So during this period, I was kind of broke. I didn’t have a side hustle or anything, so I was just out here looking for money.(like 4years ago)
I remember meeting up with my friend and she comes to me telling me that her friend had DMed her about this place. Ati you just pay 200 to start and the more referrals you get, the more you’re paid. She told me there was a meeting the next day and asked me to come.
At the same time, we had also applied for a job on JiJi. It was something to do with customer care, like talking to clients in a shop. So she called them. They told her the interview would be the next day at 9. She told me to call too, so I did. The guy picked up and told me, “Kuja tu kesho at 9.”
Nilianza kushuku kidogo, but I was like, let me just go and see. The friend and this job on JiJi are the same thing for context.
So the next day, we dressed officially. You know those clothes you wear for a receptionist interview. We showed up looking serious.
When we got there, we found a setup that already felt off. There was a TV playing those motivational talks and we were like 200 of us . At the entrance, they asked for our IDs. Then they told us we had to pay 200 for training.
N/B: for the job no documents are required, just carry your ID. That was my first red flag but I just decided to continue.
Immediately, I told my friend, “Mimi silipi. I’d rather eat my money. I’m leaving.”
My friend was like, “Usiende, just wait.”
I told her no, but she insisted and ended up paying for both of us. So we went in.
Inside, these people started branding themselves, telling us their story, how they started, how they’ve grown, all that talk. Flaunting their expensive cars and telling us how we would work with international companies. I leaned over and told my friend, “We should just leave. This is bullshit.”mbona wanatuonesha vitu zenye wamepata ndo tujoin.
But she was like, “Let’s just listen.”
So we stayed.
By the end of it, we realized the real deal. After the 200, you’re supposed to bring 10,000 and attend some webinars. Then you get paid through referrals. If you bring someone else to invest, you earn from that. I don’t even remember the exact figures. Ilikuwa tu mzunguko ya pesa. in my head i just wondered in what world would i be be broke na nikue na 10k ya kupea mtu mbona asinipee na yeye asha achieve .
The company was called AIM Global. they even asked us to google them if we had doubts about their operations and true to it they were legit ,
We just left there laughing. I told her, tell me in what world you would convince someone to invest 10,000 so that they can earn.
They had this meeting behind Nairobi Cinema. Any job opportunity about “you just need to have an ID,” murife run.
Lesson learnt.
trust your instincts ....mtu hushuku alafu cjui mtu huendelea huko mbele akitafuta nini.
Nairobi will teach you fast: if you don’t question things, you’ll learn the hard way.
tell us about your experience with aim global ama cjui sahii wanaeza kua wakijiita nini .....especially if you went ahead and paid the 10k ....tell us about the dust you saw .