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My experience was exactly similar to the one described by the person who reports being scammed for $10,000. After I was approached via text about a program doing evaluations for SSENCe, I verified that it was a good company with a good reputation. I leapt at the opportunity & on 6/27/25 I spent three hours in the course of an afternoon performing tasks with “Judy,” a trainer, on WhatsApp. I was directed to give 5-Star reviews & I worked hard to compose complimentary statements on products, for which I was complimented. I asked early on about payments & whether they used PayPal or Venmo as payment methods. I was told that, essentially, we’d get to that matter of payment in good time. Along the way I also asked if they were going to ask me for money & was told no. So I went ahead in an effort to complete the training program. I downloaded some kind of payment platform with a Wolf’s-head logo that purported to be cryptocurrency (I subsequently removed it from my iPhone.) After downloading the payment platform, “Judy” told me that I had to connect to my debit card & pay them $24 in order to earn a payment, I balked at that point. I didn’t quite follow her reasoning exactly - she tossed out the term “workbench” payment which I didn’t understand - and I said “no way.” I told them that I would never pay someone money in order to get paid & accused them of wasting my afternoon. “Judy” was indignant & told me that it was she who had suffered lost time. I ended my association & removed both WhatsApp & the crypto payment platform from my mobile phone & most of the photos from the so-called training program. I wrote an accusatory statement to the original recruiter as well & counted myself lucky to be done with those people. But now, a week later, I was curious to see whether it was actually a scam. And sadly I see that they were able to extract money from a woman in Pennsylvania with a son in a wheelchair. It pains me that these scam artists could be so heartless & unconscionable & hope that sharing my experience prevents them from doing more harm.