Reported 5 Nov 2026
Influish ‘doomscroller’ (Udaipur)
Verified: reportedVacancy status unknown
Real, widely reported company post. Pay, deadline and openings not disclosed; not presented here as an active vacancy.
Read the case fileVerification desk · India
Saw a viral job post? Check it here before you share — or apply.
By Influish Editorial Team · Published
We look up the odd, funny and too-good-to-be-true job posts that spread across Indian social media, stamp each one with what we could actually confirm, and show you how to do the same checks yourself.
Short answer
Most viral job posts are real posts — but “real” is not the same as “open”, and a screenshot is not the same as the employer’s own channel. Before you apply, confirm the post on the company’s official website or verified account, check that the company exists in public records, and never pay a fee. Our case files below show what each viral story turned out to be.
What is on the desk right now?
Each case file records when the story was reported, which sources we opened, and two separate verdicts: whether the story is genuine, and whether there is any evidence that the opportunity is still open. We never stamp an expired or unconfirmed opening as active.
Reported 25–26 Aug 2025
Monk Entertainment ‘doomscroller’ (Mumbai)
VerifiedHistoric
A 2025 posting asking for 6+ hours of daily screen time. Often confused with the 2026 story.
Read the case fileFirst reported Nov 2019
Wakefit ‘sleep internship’
VerifiedHistoric seasons
A real, repeated brand programme paying interns to sleep on its mattresses. Past seasons only.
Read the case fileReported 22 May 2025
₹10-a-month internship on a job board
Story verifiedListing disowned
The named company said the listing was crawled by bots, not posted by it — a lesson in checking the source.
Read the case fileWhat do the stamps mean?
- Verified — we opened at least one credible, linkable report or the organisation’s own page, and the core facts match.
- Unverified — we could not load the source, or the employer could not be identified or disowned it. We take no claims from it.
- Expired / historic — the story was real but belongs to a past date or season. Do not treat it as a live vacancy.
- Status unknown — real story, but nobody has published whether applications are open or closed.
How do I check a job post myself?
Our eight-step verification method uses only free public signals: the company’s own website, its official social accounts, Ministry of Corporate Affairs master data, the age of the website’s domain, the recruiter’s email domain and the news trail. For quick use on your phone or on paper, there is a printable job safety checklist, and a Hinglish version: fake job offer kaise pehchane.
Why do odd jobs go viral — and why do scammers love them?
Jobs that sound like fun (sleeping, scrolling, tasting) are made to be shared, and companies know it: a strange listing is cheap publicity. That same shareability is what scammers copy. Within days of a viral post, look-alike “apply here” links and Telegram groups appear using the same story. Our guide to unusual career categories explains which odd jobs genuinely exist and what their fake versions look like.
If you’ve already sent money or shared an OTP, go straight to how to report a job scam: call 1930 and file at cybercrime.gov.in.
Who runs this desk?
Viral Jobs India is published by Influish — which is also the company in one of our case files. We disclose that on every page, apply the same stamps to that story as to any other, and explain our method on the about page.