Some recruitment fraudsters impersonate legitimate recruitment companies; others pretend to be affiliated with big brands to ...

Scammers are impersonating big names, such as Amazon and Target, as they promise too-good-to-be-true job opportunities.

Job offers through an unexpected text message are being sent with growing frequency. While it's easy to see why people might fall for these pitches, they are scams. News 8 On Your Side consumer ...

Employment scams surged last year, as criminals leveraged artificial intelligence to steal money and personal information from unsuspecting job seekers, experts said. Consumer reports of job ...

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) contributed to a surge in job scams last year, according to a recent report by an identity theft watchdog group. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC ...

In 2019, the Federal Trade Commission received about 19,600 reports of job scams, but that number has since soared to more than 84,000 in 2023. Job seekers need to tread carefully in their search ...

He was one of some 7,000 people released from scam compounds in Myawaddy, a town on Myanmar’s border with Thailand that is ...

Phoney job ads sent via text and WhatsApp claim to offer lots of money to complete tasks in your own time. These scams are typically used by fraudsters to groom you into an elaborate scam. Recently, ...

Job scams are an emerging threat. They surged 118% in 2023 from 2022, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. Scammers may pose as recruiters or post fake job ads in order to get ...