The Federal Trade Commission says scammers may set up fake websites and even conduct fake online job interviews to try to steal money and personal information.
Mass layoffs across tech, social media and digital news outlets over the past few months have sent tens of thousands of Americans on the job hunt. But now the Federal Trade Commission is warning that scammers are fine-tuning their approaches to take advantage of people looking for work — and stealing some job seekers’ money and personal information while they’re vulnerable.
Or some scammers ask their targets to send in money to cover their remote work equipment upfront, with false promises to reimburse them in their first paycheck.Related: More than 57,000 global tech-sector employees have lost jobs in 2023: layoff-data tracker The FTC has plenty of resources to help you spot potential job scams, as well as information on what to expect if an employer wants to do a background check.
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