In April 2026, online users searched for information about an alleged TikTok Trend Reviewer initiative allowing users to make money with a TikTok Pay app or program, also labeled as Super VIP. According to TikTok video ads allegedly showing singer Ariana Grande and other celebrities, the tech company launched a new trend reviewer rewards program to make money, whether hundreds of dollars per day or thousands per month. Users searched the web to look for a sign-up page after viewing those TikTok video ads, plus other clips on resulting websites supposedly showing influencers Zach King, Charli D’Amelio and MrBeast.
In short, the TikTok Trend Reviewer offer was a scam. TikTok does not offer special apps named TikTok Trend Evaluator, TikTok Trend Reviewer or TikTok Super VIP, nor do they promote a TikTok rewards program. While the videos appearing to show Grande, King, D’Amelio and MrBeast might have seemed convincing, those clips featured deepfake AI depictions. In other words, none of those people — or any other famous celebrities — ever endorsed a TikTok trend reviewing program. Scammers sought to defraud desperate people with complex marketing schemes. TikTok accepted money from those scammers to allow the fraudulent ads, meaning both TikTok and the scammers both benefited from the criminal activity. Neither party will likely ever face any consequences, because that’s the way the world works in 2026.
An investigation of the capsules product appears below in a YouTube video from Jordan Liles, titled, “TikTok Pay Trend Reviewer to Make Money Legit or Scam Check.” After that, look for a transcript from my TikTok Pay and trend reviewer YouTube video. I advise victims of this scam to report fraud to the FTC and to read up on Bank of America’s scam prevention tips, AARP’s guidance on TikTok and social media scams, and TikTok’s own page for reporting scams.
Transcript from my TikTok Trend Reviewer YouTube video
The following is a word-for-word transcript from the above TikTok Pay or TikTok Trend Reviewer scam-busting YouTube video. Please note some of the quoted material originated with scammers’ AI-generated depictions and does not constitute me speaking positively about this scam:
Transcript From Video (Click To Expand)
So, just want to drive this home again just to make sure people understand. TikTok Pay. Uh, TikTok Pay, if I could say it. TikTok Pay, TikTok Super VIP, TikTok rewards program, rewards system, TikTok Trend Reviewer, TikTok Trend Evaluator. This is all a scam. All right, this video here is all about TikTok Pay. This is something going around online. It’s supposedly called TikTok Pay, even though the checkout page where you order the product, whether it’s an app, a system, or a program, doesn’t name it as TikTok Pay. But this video here does. Is this Ariana Grande? I guess it’s supposed to be. Maybe. If it’s not, it’s not. But this is someone who has been manipulated—their lip movement, their their vocals—with AI to make it seem like they’re talking about this and they never did.
I’m going to hit play on this. There are lots of TikTok ads out there for this right now. And so I’m trying to expose something that claims you can earn money through TikTok for reviewing videos or giving your reaction to videos, like getting a lot of money just for saying, “I did or did not like this video. Here’s $30.” That’s that’s not how life works. That’s not a real thing. Whether it’s a rewards program or whatever, TikTok Pay is not real. And if you run a YouTube channel that also busts scams or a website, I’d appreciate it if you gave me credit. If you’re using my video as a basis to create your own content, that’s the way journalism works. Credit is good and I hope that you can follow through on that. That would really, really be good.
So, let’s hit play on this video here. I’m going to show you exactly what’s going on with this scam. TikTok Pay. If you’re looking for TikTok Pay to earn money, reviews, whatever, don’t fall for this. This has no legitimacy. You cannot earn money through TikTok based upon reviewing videos and getting like $30 or $35 per review. By review, I mean “I liked it” or “I didn’t like it.” Way too much money. “Do you ever get the feeling something showed up for a reason? I don’t know why this appeared for you, but not everyone has access to it. TikTok is testing something called TikTok Pay with a limited number of users. All you do is watch short videos, say what you think about them, and move on. No posting, no pressure, just your opinion. I didn’t believe it at first either, but after looking into it, it actually makes sense. A platform this big needs constant feedback from real users. If you’re seeing this, I wouldn’t ignore it. Just tap and see what it is.”
Ok, it’s going to a lovable.app website and it says your account has been selected. Secure verification. And it says you can hit claim your spot. And that’ll open up a video. And it wants me to review this video. Choose your reaction. Viral, top, not bad, or other different reactions. And suddenly I got $12.50 for doing nothing basically. It says here the other options are meh, danger, or flop. And here’s another video here. Just got to wait 5 seconds and say whether or not I liked it. And so it’s claiming here I’ve earned almost $50 in seconds. And now I get to spin, which seems fun. Oh, I only hit two times. And in typical scam fashion, the second time is the time that you quote-unquote win. Three times your balance will be tripled. And suddenly I made $130 and it’s going to start a video here.
And this is Zach King from TikTok. I guess this looks like it’s probably something coming from Brazil. It says Super VIP at the top. And so if you’re looking up TikTok Super VIP, this is not a real thing at all. Let’s start this little video over again. “One of my followers made over $5,000 with this new TikTok profession.” “Over $10,000 in earnings just for watching TikTok video.” That’s Charli D’Amelio, if I’m not saying that right. Sorry. “Yes, I have several followers already taking advantage of this.” “Yesterday, I saw a follower who became a TikTok Trend Evaluator and now makes over $300 a day just by reviewing a few videos.”
So, TikTok Trend Evaluator is not a real job that you can go and get and make like $130 in one minute. That’s not something that exists. This is MrBeast and he’s not actually saying these words. Nor did the other two people that just talked. This is deepfake AI technology at work. Zach King, Charli D’Amelio, and MrBeast never said these words or endorsed this. There is no TikTok Trend Evaluator program, app, or system. Nor is a Super VIP TikTok thing real or TikTok Pay. All of this is a scam. Do not believe in it. And if you fell for this, I’m assuming you got charged a lot of money and that the scammers might try to charge you again for monthly fees or something. Call your credit card company and report fraud. Absolutely.
If you fell for this, “Everyone needs to know about this new profession.” “Your phone and internet access. To tell you the truth, what you’re seeing on your screen right now is what pulled me out of the worst moment of my life. That’s exactly what I’m going to show you now. Forbes magazine is calling this the biggest financial opportunity of 2025.” 2025. It’s 2026. So, scammers are reusing a video from a previous scam called the TikTok rewards program scam, reward system or whatever. It’s not real. And so TikTok Pay is not real. Super VIP is not real. TikTok Trend Evaluator is not real. None of this is real. You can earn money through TikTok by making videos, getting into like their program to like monetize your videos, but you’re not going to make this much money this fast. That’s not how that works.
“And in less than one minute, I’ll show you how you can work as a trend reviewer for TikTok and get out of debt.” So, they’re claiming—and I keep pausing, I just want to drive this home—there is no trend reviewer. TikTok Trend Reviewer. This is something that the scammers are claiming that you can become as a job, like a TikTok Trend Reviewer, not real. “Over $300 a day. That’s what I’m making every single day just by reviewing a few videos. My name is James and just 3 months ago, I was $12,000 in debt and working as a pizza delivery guy in my neighborhood.”
So, just want to drive this home again just to make sure people understand. TikTok Pay, uh, TikTok Pay, if I could say it. TikTok Pay, Super VIP, TikTok rewards program, reward system, TikTok Trend Reviewer, TikTok Trend Evaluator. This is all a scam. “… because you won’t regret it. Big hug. I hope to see you in the TikTok reviewers group.” “But wait, it wasn’t just James who made a lot of money with TikTok. Check out what Caroline…” Wait, the TikTok reviewers group? This makes me believe it’s going to be something else and not just something where you buy something and then you lose a bunch of money. The group, the group chat. That’s probably what this is going to end up going to. And I’m not going to go all the way into that.
I don’t have hours and days and weeks to invest in this. This will probably take you… I’ve heard of this before. I’ve been in one of these groups before. It’s been a while, where you’re brought into a chat group, a WhatsApp group chat, a Signal chat, whatever. Some sort of an online chat group, and there are a lot of people, bots or whatever, trying to make you think that what they’re doing is working. They’re making a lot of money with TikTok. And the scammers will keep telling you you’re earning a lot of money and they’re saying, “Well, you got to hit a withdrawal limit in order to actually get the money out. You got $100. You need to have $5,000 in order to withdraw.”
And you keep working at it and you get to that $5,000 after days or weeks or whatever. And when you get to that limit, you’re so excited. Maybe you’re actually going to get this money. It’s going to be amazing. You’ve worked up yourself in your brain to make you think you’re going to get it. And this is similar to like a pig butchering scam where the scammers will drag you along, and and they will try to at the end of the process of of fattening you up—pig butchering scam—to butcher you by then convincing you to give information about like maybe you need to give the scammers your credit card number or your personal details. And “it’s just a one-time thing just to make sure you are who you who you say you are” just to get your money.
And of course, that’s where they get you. Once they have your information, they take money from you. You never get any money because this is all a scam. That’s looking like that’s what this is going to be. So, never go into a WhatsApp group chat or a Signal group chat thinking you’re going to earn a lot of money easily. That’s not how life works. I wish that it was. This will eventually lead you to a website that’s going to try to get you to buy the product. I think it’s on, let me see what the website is. It’s on mycheckoutt.com and a checkoutt has two T’s. And in this instance, they call it golden tool. And that’s what this is.
The scammers want to get your money. They’re going to claim that they’re going to make you a lot of money. You just need to pay them a certain fee. Maybe they’ll bring you into a group chat, fatten you up like a pig, make you think you’re going to get a bunch of money. You just need to hit a withdrawal limit, keep working at it, and you’re never going to get that money. That’s what this is. So, like, comment, subscribe. The join button is down below. TikTok Pay is not legit. It’s a scam. Super VIP for TikTok. TikTok Super VIP. Not legit. TikTok Trend Reviewer, TikTok Trend Evaluator. These are all terms that scammers came up with to defraud you. Don’t let it happen.
And can we take a moment just to say thank you, and I’m being sarcastic, to Facebook, Instagram, Meta, you know, TikTok, whatever, for allowing these ads that eventually go to the website that I showed you. They are basically enabling these scams because without the ads running, no one would find these scams. And so these tech companies, big tech companies, accept money from scammers and they never are brought to justice by like the FTC, FBI, whoever. And that’s the way the world works because if you’re a big tech company, you can get away with just about anything these days because you’re untouchable.
But if you’re one guy, like in a small town, and you commit one instance of fraud, accident or not, you’re probably going to end up going to jail. And that is what we have here in America these days. It’s very sad. Like, comment, subscribe. The join button is down below. Thank you for watching.