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  2. Employment firm's name stolen to lure job seekers into scam

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    Scammers have stolen the identity of a national employment firm and are using it to trap consumers with a money-laundering scheme that claims to be a mystery-shopping job. The St. Louis Better ...

  3. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    Very similar to the casting agent scam is the "job offer" scam in which a victim receives an unsolicited e-mail claiming that they are in consideration for hiring to a new job. The confidence artist will usually obtain the victim's name from social networking sites, such as LinkedIn and Monster.com. In many cases, those running the scams will ...

  4. Employment fraud - Wikipedia

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    Employment fraud is the attempt to defraud people seeking employment by giving them false hope of better employment, offering better working hours, more respectable tasks, future opportunities, or higher wages. [1] They often advertise at the same locations as genuine employers and may ask for money in exchange for the opportunity to apply for ...

  5. Email fraud - Wikipedia

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    Job Scams: The victim is seeking a job and posts a resume on any internet job site. The scammer spots the resume and sends the victim an email claiming to be a legitimate job listing service, and claiming to have a client who is looking for an employee with their skills and experience. The victim is invited to click on a link to apply for the job.

  6. Employment firm's name stolen to lure job seekers into scam

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  7. This Baltimore job hunter avoided an employment scam by ...

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    In fact, 32% of employment fraud victims came across the scam job posting on LinkedIn, one of the most popular job search tools. Now one tricky thing is that it is common practice to have to share ...

  8. Job fraud - Wikipedia

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    Job fraud is fraudulent or deceptive activity or representation on the part of an employee or prospective employee toward an employer. [1] It is not to be confused with employment fraud, where an employer scams job seekers or fails to pay wages for work performed. There are several types of job frauds that employees or potential employees ...

  9. Have a side gig? Be on the lookout for these scams - AOL

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