The person/business is not involved in the scam.
They are not paying the scammers to promote their business. Similarly the YouTube/Instagram account holders are also not involved.
These scammers just send you random accounts to like/promote. They let you believe their made up story this way.
You basically ruined reviews for the person/business who did nothing wrong to you.
I on the other hand just unliked (not dislike) the videos they sent me.
Update: sent my payment info on telegram. Awaiting funds and they said when I get them I'll be given more tasks. So I did not yet reach the "high stakes"/"prepaid tasks" stage.
You didnt get it. Why will I go ahead and spoil someones biz?
I analyzed the pattern and just in span of 3 weeks, 4-5 nos. sent me the exact same restaurants location asking to post positive reviews in return of Rs. 150 to 350 bucks.
And you wont believe, when I went through those restaurants reviews, more than 150+ 5 star positive reviews with 40%+ same randomly copy pasted reviews.
Now say? Isn't the restaurant owners themselves involved in this scam hiring someone to get positive reviews and 5 stars?
Then why shouldn't I unearth and reveal the scam behind it and let the other masses know about it?