Beware of Afsomali.co, it’s a scam.

[Sloane Ranger]

If you want to learn the language speak to your family and friends in Somali only. Go to Somalia for a few months and buy yourself some Somali language books and a dictionary. Thats all you need, you don't need to sign up to a website or pay for a teacher. Watch Somali ruwayads, read poems and so on to get a complete grasp of the lingo.

 

[Duchess]

So, I’m a long time lurker here on Somalispot. I decided to make an account so you guys don’t get scammed by afsomali.co like I did.

A few days ago a friend showed me a tweet by a guy that goes by @apjama on twitter, announcing that he made a new website to learn Somali called afsomali.co. As a young guy from the UK who struggles with Somali I became excited and signed up right way for £6.50 per month.

I signed into the site and clicked on a post titled ‘Dadka Somalia and Their Culture’. In the part of the article talking about Somali nomads the English translation says “they are homeless people”. That seemed odd and like something straight from google translate since nomads aren’t “homeless”. So I copied and pasted the Somali text into google translate and I found that the English translation on afsomali.co was entirely from google translate, word for word. I’ve added the screenshots to this post. I couldn’t believe it.

I then did some more googling and found that the entire “Dadka Somalia and Their Culture” post was stolen from a Somali article posted on Somalitalk.com. I then went through the rest of the posts on afsomali.co and found that almost all of them were stolen from various Somali books and websites with no credit to the original authors, and that most of the English translations were copied straight from google translate. I found all of this shocking because @apjama is claiming on twitter and on his website that he’s been working for over a year with at least 14 linguists and teachers to produce this content.

Anyone can check this out for themself without signing up by clicking on one of the free posts like ‘Reporting Live from Magaalada Nairobi’.

I could’ve just used the same Somali sources myself and threw them into google translate and not pay anything. So, it’s pretty crazy they’re charging Somalis a monthly subscription for it.

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It has 500 retweets. I think you should call him out on Twitter.

 

[KilluaKiller]

It has 500 retweets. I think you should call him out on Twitter.

Unfortunately, I don't have a twitter and if I make one it won't have any followers so my tweet won't make the rounds.

It would be good if people here that have followers on their real or fake twitter accounts expose this scammer.

 

[Villainess]

@KilluaKiller post this on Reddit r/Somalia

 

[KilluaKiller]

@KilluaKiller post this on Reddit r/Somalia

Is that place active?

 

[Villainess]

Is that place active?

Yes they post a lot. Post about it there! then link it so we can see

 

[KilluaKiller]

Yes they post a lot. Post about it there! then link it so we can see

Ok cool, will do.

 

[Guled111]

Somalis nowadays would rather bring a ajnabi to learn somali instead of them improving

 

[hannah54321]

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I would be careful lmao you don’t know if you’re the first person to subscribe. He might have all your personal information

 

[hobaal]

hes calling yous out lol

 

[hannah54321]

hes calling yous out lol

HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA

 

[SomaliSteel]

OP. Just go here its free, no point in paying for an unfinished product. If he is in Beta he should not be charging money

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

 

[Joebando]

Damn. Anything for a buck

 

[Villainess]

.co uses the same domain that incel.co used any website with that domain shady just saying


if ur wondering what incel.co is its one of the biggest online incel forums

 

[heavyrealm]

im famous