Got burned by a "writing job" and a "data entry job," both using Telegram. What red flags do you watch for now?

I have been scam many times online but the money I lost to those scammers was not that much,this days people feels that if you are not getting scam you may not likely learn your lesson,but from the little experience I had scam activity would never be welcome again because i have learn alot.

I have fallen victim to telegram writing jobs and data entry jobs. They are 99 percent scam. I fell for one fake freelance task channel two years ago, they asked for $100 registration fee before releasing any task.

On Oct 4, 2026, Flower said:

I have fallen victim to telegram writing jobs and data entry jobs. They are 99 percent scam. I fell for one fake freelance task channel two years ago, they asked for $100 registration fee before releasing any task.

I believe you must be new online, one funny thing you need to know is that any website that demand for an upfront payment appear to be a scam website, so am really sorry about that.

I believe scammer are everywhere online, before joining any app that promise to pay, you must read users review to get more experience about the website to avoid any scam activity, avoid website that require upfront payment most of them are scam.

Yes, the very first freelance gig I ever did, I was paid about $250 up front, and the user committed a PayPal chargeback, and I was broke after that.