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My dad just told me that he had accepted a passive income job offer on WhatsApp where the task is to like the linked Instagram post every 20 minutes to earn money. The amount is too good for such job and my dad had really received the money and cashed some of it out. I can't help but think that this is just some initial consistency in order to hook someone in.

He also told me of this other similar job where they would deposit a certain amount of money to earn higher amount of return, up to 10k. I already feel like this is a scam because it's just too easy, but thought I could get more info here.

I want to know if this is actually a scam and if it is, how does it work. Thanks.

Andrew T.
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Ugly Duck
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You're right.

He also told me of this other similar job where they would deposit a certain amount of money to earn higher amount of return, up to 10k

That's the real scam. This is called "money laundering". Your dad will receive money stolen from somewhere else and will be asked to send back (probably a wire transfer) some of it. The money your dad received is tainted criminally obtained, but the money he sent is his own and he sent it willingly, making it a gift. So the scammers have laundered criminally obtained stolen money and made it to a legitimate gift from your dad, who in turn will be holding the bag when the stolen money is inevitably traced to him.

The insta thing is just a ruse to gain his confidence.

littleadv
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It's a scam.

When people pay for likes, the rate is very very low. It's like a cent per like or something, often even less. What people do is put up 100s of phones on shelves all facing up, pay a bunch of people to come in and press like on them all all day long, as fast as possible. Each worker makes only a little money, but the person running the sweatshop skims a little from each one, and ends up making a tidy profit. The workers don't get paid enough to live, so this is only possible in extremely poor places, with people who are living with parents and completely desperate.

Nobody is going to pay your dad any kind of useful money just to do 3 likes an hour. You can get that for fractions of a dollar.

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gomennathan
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Definitly a scam. As gomennathan says, the rate for that "work" is very low. "passive income" aways a scam.

How to avoid the most common scams in this situation:

Never send them any money under any circumstances. If they send you 500$ and ask you to send 400$ back, DON'T DO IT. The 500$ are fake, the money you send back is real.

If they say you need to send money so they can send you your paycheck or whatever, DON'T DO IT.

Do not deposit money for them.

Do not "invest". The second "job" they describe is definitly a scam. You have to work for jobs. They will ask for 10$, and then give you 20$ back after a week or something similar. You think "Wow this works. I want to double more of my money". Then you give them the 20$ they gave you and 500$ of your own money. And then they disappear. Or they say: We will pay you out, but we can't right now. And demand even more money from you.

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Yeah, it's a scam because on 11/05/2024, I got a message from WhatsApp that he offered me a job for like the Instagram Reel, and I would get 50Rs./Reel. He told me that when you like the post then send me a screenshot, I will pay your payment. I asked him that on which method of payment you would provide, and he said that we provide only bank transfers. then I started investigating and as a result, I found that he was a scammer. Then I ask him "If you give my payment on my UPI ID then I will do it". After that, he didn't reply. so it is purely a scam.

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They may have gotten me too. I am not sure if it is a scam or not. I joined just like your Dad and have been receiving the money. And they are not paying for likes they are paying us to follow the people and other tasks. It has been people doing it for weeks.

I have not figured out if it's a scam or not.

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