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I text was sent offering part/fulltime job. Responded asking for details, got connected to a lady on Whatsapp by the name of Emelia Claire, 34yrs and said she lives in Canada but the business she works for Eclincher, is an international company. She basically said she was a recruiter and she gets a $200 fee each time she rescruits. The job was sinple, they create awareness for apps in order to bring them more traffic and clicks so us employees are hired to make it seem like the app is popular so more people can buy/download it. First 5 days of logging in and completing 2 task you get a base salary of $800, 15 days you get $1600, and 30 days $3800 on top of comissions made. In order to start, we have to depesit a minimum of $110. They went through the training, open an a/c for me, gave me $10 bonus and even gave me a small comission in my account from the training ($84 including the $10). Once I deposited the $110 via bitcoin through cashapp, i started to make small profits from the commissions i was making. All i was doing is hitting submit for each app that popped up, this generated traffic. On the 5th day, I had to submit my own reset moneh into my ac to get the $800 base pay, after I did, they deposited it but i had to complete 2 task before i could withdraw. Half way through the 1st task, I got a combination package (gives you higher profit, said they are rare for new users and can get 1-3 and it puts your account into the negative which you have to replenish with the negative amount). Half way through completing the task, I got a combo package which left my ac -$1k. I put that in, started to complete the task, almost finish when i got another combo package that left my ac -$2800, was hesitant because i encountered 2 combo package before my first set of task was completed and I was told this was rare for new user and such low deposit. Emelia even gave me $200 to make up the amount thus I was a little bit reassured as she asked me to repay her once the task is completed and I with drew the money. However, upon almost completing the task (still on the first of 2), i got another combination package that required me to deposit $9900 upon which i was told this is the 3rd and final combo i would encounter but I have to deposit the 9.9k. Thats when I knew this was a scam, I called her out, called out the people in the group chat who made it seems like it was legit business (the group supposedly had other recruits like me who is always talking and showing the profits they make), they blocked and removed me from it. I also called out their so called customer service who I would contact each morning bitcoin wallet and with bitcoin deposit confirmation. All they keep saying is that I need to complete the task and that I have till 12/6/24. I tried chatting online with Eclincher to see if corroborate the story, but all I got was a brief description of the business. I even mesaage the two CEO's Gilad and Tal on LinkedIn but no response. Emelia, the recuiter still keeps texting me saying i have not lost my money, its in the ac, but ive been ingoring them. I also did further research (should have done prior) and found on Reddit that other people have had the same thing happen to them. Even if I dont get my moneh back, i would haye for this to happen to other people so thats why i am reporting this.

Dollars Lost

$4000

Targeted Person's Location

TN, USA- 37303

Scammer Information
Scammer location logo

Sunnyvale, CA- 94087

Mail logo

Unknown Email

Mobile logo

1(479) 888-1012

Web logo

https://app.eclincherasoapp.com

Scam Type

Employment

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Business name

Eclincher

Date Reported

December 3, 2024

Scam ID

917455


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