Fake offer to complete simple tasks promising quick money

Summary: Scammers contact people on messaging apps or social media and offer remote jobs with high pay for completing simple tasks. They gradually escalate the scam by introducing higher‑paying tasks that require victims to pay large upfront fees to unlock them.

Tactic used: Creating a false sense of reward. Scammers build trust by paying victims small amounts of money for completing initial tasks. Then they entice the victims into paying a large upfront fee to unlock supposedly higher‑paying tasks. After receiving the money, the scammers disappear.

Top recommendation: Avoid too-good-to-be-true offers that promise high earnings for minimal work, especially if they require upfront payment to complete the job.