Name of Complainant	Ahmed
Date of Complaint	July 28, 2023
Name(s) of companies complained against	at-confluence.net
Category of complaint	Internet Services
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get a text message in Whatsapp from some foreign number asking if you are interested to earn money through part-time job. Most of the people will figure out this to be a scam and block, but I wanted to know what this is and I continued the conversation. I asked the person what is the job and how do I get paid. She gave me 3 tasks, first two to subscribe facebook page which I did and the third to download Telegram and send “hi” to an ID (referred as Receptionist).which she gives.
Day 2:
The receptionist added me to a group in telegram and the tasks starts from morning 11am. There were 30+ people like me to perform tasks. We were given a list of tasks to perform and we get money for every 3 tasks.
The task goes on and everybody in the group gets money, sends screenshot of the money being received and all are happy.
The twist comes in at task 9, where they will ask you to put and in return they will send you which is 20% profit,
All this while, they have been building trust with the victims by giving them money. Trust me, they send you money within minutes and this can increase your trust so much. Even after learning about the scam, I was tempted think like “why can’t these guys be genuine”.
The people who decided to put in the money will get back +20% for the first time. This is for the 18th task
Once they get the money from victims, they show them the profit with a website but won’t allow them to withdraw. The scammers ask more money for withdrawing money in the name of tax and charges. The poor victims in the hope to get the money back invest more and more and end up with nothing.
I learnt this from research that these scammers use pump and dump strategy on illiquid crypto currencies and make big money. The scammers are the initial investors of the crypto and the victims money are used to pump up the price. They sell it on high price, making huge profit, while the victims end up losing all their money.

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