Messages falsely claim young people can make up to £800 a day liking videos on platform

Fraudsters are increasingly posing as TikTok employees in attempts to defraud teenagers with nonexistent jobs, according to research.

Virgin Media O2 said that in the past month there had been a sharp increase in the number of fraudulent text messages from scammers that claim people can make up to £800 for a day’s work liking videos on the platform.