Do you guys trust Nigerians

i don't trust anyone..until proven otherwise...hard lessons learned in life!
 
BTW, have you seen and met any of those notorious nigerean princes or even princesses?
 
There are certain variables ot think about while answering your question.

For example:

  • if you started fiverr business, it would be a good idea to make white guys profile
  • if you started english - nigerian translation service - you can easily roll with your own identity
  • are your business partners/clients from certain part of the world? You might not have trust issues in large multi-cultural cities like NewYork or London. But in white locations like Easter and Northern Europe, you would not get far I would say unless you have good portfolio and some connections to jump start your client base.

There are more things to think about, but the most important thing is - if you do a good job, make your clients happy and work smart, then your business will grow regardless where you are from.
 
Nigeria got few scammers but that doesn't mean people won't trust you guys.
Make your portfolio solid and people will work with you.
Good Luck with your startup.
 
Bullshit put aside... hell yeh that will effect your conversions, bottomline and ROI.

One of the 1st things I look at when hiring a VA, freelancer, etc is where they're from. To make matters worse, I have a list of countries in my head where if I see them, I'm immediately on guard. It significantly lowers the probability of me working with someone from those countries. And these places are nowhere near as bad as Nigeria. Nigeria is the scam capital of the world.

I've worked with people from countries that I'd typically ignore. But only because they had a credible and established reputation.

But in the 4 years I've been outsourcing work never once have I used someone from Nigeria. That's UNLESS it was someone on fiver or somewhere else lying about their location then maybe I have by accident. Even if I saw a Nigerian business with great reviews I'll prob assume all the reviews are fake.

That doesn't mean you're fucked though. If I was in your situation I'd try to leverage it to my advantage. I might put a big red button on the homepage that says "Nigerian Corruption" that links to a page which talks about all the GOOD THINGS that come out of a country known for high corruption. Like, maybe make up some shit about how your culture doesn't try to hide corruption. And that makes it easier for you as a CEO to identify and eliminate it in your own business. Then write some "corruption mission statement" about how your life goal has been to end corruption in Nigeria lol.

I talk about scams people run in my niches. People read the articles and when they're done right it makes you look better than the rest. So yes it's a problem but all problems have solutions.

gluck - BB
 
only if its someone reputed from this forum, then yes.
 
Yes, until they prove me wrong. Why? What's wrong with them?
 
420 scam <--

If you put on a nice suit and make yourself look trustworthy, then there won't be a problem. If not, hire a white girl to be your model. Make sure she's pretty, stylish and big boobs often come in handy.
 
I cannot overemphasize how much your conversions will be affected if you use your legit profile. I'm not sure what business you're in but for example I was doing reviews on yt with my face, etc... talking and that actually affected my conversions on videos that were only slides with me talking. I took the video down and did slides and from that point everything tripled literally overnight.

Look, if you know you're at a disadvantage, do whatever you need to overcome it. As long as you're providing a good service and aren't scamming anyone, don't feel at all guilty about it.

Trying to overcome stereotypes is like trying to put out a forest fire with a squirt gun while they are dropping napalm on the other side. Focus on improving your financial situation not changing the reputation of Nigerians.
 
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That kinda stuff hardly happens anymore tho. Its a stereotype and the truth is that there hardly any nigerian princes with that much money.
 
I only trust Nigerian Princes and that's why I've been giving them all my money without worrying.
 
Blame it on your government who over the long years have not stopped your countrymen (some of them) from getting your good country a real bad name on the internet. On the internet means the bad name spreads like poison does inside a human body. Why didn't it proactively hunt down those involved in such major scams? I'd as much blame my own government/s for not doing as much for keeping our own (country's) name in good standing (and at least as far as scams are concerned -- and that involves scams done by top people in real life and in real offline).

So it may take a lot of time until you see better days for your countrymen. See how a few people can ruin the reputation of a great land? Just keep your fingers crossed until then... It's a sad reality imho.

Sadly it hurts everyone a lot, doesn't it?

P.S.:
A few years back, my son came to me frightened and with his laptop on. It was very early morning, at about 5:30am, and he had gotten a email from nigeria, in which his eldest uncle had called upon him to send him money equivalent to about $100 urgently. That email stated that he was in Nigeria and was in deep trouble with its police and they were asking for $100 to clear his name from something he wasn't involved in. The uncle seemed in great distress. And naturally my son woke everyone up and begged me to do something urgently. The email had given a PP address for the money to be sent. Somehow I asked him to be relaxed, but he and my wife were agitated and in fear... I tried to call this uncle (my BiL), who was staying in another city in India, and after trying his landline phone for about 15 anxious minutes (blame the notorious Mumbai telephones for the network confusions) he got on it, and asked what was the matter! lol.

My wife who was full of fear, talked anxiously with him over the phone, and she even then thought that he was still in Nigeria and in deep trouble... she kept asking if he was safe... so such is the fear which your people are capable to spread, and with psychological effects attached -- early morning email -- known relations and names of those relatives (possible taken from FB), and a reallife situation being created for the urgency of sending money to them without thinking much.... see, hos some of your people are not just entering the drawing rooms in far off lands, they are also entering the subconscious in the form of intense fear! Pg Fckers...

The poor uncle was really shocked that such a bizzare case could ever happen to him -- he vowed/promised to my wife that he will never go to Nigeria in life! hehehehe

P.P.S.:
That BiL is a SBI employee and has worked as a branch manager for many years... if at all he was in trouble and needed money, just about $100!!, then he could have easily got that from the Indian branch in that country, or even from his Indian branch back home, and within minutes! Of course he would have carried on him that much money surely, while visiting in a foreign land... but logic flies out of the window first thing, and in that early hour, and when you are woken out of deep sleep, and the son is still awake doing whatever on the net lol, and when you suddenly see one of your dear ones in deep sh!t that too in a foreign land, you panic like hell! The Nigerian scammers have crossed all limits of human tolerances... if ever I find my hands around his neck! lol!

Am really sorry for what my fellow countrymen tried to do to you.
 
Sorry no

in London on tv panRama showed bad findings with your business concept
con old ladys and con anyone .

not everybody the same but there seems to be a lot of conning sods


i think even ebay stopped traders trading anythink with you're country
becouse of the scams pulled off from nigeria

I even to this day get stupid emails know and then ask for maoney to telease money lol idiots....
 
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And sorry to everyone that has been scammed by any nigerian. Am truly sorry. Its actually really heartbreaking that some small group of lazy inconsiderate individuals could damage the reputation of a whole country. I plan to do big things on the internet but because of what those guys have done I now have to focus much much more on building a flawless reputation.
 
Most Nigerian scams are in your face and obvious and hence people get upset and angry about it.

However you are all being scammed everyday by BIG Corps and the wealthy who only pay small fines (relative to their income) when caught most of the time. The whole system is rigged. Its all a scam!!

Few examples,

Price fixing scandals

British Airways and Virgin http://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/aug/07/britishairwaysbusiness.theairlineindustry1

Barclays, UBS, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and the Royal Bank of Scotland and a few more fixing the LIBOR rate http://www.rollingstone.com/politic...ed-the-biggest-financial-scandal-yet-20130425

Corporate Account Scandals

http://www.accounting-degree.org/scandals

Ponzi Schemes

http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/nation/10-of-the-biggest-ponzi-schemes-in-history/?view=all

Tax Settlements

Apple - http://www.forbes.com/sites/timwors...e-facebook-microsoft-and-others/#5e1172bd4f2d

Google - http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/22/google-strikes-uk-tax-deal-will-pay-185m-in-back-taxes-interest.html

Biggest Scam of all by the Govt!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFDe5kUUyT0
 
No question about the corporates scaming people, but these guys show a million dollar carrot in the kitty, but ask for a few 100 dollars first.... That hurts maan! Why can't they send the million less a few 100 dollars straight to our banks? ;)
 
Nigerians even scams themselves.. You've gotta be smart. Only in Nigeria you would find the most hard working you'll ever come across in your life and there you'll also find the laziest asses who scams people at every opportunity they get. Like I hate going to some states because I don't lake their lifestyles. One even tried scamming my bro (made transactions to convert currency to dollars). He worked in a bank and he trying to steal someones school fees. lol.Only if your stupid, you'll get scamed. Stop being foolish, because they scam themselves at every opportunity and not only foreigners.Now, whats getting popular is commanding money (like millions) with dark magic. I watched like two times on TV and I was surprised like "where the hell is this money coming from?". This is done in Ghana. I saw it and holy shit! 15M Ghana currency, still wrapped in nylons and in bundles. Me and my bro talked about why their government is yet to ban that type of practice, because it'll ruin youths, their country if it keeps happening. Alot of Nigerias go there now and when they come back they are now own super cars.. like those Rolls Royce and sport cars..Here is what I think is happening in my opinion. The herbalist would summon or command maybe ghosts, to steal from either banks or where they produce money in Ghana (idk, I'm just guessing). when she opens an empty box, she brought out 15 million (still much when converted to dollars).Alot of lazy Nigerians are now going there nowadays..Here's it again.. All you reading this, there might be scammers in Nigeria (they scam us also), but there are still trust worthy people, humble people here also, hmmmm.... and their are alot of very rich people here also (to some people here, 3 Lamborghini is just nothing to them). I mean dont think everybody in Nigeria are poor. You'll find people who are so fucking rich, that you might never see or meet someone as rich as them till you die. I was told some days ago about a CEO who gave out G-wagons to all his employees. So, Here Nollywood and Hollywood do hangouts.. Our artists here are friends with people like Drake, Akon, Kayne, Snoop dog, brezee etc.. We also have people in Hollywood too (idk them since I'm not familiar with entertainment.. lol).. Yeah, Wale is a Nigerian, one of the top doctors in US is a Nigerian, we have billionaires too (Dangote is an example). That about that. Stop thinking all Nigerians are scammers. They people who choose to be scammers are the lazy ones, and the government is not helping.
 
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