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Get paid to like videos or rate products?

The FTC’s advice is short: don’t trust anyone who says they’ll pay you to give a positive rating or like things online.

✓ Checked 5 Nov 2026 · Next check 5 Feb 2027
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No honest company will pay you to give a positive rating or like things online, says the FTC. The offer is the opening move of a task scam, and the money you see in the app is not real.

How it works, step by step

  1. A message you did not ask forA text, WhatsApp or Telegram message offers online work, with big claims and no details.
  2. Simple tasks in an appLiking videos or rating product images, often in sets of forty.
  3. Small payouts firstUsually $5 to $20, says the FTC, to gain your trust.
  4. Then you must pay inYou are told to deposit money to finish the next set and withdraw. The earnings in the app are not real, and deposits do not come back.

Reports grew fast in 2024

All of 2023
5,000
First half of 2024
20,000 reports

Approximate task scam reports to the FTC. The FTC says most fraud goes unreported.

Why they want crypto

The FTC says crypto is the currency of choice for these scams. Reported crypto losses to job scams were about $41 million in the first half of 2024, compared to about $21 million in all of 2023.

“Never pay anyone to get paid, or to get a job. That’s a sure sign of a scam.”US Federal Trade Commission

If it has already started

  • Stop paying. The next deposit will not unlock the balance.
  • Do not pay a fee to ‘release’ your earnings.
  • Report it to your country’s consumer or fraud agency.

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