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There was a text received a random text message from a guy named "Ethan" from Elwood Staffing. Ethan said that they were looking for applicants to work 60-120 minutes and revive $200-600 daily.With only a few requirements. as long as the requirements were met it would automatically make the person (ME) that would meet the qualification standard must be 25 years old must be permitted to work in the US with a valid SSN. Once he determined that I was a valid candidate he messaged me with in a five minute time frame. Ethan was saying that there is a person in charge that would reach out to me via whats app in 24 hours. A while later not even close to the twenty four hours that was mentioned. A lady texted me saying she had received my contact information from a gentlemen named Ethan. She than Asked me if i was interested in a job offer working from home as an e- commerce viability booster? I replied "sure" she than began to explain that all i needed was a Mobil phone or computer in order to preform the tasks. Once the tasks were completed I would turn them in to CS and be payed in bitcoin. It wasn't long after that she explained that in certain scenarios I may have to purchase crypto to be able to finish the task or job. Long story short out of curiosity I ended up losing $109.00 that I purchased in bitcoin and ended up transferring to their account. which to me was a small price to pay to better understand their tactics as i knew right away that it was a scam. If the public gets random text messages offering a job that pays in crypto doing E-commerce work its a scam. The platform name were they have you set up a profile is "ClimbNext" it has electrical chip once you are logged in. If a person reads some of the policies they included on the website it would be obvious that they didn't use formal terminology in their attempt of being legit and formal.

Dollars Lost

$109

Targeted Person's Location

IA, USA- 52310

Scammer Information
Scammer location logo

New York, NY- 10170

Mail logo

Unknown Email

Mobile logo

(319) 391-2429

Web logo

https://www.climbnex2.com

Scam Type

Employment

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Business name

ClimbNext

Date Reported

July 8, 2025

Scam ID

1011076


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