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I didn't respond, same msg texted to me as above:

Hello, excuse me, I'm Anna from KLARNA Services USA. Your background and resume have been recommended by multiple online recruitment agencies. Therefore, we would like to offer you a great remote online part-time/full-time job to help Klarna merchants update data, increase visibility and bookings, and provide you with free training. Flexible PT and FT jobs allow you to work 60 to 90 minutes a day, 5 days a week, earn extra income on weekends too. You can work anytime anywhere and earn $200 to $500 a day. The basic salary is $1000 per 5 days worked and so on. I looked up the company thinking and assuming this is Klarna Credit and agreed to the training. All the training and communication is done through WhatsApp, you don't actually talk to anyone. You are provided with a Klarna Workbench which is on your phone, and they provide approximately $50 on that workbench account for you to start with. You receive 2 sets of 30 product orders on the Klarna workbench that you are supposed to give a five star review on with a positive comment and then submit the order using the funds on the workbench (kind of like you are buying it). Each order provides a small amount of commission for you that is added to your workbench account. What you are initially told is that after doing this for 4 days, you will have approximately $800 (commissions) on your workbench account that you can withdraw and put in your bank account. WHAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU until it happens is that if an order comes up that cost more than what's on your workbench (Lucky Order) you have to withdraw the difference from your bank account, invest/purchase crypto and then customer service sends that amount from there to your workbench so you can continue and just to mention, the Luck Orders yield a very high commission so it entices you to keep going. Well, first it was $30 I needed, then it was $500 I needed. When it got to $700, I told them I couldn't do it. I didn't have any more money in my account and there was no way to get the money, nor did I want to spend any more money. Things at this point were really feeling fishy and I was done. The trainer kept telling me we could work it out and I could use a credit card if I didn't have the funds or get a loan for the amount because "that's what she did" and promised she would work it out so I could at least get my $500 back. The problem is that if you if you don't complete that order, you can't move forward, it can't be canceled or by-passed and you're stuck. There is nothing they can or will do to help you. You lose the money you've put in and you don't get any of the money you earned either. I have since stopped communicating with the trainer.

Targeted Person's Location

MT, USA- 59102

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Unknown Location

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(202) 538-6702

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Scam Type

Employment

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Business name

KLARNA Services USA

Date Reported

March 23, 2025

Scam ID

962254


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