Job scams targeting unemployed Americans have surged over 1,000% in recent months as cybercriminals exploit the struggling labor market. McAfee research reveals fraudulent job offers now represent the ...
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Sizable shares also say they have personally experienced such scams. Overall, 36% of U.S. adults say they’ve ever bought an item online that either never arrived (31%) or was counterfeit (17%) and was ...
Job seekers are navigating a job market filled with scammers. They are facing unprecedented levels of impersonation, fraud, ...
BBB is warning job-seekers that with the cooling job market comes a rise in employment scams. Decreasing hiring rates and ...
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Have you ever gotten an email, call or message from someone offering you a job that sounds too good to be true? Or maybe you’ve seen a job posting that seems a bit fishy. Chances are the job is too ...
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KUTV) — Utah is ranked among the top five states for the highest number of job scams reported per capita in 2024, according to a report. Officials with the Federal Trade ...
Mark Anthony Dyson, writer of the Job Scam Report newsletter, shares tips on how to spot and avoid online job scams. The number of scams involving job postings and offers nearly tripled between 2020 ...
If you are applying for jobs online, do your research before accepting an interview or employment offer. Job scammers have gotten very sophisticated, convincingly claiming to represent real employers, ...