Tripmasters Club is a scam crypto platform that claims to offer part-time work opportunities but is actually designed to steal users’ cash and crypto.
The scam follows the same pattern as many others which are attempting to con people by using a name similar to that of the legitimate travel booking giant.
Victims are approached at random through platforms such as Telegram and told about an opportunity to earn crypto or cash by completing simple review tasks.
At first it seems genuine as small sums of crypto are paid to participants in return for leaving star reviews on various travel related products.
But each time a user leaves a review they use up ‘credits’ that they’re given when they sign up.
Users have to buy more credits
When the credits run out, they have to buy more if they want to continue ‘working’.
They’re then encouraged to spend ever increasing sums for alleged better opportunities which pay more per task.
Ultimately the scammers wait until someone deposits a large enough amount of crypto – often the USDT stablecoin – then lock their account.
If the user tries recover their funds they’re told they have to pay a release fee or tax in order to do so, but this is just another way for the scammers to steal more crypto.
First-hand account of the Tripmasters Club scam
A Tripmasters Club scam victim who contacted PawProfitForum Team wrote:
“On Telegram, a girl, without explaining the conditions, suggested that I carry out work by reviewing like 40 tourist trips. She said there will be commissions for this.
But if the amount of the trip is higher than the amount of the balance of credits, they need to be replenished.
These are the so-called premium trips, of which there can be 3 and a commission from them of 5%.
The site, or rather, not even the site, but the link, has not been finalized. Many icons are not clickable.
After completing 40 trips from the account of that girl, 30% of her commission, that is, 146 USDT, went to my account. That is, my balance initially became 146 USDT.
I was doing my 40 trips and I had premium trips for which I was missing my balance of about 20 USDT. I didn’t have a crypto wallet at first so I topped up with a bank card. I also withdrew some “earned” money.
But according to the conditions, I had to do it daily. I did not go to the platform for several days, the girls wrote to me in the Telegram chat and the girl who connected me called me.
I tried again, because I again had a small balance after passing from the page of the girl but almost immediately I got a trip that exceeded my balance by 420 USDT so I replenished.
Then to 1130 USDT, I topped up again, and immediately to 3496 USDT. I am very happy that my bank blocked the card at this point.
The platform chat support answered quite rudely when I tried to put pressure on pity and ask to return my money without commission.
And in the chat girls still write to me who say that they are single, with children, and we should support each other. Perhaps this is such a psychological tactic to make you feel at home in this circle.
They also send their results of work on the platform and congratulate each other on their success. Almost all of them, according to them, live in the Netherlands, one wrote that from the United Kingdom, one from Canada.”
Red flags with the Tripmasters Club site
This platform is very clearly a scam and there are many things that give it away.
They include:
- New domain name registration.
- Crude website design.
- No information about the company.
- No physical address.
- No social media platforms or apps.
- None of the links work on the site.
- Bot-run Telegram channels giving fake info.
- Random approaches through various channels.
- No legitimate site would operate in this way.
It’s highly unlikely as the site will probably be shut down soon and the scammers will disappear.
There are private companies that might be able to help which 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.