not have any pictures whatsoever
showing the types and number of projects implemented in the regions
they claim to be working in.
3. Fake address. I used Google Map and Earth to try and confirm the
address given on their website and it didn't correspond. The
fictitious address Ballymote doesn't show up in California, USA. It
rather points me to Ireland. I pinned Google Earth closely to view
office locations with that name, it came back negative.
4. Domain name. If you check the screenshot of the domain name
registration here (Part of the attachments), you'd notice that it was
recently registered and traceable to Panama. This is very suspicious
and is a clear warning about scam sites. You can independently verify
this by going to whois.com to check out their info.
5. Fake employees. I did a little Linkedin search of employees linked
to this organization. You can verify through the attachment here if a
purported organization involved in global development will have only 8
staff with vague positions and unclear profiles.
6. Social Media handles. You can check out their social media handles.
I have checked all out. but I only picked twitter as an example of
their fraud. The name Lami Pamaren runs the account. The account was
registered in 2017 and has no history of following any major
development organizations. In the world of international development,
partnerships are a hallmark and you can find organizations showing
that by sometimes the accounts they follow on social media.
There are so many things that make this organization fake, but these
are the few which I have highlighted.
HOW YOU WILL BE AFFECTED:
Now some doubting Thomases may say, but they didn't request for money
during the application process. (Exactly, that is the bait). They
won't get the money directly from you.
But they have your Data (personal information etc) which they could
sell to 3rd party sites that can make you a target for hacks. Mind you
this is the first stage.They may shortlist some persons and bait them
to part with some money as service charges for the training they claim
they'd give.
CAVEAT:
Again, I have no personal gains whatsoever. If this organization also
feel they are credible, they can write a rejoinder on this post with
evidence to counter my claims and I will take down this post and
apologize.
ACTION:
There is only one thing I demand from my friends here. Kindly help
rebroadcast this post to help people not fall victim of this scam.
*All picture evidence and comments made on them are available here for
your viewing.
Sincerely,
Joel Onuoya Ikiba
Jan, 2019.
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