This is not new thing, I have almost joined the supposedly scam job, they actually pays for the first few job, it start with very small payment actually $3-$5 and simple job like liking youtube video or social media post, and they actually sent you the money. And then they will offer you bigger payment, like $20-$30 per job, before that you will need to pay like entry ticket to join the bigger job. But then after you sent that entry ticket fee they will make-up some reason, and even ask you for another fee, some people lured further because they don't want to waste the money they already sent. They mostly do this through telegram group.
The whole point of a job is to
earn money.
If you are paying money to work then
that is not a job.So don't waste your time on these things.
Also why would anyone want to work for crackers like $3-$5 per job? Especially in first-world countries where that amount will not buy you anything, and will easily be swallowed up in service fees? For 3rd world countries I can at least understand why they would take up such a thing.