Unmasking a Fraudulent Certification Program Targeting Cameroonian Youth

A recent wave of fraudulent activity has been circulating through WhatsApp groups in Cameroon, promoting a questionable program titled “Cyber Forensics, Crime Detection, Criminal & Civil Disputes Investigation, Evidence Gathering, Pre A.” This program is being marketed by a group calling itself “Opportunities Center – Cameroon” and promises participants a “High Class Internationally Recognized Certificate.”

This investigative report from The CamVox Times reveals that the program is a scam, designed to extort money from vulnerable Cameroonian youth. It poses as a high-level professional training initiative with multi-institutional certification that fails all credibility checks.

Fraudulent Certification Claims

The promotion claims the certificate is jointly issued by five institutions:

• The World Havard Institute of Public Administration, Diplomacy and Sustainable Governance

• Computer V Vocational Training Center – Douala

• American University of Cyprus

• Final International University

• Chandigarh University

Upon investigation, only two of these institutions are legitimate, and none are affiliated with the program.

Institutional Verification

Modus Operandi of the Scam

The program is promoted exclusively via WhatsApp, exploiting informal networks and claiming to:

• Offer exclusive opportunities with prestigious institutions

• Use logos and names of real universities to mislead

• Pressure urgency: “Act now!”

• Demand registration fees via Mobile Money with no receipts

The main promoter, identified in multiple WhatsApp groups as CONRAD, uses the phone number +237 678 28 38 25, and sometimes goes by the name Ngwana Yanic Zozong.

“This program is nothing more than a trap set for desperate young people,” one source warned during the investigation.

Legal and Ethical Implications

This program constitutes a fraudulent enterprise. If it:

• Exploits the desperation of unemployed youth

• Uses false accreditation claims

• Requests payments for fake certificates

• Violates Cameroonian cybersecurity and anti-fraud laws

Call to Authorities

We urgently call on the Government of Cameroon, through its ministries and cybercrime units, to investigate and arrest CONRAD (+237 678 28 38 25) and dismantle the fraudulent network operating under “Opportunities Center – Cameroon.”

Editorial Note:

Not every online opportunity is legitimate. The CamVox Times remains committed to exposing such scams and protecting the public.