Don’t fall for the Rs. 50 per like for YouTube videos, up to Rs. 5000 per day SCAM!

New WhatsApp Scam India: Scammers are taking advantage of joblessness, layoffs, and people’s need for extra income by offering fake job opportunities, such as paying Rs. 50 for liking a YouTube video. These scammers use platforms like WhatsApp, LinkedIn, and even Facebook to lure victims with promises of easy money, like earning up to Rs. 5,000 per day for liking YouTube videos.

They often ask for personal information to proceed with payment, and sometimes they will also ask for payment in exchange for access to the non-existent job.

What is the new Scam?

Scammers start by sending a message stating they have a job opportunity for you with limited slots, if you are interested, you must reply to reserve a slot. When the victim replies asking what is the job about?, Scammers state that ‘All you need to do here is to LIKE the videos(YouTube) and you will be paid Rs. 50 per video you LIKE.’

Please note that, generating fake likes on YouTube is a common business model, usually handled by bot farms running fake accounts. However, the victim in this scam is YOU, not advertisers or YouTube algorithms.

The scammers will almost always try to pose that they are…