AliExpress Task Scam: Deposits Required to Unlock Orders

A WhatsApp message from a foreign number starts with an offer of "daily earnings through AliExpress". The user is signed up to a website and led to believe that commission will be paid as order tasks are completed; after a few steps, the tasks are tied to the person depositing their own money in dollar amounts.

🚩 The Task Flow Step by Step

1. The person is contacted on WhatsApp from a foreign number and signed up to a website.
2. They are told that commission will be paid once a set of 60 order tasks in the app is completed.
3. After the sixth or seventh task, a deposit in dollar amounts is requested to "unlock" the task.
4. As the tasks advance, the amount requested grows; payments are made in crypto to foreign wallets.

🏷️ AliExpress and This Scheme

AliExpress is a real e-commerce marketplace owned by the Alibaba Group and does not run a programme that pays users commission for order tasks. The only purpose of using the name is to create trust through a familiar brand.

🔗 The Same Order-Task Scheme

We have previously covered task sites that demand growing deposits under the appearance of a marketplace:

🧭 The Legal Process for Money Sent in Crypto

Acts of this kind carried out through information systems are treated as qualified fraud under Article 158/1-f of the Turkish Penal Code. The legal process in task scamsTR and cases where the money was moved to a crypto exchangeTR are described in our separate articles.

For detailed information and legal support, you can contact Savun Law & Consultancy.

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