Telegram scam in the name of freelancing

Name of Complainant Naeem Khan
Date of ComplaintDecember 7, 2023
Name(s) of companies complained against
Category of complaint Internet Services
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Text of Complaint by Naeem Khan:

From the very beginning. A girl messaged me via WhatsApp( +1 502 668-1698 )and said that there is an opportunity to earn extra which will take very less time per day. All I’ve to do is just give some rating on google maps If i want to join this I’ll receive INR 150. I said yes and provided my information and mode of payment which is direct bank transfer. He forwarded my information to a girl designated as receptionist. Also he gave me her telegram contact (@lailafahima245). She then sent me INR 150 in my account, again took my personal information. She then sent me a link of their telegram group which consists nearly of 1200 people. She said that if i join in between 9 to 10 o’clock next day, I’ll get INR 100 as sign in bonus to work and then the work will continue. Next day work started at 9 o’clock. I received my sign in bonus of INR 100. Then she gave me 4 google maps site in which i have to give rating and send screenshot to her as a proof . Those were task 1 to task 4. On 5th task she said that it’s a prepaid work. I’ve to pay a certain amount which she gave options of. This amount will be dealt by a TEACHER and I’ll receive a profit amount. I chose 1031 from the three options. I paid the amount. Then she shared a link of their teacher’s telegram (@MrAman295 ). He helped me to open a account in their website (https://in.job1155.com/#/login). The amount 1340 was displayed there. Helped me to trade for BTC/USDT. I saw the profit and then helped me withdraw the money. After that he gave me a withdrawal code and said to contact the receptionist. I gave the code to receptionist and she helped me add bank details to their website and subsequently i received a total amount of 1540 in my bank account. Then she said if you want to continue you can earn more so i again completed task 6-9 of giving rating on google maps and shared screenshot with her After that the prepaid task 10 where i was asked to choose an amount. I chose 2031 . And sent her the amount. Then she asked to contact the teacher. I did. Teacher said that it’s a group activity and i need to wait for other participants to join. He created a group with two other one girl and one boy. Then he said that it’ll be in 2 to 4 stages. Then teacher asked to trade in BTC/USDT using our amount. I did. After that the second payment. I chose 8688 which was lowest. Transferred the amount. Then again asked to trade in BTC/USDT. After every trade we share our screenshots and he would check them. Also we can see the profits in their website. After this he again gave the options to choose the amount from. After 2 transaction i started to objecting that how many transactions i need to complete to withdraw previous money, he said this is last order. Then i chose 26899 which was the lowest amount. One of the girl choose 52123 while the boy was going for highest amount, then i said I don’t have money so i am unable to do this then he asked both the other group members to complete their task and gave withdrawal code them to withdraw their money which i thing a part of scam as i think they both are also a part of the whole scam team , After eventually going back and forth, i finally decide to ask the boy in the group to pay my amount and they can take the profit. After this boy replied that a member cannot take money from another member, because if there is any liss then they will suffer and the company will not be responsible. So the boy said no to my request , after further request to teacher he said you only pay partial amount rest i will apply a loan from our company so he said you pay 78999 and rest company will provide a loan so i agree to it and paid the amount and shared screenshot but in last he said i am failed in providing you a loan as you didn’t complete your group activities within time so compony rejected your loan so you have to pay 40 k to get your withdrawal code for whole amount so i paid him 40 k next day .He asked to trade in BTG/USDT. He then asked for screenshots. I sent them. He checked it in his side and found that there is something wrong. He messaged that you have done trade in BTC/USBT instead of BTG/USDT , Then he said that it’s a wrongful way to work. Their system will not let us withdraw the money as it thinks that i am still money from the system. So i need to do the third stage once again to repair my task but the amount will change. This time he asked me to choose an amount. I went for the lowest which is 89900 At this point i had no money at all. So i said him that i cannot do it as i have no money. He then said if i do not pay, then the whole amount cannot be withdrawn so you have to complete this activity to repair your last task which by mistaken i trade in BTC/ USDT instead of BTG/USDT so i said I don’t have money so he said that i will give rebate as you are new to the system so you pay only half of 89000 that is 49950 and rest will be beared by company and you don’t need to repay it so i agreed to it at last and paid 49950 to him and shared screenshot with him then he replied that your last mistake was corrected but due to your mistake system doesn’t show actual task so you need to do audit approval task last time and withdraw your all money which the trading site shows as around 2lac but i said i don’t have money left so he kept on saying same thing it is necessary to get approval from the system and you will get withdrawal code but i said i need time he said you will get 2-3 days to pay so i put him on hold . The next day i tried searching in google if it’s a scam and yes it was. Then I didn’t pay him anything. He started talking in a rude way. As to you have to pay, there is no other way and such. But I didn’t. I said that you sound like you are forcing me to do this. After that he didn’t message. I have all the payment proofs as the payment was online. Have screenshots of all the chat between me and HR, Receptionist, Teacher. I’ve only attached the photos of my payment here.

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