You do realize that our phone numbers and personal information are essentially public knowledge these days?
On random days, you would certainly receive WhatsApp messages from "someone" offering you a job, and the offer would most likely be too good to be true.
A Malaysian named Aziza recently played a spectacular UNO Reverse Card prank on a scammer (greybijoux).
The conversation begins with the typical query, "Are you interested in the job offer?" Then, in contrast to a legitimate offer, she simply said, "Bro, sure," when the scammer wanted to provide more information about the position.
Leading to the scammer answering, "No bro," perhaps feeling a little offended.
The scammer poses as Siti, a representative of Glassdoor, a reputable job-search platform, and claims that the role offered was to create positive "Google reviews" for the locations they provided.
Aziza would be paid RM10 for each completed task, with a potential day income of RM500.
The scammer then provides a review sample with five stars and the comment, "Beautiful historical place to visit with family/friends."
Aziza asks the fraudster curiously in a way: "Does Glassdoor now do reviews on Google?" knowing it's already a hoax.
The scammer ignored her and continued by stating that basically, they would pay her when a task is completed using the TnG eWallet, which is pretty suspicious.
When she was given the assignment to review Dataran Merdeka, Aziza started fooling around even more, complaining that the location has lots of traffic and that it's stressful to be positive about it.
The fraudster made an attempt to convince her that she didn't need to visit the specific location but could instead write a favorable review of it, underlining that she would get compensated for doing so. Then, Aziza says that she is afraid of Dataran Merdeka since there are many ghosts there, so she then pushes by asking if there is any other place.
Aziza was given further advice, suggesting that she include in the review that the location is scary but has a good design.
When she enquired as to whether any mosques were available for review, the fraudster instead sent over the Johor Horse Carriage. Aziza pulled another fast one, claiming to oppose animal services and professing to have previously observed an unhappy-looking horse at a festival.
Consequently, the con artist gave her the National Mosque of Malaysia.
She then parted ways with the scammer with these few words: "I love Masjid Negara, it's very pretty. But we keep talking about world issues but have not even prayed yet. So please excuse me. Take care of yourself bro, maybe next time, don't try to scam people, consider those who are struggling to make ends meet. Have a blessed Friday."
It's rather humorous to say the least since she can easily deceive the scammer right back. We can only hope that some of us won't be too gullible when it comes to easy job offers. Before accepting such offers, make sure you do your homework.
