Path: Earning with AI work
Never pay to get work
Recognise the patterns that target new AI workers: a fee to apply, an unpaid batch dressed as a test, and urgency.
- Starting level
- New learner
- Time
- 12 minutes
- Public lesson guide
- EN + हिंदी
You will learn to
Name the red flags in a work offer and take the reporting step instead of negotiating.
Why this matters
Offers that target new workers are built on money moving the wrong way and on a clock. Both are visible before any money is lost.
Three things to remember
- Money moves to the worker: any fee or deposit to start is the exit signal.
- Urgency is pressure, not proof; a real offer survives a night's wait.
- Report it on the official cybercrime portal instead of arguing with the sender.
See one example
A message offers AI voice-recording work and asks for a refundable kit deposit before the first batch.
Try the judgement yourself
Both answers respond to the task above. One of them does the job better. Which, and why?
Make something yourself
Describe one work offer you or someone you know received. List every point where money, an OTP or urgency was asked for, and write what you would do next.
Read further
The source is optional. The complete teaching and practice are available inside AI2Bharat.
Read the primary or official source: National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal