In 2020, the FTC didnt receive any reports about these so-called task scams.
But this year, the task scam industry took off.
During the first half of 2024, the FTC received more than 20,000 complaints.
FTC says text-based task scams skyrocketed in 2024.© Ken Stocker/Shutterstock
By comparison, consumers reported losing just $90 million to job scams of any kind in 2020.
Usually, scammers request these payments in cryptocurrency, the FTC said.
Consumers should also never pay anyone as a prerequisite to getting paid themselves in exchange for work.
No legit business would ever do that.
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