Fraud alert: fake Sonar job offers and websites

Scammers are using the Sonar name to offer fake remote jobs. Sonar at trysonar.app makes keyword research and app-store ranking software for app developers. We do not offer paid app-uploading, data-uploading, rating or clicking jobs, and no one offering you one is working for us.

How the scam works

• An unexpected text, WhatsApp or Telegram message from a “recruiter”, often saying a staffing firm such as Robert Half or a LinkedIn contact passed your number along.
• A job that pays far too well for the effort: $6,000 or more a month for 1–2 hours a day of “uploading data”, “optimizing apps” or completing tasks from anywhere, with same-day pay and benefits like health insurance.
• You are sent to a website or app that uses the Sonar name, shows a balance growing as you complete tasks, and then asks you to deposit money, usually cryptocurrency, to unlock more tasks or to withdraw your “earnings”.

The balance is fake. Every deposit is lost, and the requests for more money do not stop.

How Sonar actually contacts people

• We never contact anyone by SMS, WhatsApp or Telegram.
• We do not hire through recruiters or staffing agencies.
• Our emails only come from addresses ending in @trysonar.app, and our only website is trysonar.app.
• We never ask for deposits, cryptocurrency transfers or payments to release wages or earnings.

Known fake websites

These websites use the Sonar name without permission. They are not owned, operated or authorized by us.

• newsonar.com (reported September 2026)

Found another one? Send the address, and screenshots of the messages if you have them, to [email protected] so we can get it taken down.

If you have already paid

• Stop all payments. Anyone who says one more deposit or fee will unlock or recover your money is part of the scam, including people who offer to help recover funds for a fee.
• Contact your bank, card issuer or crypto exchange right away. Some transfers can still be stopped or disputed.
• Keep the messages, website addresses and transaction records.
• Report it:
  • Federal Trade Commission (US): reportfraud.ftc.gov
  • FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (US): ic3.gov
  • Action Fraud (UK): actionfraud.police.uk
  • In the US, forward scam texts to 7726 (SPAM) to report them to your carrier.
  • Elsewhere, contact your local police or national fraud reporting service.

If you are unsure whether a message really comes from Sonar, email [email protected] before you reply or pay anything.