Traveling-boost – sometimes called TripAdvisor Task – is a scam review jobs site that claims to reward people in crypto but actually steals their money.
Victims are usually contacted through platforms such as Telegram where they’re offered a part-time job performing simple repetitive online tasks that they can do from home.
To start with, they’re rewarded for giving star ratings to hotels and other leisure facilities, and sometimes uploading pre-written reviews.
Small payouts are made, often to the crypto exchange that the victim has been encouraged to set up as part of the ‘profile’ they’re told to make.
But each time a task is completed they used up credits which eventually run out leaving the victim unable to carry on with the work.
They’re encouraged to buy more credits which give them the opportunity to carry out more work, and if they spend larger sums they can access higher paying jobs.
But the jobs don’t exist and ultimately it’s all a con to get the victim to deposit ever increasing amounts of money which the scammers steal before shutting the site down.
Victim conned by fake TripAdvisor scam
One victim who contacted PawProfitForum Team about Traveling-boost said:
“Recently someone contacted me on Telegram, and introduced me to part time job.
They asked me to create a profile on a link shared by them, and after creating profile they asked me to give ratings for 30 tasks for which I received crypto in my account, and then they asked me to add money to reset to new tasks.
They added me in another group where I see so many people saying they received daily money, with screenshots, and also a few try to pretend as they are also new to the platform and they try to convince us that they started receiving payments.
An unknown person reaches out to me daily asking if I have started depositing the amount or not.”
How to tell Traveling boost is a scam
Here are few clues as to why this is a fake site:
- The site also calls itself ‘TripAdvisor Travel Agency’, yet it’s obviously nothing to do with the legitimate travel giant of the same name.
- The domain name was only registered a few weeks ago.
- The website is a poorly designed, cookie cutter effort which will be shut down in a matter of weeks.
- There are many similar sites with slightly different domain names.
- Being contacted out of the blue on social media is a well-known method used by scammers.
- There are no social media channels associated with the platform.
- There is no information about the board, the development team or the platform’s location.
The scammers hide their tracks well so it’s hard to track them down to get your money back.
There are private companies that might be able to help you track down your missing cash or crypto that I’ve written about here.
Have you had any experience with this platform? Kindly share your thoughts in the comment section to help others stay informed and safe.