scams posted as jobs

take this job for example.

https://remoteok.com/remote-jobs/remote-junior-crypto-analyst-trader-begini-1130809

AI ANALYSIS

🚨 The Problem: This Has Scam Written All Over It

Begini’s own website describes itself as a “crypto trading academy” — not a trading firm. It requires a minimum deposit of $1,000 from trainees, framing it as necessary to “build risk.” 

That’s the tell. Scam Detector gives it a trust score of 16.1 out of 100, flagging it as Controversial, High-Risk, and Unsafe — with signals of phishing and spamming activity on a newly registered domain. 

The FBI has documented this exact playbook: crypto job scams recruit victims with work-from-home roles, provide “training,” then require victims to deposit their own money via crypto. Early on, victims can withdraw small amounts to build trust — but over time, deposit requirements escalate until they can’t get their money back