Task & "Product Rating" Job Scams
employment
High0 reports
Fake remote-job portals promise easy pay for completing "tasks" like rating products or apps. After a few small payouts, victims hit an engineered negative balance and are told to deposit their own money to "unlock" earnings. Often a lighter, faster cousin of pig-butchering that targets people who need income.
PLATFORM: Unsolicited "HR" recruiting over WhatsApp/Telegram/SMSDOMAIN: Fake task/job portals that show a balance you must "top up"
Pig-Butchering Crypto Romance-Investment Scams
investment
Critical0 reports
A long-con in which a stranger builds a romance or friendship over weeks, then steers the victim into a fake crypto trading platform showing fabricated gains; withdrawals are blocked behind endless "fees" and "taxes". 2026 syndicates now use AI to run thousands of these conversations at once.
PLATFORM: Telegram / WhatsApp (grooming + "trading" chat)DOMAIN: Look-alike exchange domains (odd .vip/.io/.cc TLDs) mimicking real brandsPLATFORM: Look-alike crypto "exchange" apps you were personally invited to
Romance Scams & AI Deepfakes
romance
High0 reports
Scammers build online romantic relationships and eventually ask for money for emergencies, travel, or investments; increasingly they use AI-generated photos, video calls, and even fake pet images to seem real. Reported romance-scam losses continue to climb.
PLATFORM: Dating apps + social DMs (contact moves off-platform fast)ALIAS: AI-generated photos / voice / video used to fake a real person
Crypto Wallet-Drainer & Fake Support Scams
phishing
High0 reports
Victims are lured to fake wallet "support" or airdrop/verification sites and tricked into revealing seed phrases or approving malicious transactions that drain their crypto in one click. Fake support agents often appear in social-media replies and DMs.
DOMAIN: Sites asking for a wallet seed phrase or to "validate/sync" a walletPLATFORM: Fake "wallet support" replies/DMs after you post a wallet problem
Unpaid-Toll Text (Smishing) Scams
phishing
High0 reports
Mass text messages claim you owe a small unpaid toll (often a few dollars) and threaten late fees or license suspension, linking to a look-alike payment page that harvests card and personal details. AI has made these texts read like polished official notices.
PLATFORM: SMS / iMessage / RCS text blastsCOMPANY_NAME: Impersonated toll agencies (EZ-Pass, SunPass, FasTrak, TxTag)DOMAIN: Look-alike toll-payment pages on unofficial TLDs (.top/.online/.vip/.xin)
Government & Agency Impersonation Scams
imposter
High0 reports
Callers or texts pose as the IRS, SSA, FTC, or local police, claiming you owe money or your identity is compromised, and demand instant payment by gift card, wire, or cryptocurrency to "protect" you. Imposter scams are the FTC's #1 reported category for the ninth year running.
COMPANY_NAME: Impersonated agencies (IRS, SSA, FTC, local police/courts)PLATFORM: Demanded payment via gift cards, wire, or cryptocurrency
"Fund Recovery" Re-Victimization Scams
imposter
High0 reports
People who have already lost money to a scam are targeted again by fake "recovery" services or people impersonating the FBI/IC3, who promise to get the money back for an upfront fee and then disappear. The FBI has warned that criminals impersonate IC3 itself for this.
COMPANY_NAME: Impersonated FBI/IC3 or "licensed" fund-recovery firmsPLATFORM: Unsolicited DMs to members of victim/support groups
Event & Sports Ticket Resale Scams
purchase
Medium0 reports
Around high-demand events (like the 2026 World Cup and major concerts), fraudsters spoof official ticket sites and post fake resale listings on social media, taking payment via peer-to-peer apps for tickets that never arrive. The FBI has warned of spoofed FIFA websites.
DOMAIN: Spoofed official ticket sites + fake social resale listingsPLATFORM: Payment demanded via Zelle/Venmo/CashApp/crypto to a stranger
