Free work-at-home opportunities to high-paying for likes and reviews, to part-time jobs with full-time pay via SMS, WhatsApp, task-based part-time job scams offered on social media and messenger are many
Other similar scams include reseller opportunities with initial registrations and deposits, fake online Investment frauds and online crypto currency investment and mining
Victims are often prompted to pay a processing, joining, or one-time registration fee to gain access to large sums of money from scammers who pretend to be officials from reputed investment firms
They steal the money by way of social engineering crimes (i.e., earned money accumulates and shows up in wallets, but victims will be unable to withdraw amounts)
Victims are attracted towards social media advertisements and short links sent via WhatsApp and SMS on shopping/reselling on a fake shopping portal
Victims are asked to deposit anything between Rs 200 to Rs 10,000 following which they can “shop/resell”. Some companies may offer free amount already loaded on their wallets to get them enticed
Victims are asked to perform tasks (sell/buy) from the portal as part of their earning routine
The profit amounts are visible in the wallets, but the victims are unable to withdraw