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What went wrongA Dhaka housewife taken in by an online scam, in a Prothom Alo report

An earn-from-home ad, money paid in, and 970 taka gone

A housewife who answered an AI-generated "earn from home" ad on Facebook lost 970 taka; a second woman in the same report withdrew 800 taka successfully at first and then lost more than 1,400.

This housewife in Dhaka answered a Facebook ad, generated with AI, offering part-time work that housewives could do from home. She was given small tasks and shown small profits, then pushed to put in more money; she borrowed from her husband and ended up losing 970 taka. The same report describes a second woman who was assured her outlay would not exceed 500 taka, withdrew 800 taka successfully at first, was then asked to deposit 1,400 taka to upgrade her account, and was locked out of withdrawals afterwards. Neither of them could bring herself to tell anyone what had happened. The report presents these ads as a running pattern aimed at women looking for home-based online work.

Lessons

  1. 1.Real online work never asks for a deposit first: the demand to pay before you can withdraw is itself the scam
  2. 2.The small early withdrawal is part of the trap: that 800 taka is what makes the larger deposit feel safe

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