“Congratulations, your profile is shortlisted, and now you can work remotely to earn ₹10,000 every day.
Interested to know more, then click here!“
Have you received a similar message on your WhatsApp or Telegram? If yes, then get Alert, the scammer has found your number, and you might be his next target for any kind of telegram scams in India.
Now, such messages and earnings can lure anyone, and almost everyone wants to check the details. Vishnu did the same and clicked on the link he received in the WhatsApp message on June 17, 2024.
That link redirected him to the Telegram Group where the admin provided training to do tasks and then started assigning paid tasks.
Vishnu, unaware of the prepaid task scam, stayed in the group and started doing tasks. The tasks were to give reviews to different Google websites. Simple, isn’t it?
On the first day, he did 6 tasks and received a payment of ₹1000.
After completing this task, the scammer asked to trade in a Bitcoin for ₹1000. The scammer also guided him on how to trade, when to trade, and when to exit.
He earned ₹200 profit that day.
In simple terms, he continued with no clue that he got trapped in a scam. Then the next day, the scammer asked him to do 10 tasks. Again, he did all the tasks and shared screenshots.
The scammer then asked him to place another trade, but this time with ₹7000, where he gave an assurance of profit up to ₹2,500.
This continued for days, and then one day, Vishnu was asked to do a trade of ₹38,000. But this time the trade didn’t go as expected. His tasks were marked red.
Now to rectify his mistake, he had to do a trading of ₹81,000. But as per the scammer, Vishnu made a mistake again. He couldn’t understand what was happening. But now he had to follow the instructions to get his money back.
He added more money, and when everything went well and he tried to withdraw his capital of ₹1,81,000/-, the scammer told him that due to his previous mistake, his credit score is 80, and to withdraw the amount, it should be 100. So, to reach that level, he had to add more money to trade.
He did the same and ended up adding more than ₹4,00,000 to the scammer’s account.
Now, why did this all happen?
The reason is simple: Vishnu wanted to make easy money, and in doing so, he lost his hard-earned money.
However, to seek justice, he report telegram scammer. Now, the telegram scam money recovery is a lengthy process and sometimes takes months, but what’s more important after getting scammed is to take immediate action.
But the concern here is not only to recover losses of Vishnu and other victims but to stop it permanently. Of course, these scammers won’t stop.
So, you need to stop looking for easy gains. Before you click on any Unknown link, just remember that no task can make you rich overnight. So, stop following anyone blindly and save your hard-earned money.
In such a case, recovery may be difficult, but being aware can help prevent you from experiencing the same.
