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How to spot and avoid scams

Fake recruiters, fee requests, account renting and 'task' scams on Telegram and WhatsApp — how they work and how to stay safe.

6 min readUpdated

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  1. The one rule
  2. Fake recruiters
  3. Telegram and WhatsApp 'task' scams
  4. Account renting and selling
  5. If you think you have been scammed

The one rule

Real AI training platforms pay you. You never pay them. Any request for money — a registration fee, a training fee, a 'deposit to unlock tasks', equipment, or a certificate — is a scam, whatever the message looks like.

Corridoor never charges an upfront fee and never asks for your password. Our guided plans only take an agreed share after you have been paid by a platform, and only in writing.

Fake recruiters

Scammers copy the names and logos of real platforms and contact people on LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Telegram or by email. They offer an easy, well-paid job, then move the conversation to a private chat.

Real platforms almost always have you apply through their own website. If someone contacts you first, go to the platform's official website yourself (type the address, do not click the link) and apply there.

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Telegram and WhatsApp 'task' scams

These start with small, easy tasks — liking videos, rating products, 'optimising' apps — and small payments that really arrive. Then you are told to deposit money to unlock bigger tasks or to withdraw your balance. The balance is not real, and the deposits are lost.

If a job involves a group chat with a 'mentor', a balance you cannot withdraw, or pressure to deposit, stop and leave.

Account renting and selling

You may be offered money to 'rent' your approved account, or offered an approved account to buy. Both break platform rules. Renters often lose the account and all unpaid earnings, and the ID used belongs to you.

Also be careful with people who offer to 'pass your assessment for you'. They need your login, and they may keep it.

If you think you have been scammed

Stop sending money or documents immediately. Change the passwords on any accounts you shared, and turn on two-step verification. Contact your bank or payment provider — some can stop or reverse a payment if you act quickly.

Report the account to the messaging app and to the real platform whose name was used. You can also tell us through the contact page; we publish warnings about patterns we see.

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