{
  "slug": "whatsapp-part-time-job",
  "canonical_name": "WhatsApp \"part-time job\" task scam",
  "family": "job-task",
  "impersonates": {
    "brand": "a recruiter or HR team (no real brand)",
    "disclaimer": null,
    "official_fraud_page": null
  },
  "goal": [
    "payment",
    "crypto",
    "personal-data"
  ],
  "channels": [
    "whatsapp",
    "sms"
  ],
  "summary": "An unsolicited message offers easy daily earnings for \"tasks\" such as liking videos or reviewing products. Small payouts arrive at first; then the tasks require deposits to \"unlock\" bigger commissions, and the deposits are gone. The FTC describes the pattern under job scams.",
  "status": "active",
  "first_seen": null,
  "last_seen": null,
  "recognise": [
    "A job offer you never applied for, from an unknown number",
    "Pay for clicking or reviewing, no interview, no company",
    "Sooner or later you must deposit money to continue"
  ],
  "variants": [],
  "specimen": null,
  "tells": [],
  "indicators": {
    "sender_domains": [],
    "senders": [],
    "reply_to": [],
    "phone_numbers": [],
    "urls": [],
    "wallets": [],
    "attachments": [],
    "note": "Indicators change weekly; an empty list never means an email is safe."
  },
  "what_to_do": {
    "if_received": [
      "Do not reply; block and report the number in WhatsApp",
      "Never deposit money to \"unlock\" earnings"
    ],
    "if_called_or_paid": [
      "Stop depositing; the \"balance\" on the platform is not real money",
      "Report to the FTC or your fraud centre with the numbers and platform address"
    ],
    "report_links": [
      {
        "label": "FTC: job scams",
        "url": "https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams"
      },
      {
        "label": "Report to the FTC",
        "url": "https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/"
      }
    ]
  },
  "malware_family": null,
  "timeline": [
    {
      "date": "2026-09-02",
      "type": "registry",
      "title": "Family created",
      "text": "Opened at launch; no dated specimen on record yet — send yours.",
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "crypto-investment-platform"
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams"
  ],
  "legacy_urls": [],
  "legacy_redirect": false,
  "created": "2026-09-02",
  "updated": "2026-09-02",
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-09-02",
      "text": "Record created at the registry launch."
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://soft2secure.com/scams/whatsapp-part-time-job",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "generated": "2026-09-03"
}