Online Task/Review Job Scam
Fake "task" jobs pay for rating products. After small initial payments, victims must "deposit" to continue. FBI IC3: 20,044 complaints, $264M losses (276% increase).
🚩 Red Flags
- ⚠Job requires depositing money
- ⚠Initial small payments seem legitimate
- ⚠"Mentor" on WhatsApp/Telegram
- ⚠Deposit required to withdraw
🛡️ Protect Yourself
- →STOP: Never deposit money for any job
- →RECOGNIZE: Initial payments are bait
- →VERIFY company before engaging
- →If you must pay to work, it's a scam
More Details
- “Earn $100-500/day with simple tasks”
- “Just rate products and get paid”
- “Deposit to unlock VIP tier”
- “Your balance is $5,000, deposit to withdraw”
Common Questions
Red flags: hired without video interview, sent check before starting, asked to buy equipment and return extra, communication only via Telegram.
Never. Legitimate employers don't send checks before you start. It's a fake check scam.
Recruited for "simple tasks" (rating products). Small initial payments are real. Then you must deposit to unlock more — that deposit is stolen.
Yes. "Payment processor" jobs are money laundering. You could face federal charges even if you didn't know.
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73% of Americans targeted(Pew, 2025)
|$470M lost to text scams in 2024(FTC)
|$16.6B total losses(FBI IC3, 2024)