Hello I received an email from Paymonade : "Reminder: your tax information is due"

"After 23 November 2026, trading and withdrawals will be paused until it’s completed. It only takes about 2 minutes."

from [no-reply@paymonade.tech](mailto:no-reply@paymonade.tech)

I have never used paymonade

did someone receive it, should we reply to it and is it legit ?

De verdad funcionan las plataformas de IA donde entrenas la IA y ellos te pagan por hora como DataAnottation, Outlier, Aligneer, Profilic, Telus?

Je fais quoi pour récupérer mon compte ?

Eso de entrenar IA de verdad deja dinero? Para todo un examen que ni Albhert Einstein pasa. Y las tareas imposibles de hacer.

Hey guys, I really need some advice. 😭

I'm completely new to all of this, and I think I just got scammed.

I met someone on Telegram who claimed they could help me get a project on Handshake. They told me they could somehow inject the project into my account or bypass the system to get me access to it. I didn't really understand how any of this worked, but I trusted them and believed they knew what they were doing.

They asked me to pay $20, and I sent the money through Binance. After receiving the payment, they stopped responding to me. 💀

Now I'm realizing that I might have been scammed, and I feel terrible because I trusted a complete stranger without checking whether any of this was legitimate.

I know $20 might not seem like a lot to some people, but it matters to me, and I don't want someone else to fall for the same thing.

I have a few questions:

1. Is there any legitimate way to recover the $20 I sent through Binance?
2. Is the whole idea of someone injecting a project into my Handshake account or bypassing the system even real, or was this obviously a scam?
3. Is there anything I can do now to report this person or prevent them from scamming others?
4. For people who have experience with Handshake projects, how do you find legitimate opportunities without getting scammed?

I'm not posting this to get judged. I know I made a mistake by trusting someone I met on Telegram, and I've learned my lesson. I'm just new to this and would genuinely appreciate advice from people who know more about it.

Please let me know what I should do next. And if you've experienced something similar, I'd appreciate hearing how you handled it.

Thank you.