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Is Range easy Job a scam?

OcelotRieur25 Posted messages 5 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
OcelotRieur25 Posted messages 5 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello CCMeuses, CCMeux!

While playing scrabble, I come across an ad that invites me to win some money with an app called Range, tempting!

I install it via the Play Store.

There are several job offers for work from home.

At first, I was contacted by a WhatsApp number that gave me a Telegram link and a code.

I go on Telegram, an agent asks me to rate a hotel on Google Maps and leave a comment, and then send him a screenshot. I've done that, and he asks me to send him my CCP number to pay me for this task.

I refuse to send my number because it smells like a scam.

Can you be scammed by communicating your postal number? If so, how does the scammer proceed?

He didn't ask for money or a confidential code, but I find it very easy to receive money this way.

Thank you for enlightening me!

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    NHenry Posted messages 15235 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   387
     

    The objective of the task (given in the initial message) is to make fake comments on a website to boost (or sometimes degrade) a business, for example.
    In this case, it is the business (or its competitor) that pays, and then your client pays you very little with the money they were given.
    This is a scam involving fake comments.

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    1. OcelotRieur25 Posted messages 5 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       

      Thank you

      So he will pay!!! Is there any risk of hacking my account with my CCP number?

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      1. NHenry Posted messages 15235 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   387 > OcelotRieur25 Posted messages 5 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        I don't think hacking the account is a good idea.
        After that, I'm not really sure what's possible with the bank details/IBAN, as I've never really looked into it, but I think it's in your best interest for it to be clean, even if his business is rather shady.

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      2. OcelotRieur25 Posted messages 5 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   > NHenry Posted messages 15235 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention  
         

        Thank you

        I will avoid dealing with this kind of employer

        And I believe I did well not to share my bank details, even though I did an evaluation

        Safety comes from caution

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    2. OcelotRieur25 Posted messages 5 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       

      Thank you

      I didn't share my bank details anyway

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  2. bazfile Posted messages 58492 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   20 268
     

    Hello.

    Of course it's a scam.

    bazfile
    Moderator/Security Contributor.
    A hello, a response, a thank you are always appreciated.

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    1. OcelotRieur25 Posted messages 5 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       

      He didn't ask me for confidential code or money to send him, so how can he extort me through the CCP number only?

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      1. bazfile Posted messages 58492 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   20 268 > OcelotRieur25 Posted messages 5 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Don't worry, without your bank details he can't do anything.

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