A Regina man is warning others after he and his wife along with some friends fell victim to an online investment scam.
Luis Leon said he came across a link on social media for Awebuy – the site presented itself as a job offer to people who want to work part-time and earn extra income.
“What it asks you to do is to do the task and try it out. What the system did … was give you $500 to try it out so you could see how much income you can earn on that amount of money,” Leon said.
Leon said the task involved reviewing products.
“It was very simple, very quick to do. I made about $15 on that $500 and I thought, ‘well this is kind of cool, let’s see what we can do with it.’”
From there, Leon said he was asked to put in money which he could later withdraw.
Leon sent the money over e-transfer, depositing just $100 the first time.
He said the earnings weren’t “super good,” but better than what he would have made from interest at the bank.
Leon upped his investment to $500 for a couple of weeks. When he sold his vehicle, he and his wife wondered about adding that cash to their web investment.
“I didn’t really want to invest all the money that we got from the vehicle into this, but she got really…
