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Can you really get paid to chat online?

Yes, in some jobs: Cambly publishes $0.17 a minute. Some ‘chat moderator’ adverts are something else, and the BBC found they did not say so.

✓ Checked 5 Nov 2026 · Next check 5 Feb 2027
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The real version

Cambly pays $0.17 a minute, or $10.20 an hour, to chat in English with learners. See our teaching page. Customer service by chat is employed work, with a US median of $21.53 an hour.

What a BBC investigation found

  1. The advertJobs were advertised on Instagram, Twitter (now X) and Telegram as ‘online roles’ and ‘chat moderator roles’, without any mention of adult content.
  2. The jobModerators ran fake profiles on adult websites, each pretending to be someone else.
  3. The customersMen paid hundreds of dollars to chat with what they thought were attractive young women, the BBC found.

Before you accept

  • Ask what the chat is about, and who the customer will think you are.
  • Get the real name of the company paying you.
  • If you are told to pretend to be someone else, you know what the job is.
“Never pay anyone to get paid, or to get a job. That’s a sure sign of a scam.”US Federal Trade Commission

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