‘OpenAI’ Job Scam Targeted International Workers Through Telegram

A Bangladeshi worker was eager to get started at their new OpenAI job—completing basic online tasks in exchange for consistent income, while getting into cryptocurrency investing at the same time. After connecting with the startup on Telegram and creating an account through a ChatGPT-branded app, they invested crypto into the platform and began a months-long job working for “Aiden” from “OpenAI.” The work was performed through the website “OpenAi-etc,” and internal conversations were held on Telegram. It was simple: Invest some crypto, complete a few tasks, and earn daily profits based on what was invested. Over the course of this worker’s time with the company, mentors continuously encouraged them to invest more money into the fund and recruit more Bangladeshi people to the team. When the worker convinced over 150 to join and the mentors split the growing team of “brokers” into a hierarchy based on seniority, it all felt very real. The total crypto-investment fund for their team was ... Read full article.