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"My Painful Experiences with 2 Job Scammers"

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The first one happened around 2005/2006. I had just finished serving (NYSC). I saw the job advert on a Newspaper in the job adverts section. It was for Business Development Officer in this company. The name of the company was First United Company. I sent my CV to their email address and they said they would be conducting an online test for me. They sent me the questions and the questions were quite impressive...as in...looked like real job test questions to me. When I mailed my answers to them they replied that I had passed and was going to get the job....but I would need to pay N1,000 for something. I can't remember if it was acceptance fee or training fee, but they wanted me to pay that cash to proceed with them. When I told my Dad about it, he told me to forget it that it was a scam...but with the advert on Newspaper, the impressive job test though online, I just felt like going ahead so I actually travelled from Sapele to Benin to pay into their account i...