The sender proposed a side job in which she could earn affiliate income by operating a social media account after purchasing training materials and receiving support. She was told that paying about 250,000 yen could enable her to earn roughly 100,000 yen through social media operations. Numerous websites facilitate the buying and selling of social media accounts, despite such transactions generally violating platform rules. A total of 2,962 side-job fraud cases were recorded in fiscal 2025, with about 70% believed to have originated through social media. Experts stressed that users cannot be certain who is operating a social media account, even when it appears familiar.