We have recently received several reports from victims of a heinous scam that steals money from their bank accounts while impersonating our company and logo.
Are you Considering Using Upgrow Global Work Platform?
Do not; This is a task scam. Based on victim reports, the scam works like this:
- The victim receives a text message from the “Upgrow Global Work Platform” (or similar names with Upgrow) inviting them to take online work to earn extra income.
- Once they respond with interest, they are added to one of several WhatsApp groups: Upgrow-35 or Upgrow-33 (there are likely others).
- Next, they are invited to one of several web portals: global-upgrow.com or upgrowworkglobal.com (there are likely others)
- The victim is assigned a “Coach” and instructed to fund their account. The “Coach” is currently named Martha and has a phone number 917-204-1849.
- Initially, the victim will earn commissions doing tasks, but later, they will be asked to add funds to their account to earn more as a “Lucky Bonus”.
- Funds will be transferred as Bitcoin. The user cannot transfer funds back out until they add larger and larger amounts to their account.
Learn more about how schemes like this work at https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2024/11/task-scams-create-illusion-making-money
Have you already been scammed?
- Stop and do not deposit any more funds into your account or make further payments. Immediately withdraw any funds that you can.
- If you would like to be included in our report to the police and federal authorities, you can contact us at [email protected]
- Contact the domain registrar for this company and provide them evidence of your scam at [email protected] and [email protected]
This is a sophisticated and professional scam. The victims are honestly just trying to earn extra money with a side hustle doing work.
To Be Clear – Upgrow is not Upgrow Global Work Platform
Do not be fooled.
They have taken our name, logo, and are using our founders’ names, Ryder and Danny. But they are a complete scam and there is no connection between our agency and this group. The company leverages Upgrow’s brand name and the name of our founders to give itself credibility.
It hurts me deeply that people are being scammed in this way. I hope the victims can recover their funds, and we are doing what we can to have this taken down and pursue recovery of funds in any way we can.
Below are some victim screenshots of the scam platform.
