Yesterday, I got an email about a supposed job interview. I recently applied for about 2 jobs so it didn’t really come as a surprise. I perused the email and immediately sensed something was off. I am in an esoteric field so interview invites in my field are usually more specific and not generic like this.

First red flag, they didn’t state the position I was applying for, which is unlike any interview invite I have ever received. Second red flag, they were too many damn typos for an email coming from a supposedly “Human Capital Management team”. I am usually quite picky about jobs I apply for so this was just off. Third red flag, No company name. Probably not unusual, but since I usually applied directly to companies via their official email addresses, this was very suspicious and to make it worse, email came from a *gmail.com address and not *companyname.com or *recruitername.com as I would expect.





First thing that came to my mind, GNLD!. This people have found me o! I hear a lot of these stories on Nairaland and never thought it would get to me one day. So out of curiosity I decided to search the venue of the interview online.



Boom! I was right. I thought of ignoring the mail, I actually did for a while. I then thought of the numerous desperate job seekers out there who would waste their little funds and time going for this interview without doing little investigation like I did. I am not even in Lagos—a lot of job seekers might reside outside Lagos state and would spend a lot of money attending this fraudulent job interview.
I was really pissed because the email had gotten my hopes high and I decided to make them feel my pain and my emotions got the better of me.

I replied.




I didn’t even expect a reply, but to my surprise, they did reply me.



Ouch! It seems like I hit a nerve. Lol.

I replied




I aplogise for the unsavoury messages. I was just pissed.

cc: lalasticlala

Their address: 2, Akin Oshiyemi street, opp studio 24, 1st Bank B/stop, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja.

That's very funny ..the GNLD guy didn't see it coming...u got him hard

Really funny, nice findings

Lmao Frustrated bunch

Lol u shouldnt have apologised sef,stupid pple

I wonder why people go to their scam interviews and end up knowing it's gnld but just grumble. some even pay their fees just to be let off the hook. Maybe if people start beating them up for misinformation they will desist from their deceitful ways