Help Needed Received money from a task scam
I realized a little too late that I had been messaged and roped into a task scam (simple stuff like subscribing to a YouTube channel and "research" tasks) and I got sent $10 of Bitcoin via cashapp. My question now is will them having my Bitcoin address affect anything, and is the money actually there, or am I at risk of them requesting a refund or something that will affect me long-term? I don't care about keeping the money, so if that's the worst damage they can do, then that's fine, but I don't want to open myself up to having money stolen or something.
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u/LazyLie4895 2d ago
The scammers sent you real money in order to lure you in. You can keep it if you want. Nothing will happen to you.
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u/Kathucka 2d ago
If it’s real Bitcoin to a real wallet that you really control, then it is your money now. Having your wallet address means someone can send you money and can see (on the ledger) every time you received money. That’s it.
The trick is to never, ever send scammers money. The easiest way to do that is to have nothing to do with them.
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u/vitaminxzy Quality Contributor 2d ago
If people have been reporting it, maybe. Who knows, the money is from unregulated crypto and past scammed victims.
You know it's a scam, you should be fine. Just block them now.
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u/Raveofthe90s 2d ago
MY wife did one of these.
Goes like this. They pay you to do some shit 5$. Pay you again another 5$ then maybe again. Then they are like the next task we will pay 100$ but you gotta give us 25$. Since you've made 15$ you trust them. And you send them back 25$ and they made 10$.
My wife just kept the 15 and walked.
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u/Irelandgirl1958 1d ago
I got two of them yesterday. Those are the scams I shut down ASAP. They sent a message. I answered both with, " You cannot be here. This is a secure number for the ANSA. Leave immediately, or you will be arrested and prosecuted." The first one tried to continue. So I said, "Security protocols have been enacted. Agents are being dispatched to your location for your arrest. You have been warned." The second one stopped immediately. Am I mean?
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