> Working from home, you do it for a day or two and really get paid $300! You like easy money and keep doing it. You build up a balance of $5000 for your next payment, but now you need to pay a $150 fee to transfer that money out.
But wait, you're still up $150 here? I assume the numbers were somehow wrong?
The numbers are just examples, but you'll get 1-2 real withdraws before you start losing money. The sunk cost and feeling it was legit before is part of the scam to get you to big numbers. You might only get sent a small part of the balance for your fee and then get hit up for more to get the whole balance. All the while, the imaginary total in your account keeps going up, so you keep getting hooked deeper.
And even if you bail after the first withdrawal and actually make a profit, all you've done is stolen money from another victim and may eventually get your bank account flagged for fraud or money laundering.
But wait, you're still up $150 here? I assume the numbers were somehow wrong?