Friday, 18 July 2025

What you need to know about task scams

Scammers are dangling the bait of flexible hours, remote working and ‘daily commissions’ for simple online tasks such as liking videos, leaving reviews and completing surveys.

We explain how a typical job scam works and hear from one victim in her 70s who lost a devastating sum when she agreed to place adverts for tourist attractions online for a fictitious ‘Google’ company.

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Source: Which? (17 Jul 2025) 

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