eightfold

It was a scam as I thought.
It wasn't WhatsApp but sometimes I receive messages of recruiting by iMessage. I've got a message from whose company is "Mercer".
It's funny that I receive a message from UK postoffice regarding package delivery, but I wonder, for a moment, if the sender might saw my LinkedIn when I received a recruiting message. It is obvious that recruiters never contact by iMessage, though.

'I had £3,000 stolen via WhatsApp job scam message'
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67945171

Word
scammer
fraudster
Action Fraud　https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/what-is-action-fraud　It is written UK and national, but it looks Scotland is not their territory.
eightfold [Collins]-fold combines with numbers to form adverbs which say how much an amount has increased by. For example, if an amount increases fourfold, it is four times greater than it was originally.
find my feet < find one's feet [Collins]to become capable or confident, as in a new job
legitimate
groom - I cannot find this meaning in dictionaries. Similar meanings even it's not sexual in the article - [Oxford]illegal sexual act to children using social media
distraught
criminologist
upfront
DBS - Disclosure and Barring Service
Financial Ombudsman Service > ombudsman

We can listen the voice of the victim and the criminologist in MoneyBox programme, but it seems that the young victim is trying to be positive.

I've been receiving inquiries since I updated LinkedIn in 2020. They were all small or medium size UK companies, but were they all scams?

How to Avoid the Latest LinkedIn Scams in 2023
https://tech.co/news/linkedin-scams-to-avoid
My cases are different from this article's. I didn't know about Nihon Arubaito.
I was recruited by a rich business man who lives in Manhattan NY last night. I ignore words of drunks. It's all just talk in a bar.