Job-related crypto scams are fraudulent schemes where scammers pose as legitimate employers or recruiters to deceive individuals into sending cryptocurrency or providing sensitive financial information. These scams often involve fake job offers for positions that promise high pay for minimal work, frequently in the crypto or blockchain industry.
Job scams are common on websites such as Craigslist and others where people can post job listings. These Craigslist job scammers will frequently post a generic part-time work from home assistant position or something similar.
The “company” will send you funds via check, cash, or direct bank wire, after which they will ask you to withdraw the majority of that in cash and send it back to them or someone else as BTC, allowing you to keep the remainder as your “pay.” The scammers may even present legal documents for the business.
The victim may be asked to, as part of their daily tasks, receive funds from “customers” and convert these to cryptocurrency via ATMs in their name for their “employer”
