Stay safe
Fake “coding” opportunities
- Pay for internship or pay for certificate from unknown portal
- Data entry / captcha jobs marketed as “remote developer work”
- Telegram “LeetCode premium free” that steals login
- Clone sites (
leet-code.com, etc.) — bookmark official domains
Real vs practice
LeetCode, Codeforces, etc. are practice — they are not employers. Jobs come from company careers pages or verified campus drives.
Report
India: cybercrime.gov.in
Fake OSS/internship patterns: oss-programs-and-hackathons scams guide