Are messages from 'experts' offering store improvement trustworthy?

[JCinteraction]

After I posted something in the Community, many (mostly Nigerian) „Shopify Experts“ texted me via WhatsApp and wanted to offer me store improvement. They all use a very similar writing style and like to use the word „kindly“.

However, they do seem to know what they are talking about (SEO, Klavyio…)

Has someone experience? Are those people trustworthy?

[made4Uo]

Hi @JCinteraction,

Please do your due diligence. Shopify experts are third party provider. You can check more information here

[superamazing]

What I normally do is just block conversation.

[Rabi3]

I got contacted just yesterday by 3 Nigerian numbers via Whatsapp and they are asking me how it is going with my store and that they can provide help.. and when I ask them which store exactly because I have many stores (just lying to them), they get so lost they stop chatting with me hahaha definitely a scam

[Holisichaven]

I wish had read these comments before. I had many Nigerians contacting me via email, too many to count, stating that they can assist me with my store. I was new to it all and trusted and paid about three of them and yet they did not forfil the order. I am so disappointed. I also think Shopify needs to do something about this. 

[Yruop]

I worked with a few of them. Had terrible experiences. One in particular was rude and asked me for my social media login details so that he could "manage" it. He wanted to sell me an email list and some email templates to spam people. When I turned it down he got offended? Anyways I wont work with anyone who contacts me first saying " i found some issues with your store...etc". Id suggest you find and interrogate your own freelancers before working with anyone.

[MONI3]

They contacted me to imorove my website. They sent an email that shipify will close my account. They asked fir $500 to fix it.

[made4Uo]

There lots of people calling themselves Shopify experts. Check their reputation. Do not pay beforehand. 

Scammers use scare tactics for you to act soon

[vaisakh]

They are just Scammers. Stay away from them. They collects lead from bootleads website. Which updates new shopify website data and sell to them on monthly subscription. They not even visit our website before messaging us. They will get our phone number and Email. If we don't have Whatsapp on our number, they will mail. 99% of people from Nigeria. I got 2-3 messages from UK.

[Chiefy]

Yes i am experiencing the same thing and i have been scammed a few times. How come no one is speaking on this. 

[fedestore]

I don't get it. My store is STILL under construction do not publicly available, I just created a facebook page, and these nigerian scammers already started contacting me! This is soooo crazyyy! How do they even find these facebook pages? This is insane. sometimes they have a white female profile picture, but I look at their FB friends they are almost all if not all, from nigeria. omg! How do they even get the page details?? 

[Robjosephchats]

So I guess im going to be yalls Guinea pig so im currently working with a Nigerian Shopify specialist. His klaviyo campaigns have got me some sales. But, I haven’t received any bank deposits yet. I got suspicious when he said that I should enable bank deposits because people felt safer using that. But, I did it anyway because I am a Shopify newbie.  Then, he started the campaign and I got 5 orders. They haven’t paid yet but he said 4 days sooooooooooo I’ll keep yall updated