Youth & Technology
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
Unmasking a Fraudulent Certification Program Targeting Cameroonian Youth
Dr. Julius B Taka - Editor-in-Chief
August 5, 2025
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.
