Typically speaking, the scams have surfaced as texts. The sender poses as someone with the career service Indeed and offers ...

In 2024, Americans reported $470 million in losses to text scams, more than fivefold the amount reported in 2020, according ...

When a mysterious text promised a dream job with a top-tier company, journalist Brian Hargesheimer decided to play along ...

Staggering rise in online job scams, particularly task scams, leads to over $220 million in losses in 2024. Beware of unsolicited messages and never pay to get paid.

The South African government has raised the alarm over alleged job scams targeting young women online, following reports that ...

Task scams were estimated to account for nearly 40% of the 2024 job scam reports," the FTC says. As you might have guessed, cryptocurrency is the preferred payment method for task scams.

And the scams have led to an overall increase in reported losses, the FTC said. Reported losses due to job scams tripled from 2020 to 2023, totaling more than $220 million six months into 2024.

Online job scams: It's a billion-dollar industry involving thieves preying on vulnerable people desperate for employment, and experts say these scams are rampant. D.J., a man from Newport News who ...

Reports of job scams and employment fraud to the FBI rose significantly last year, up nearly 30% from 2023. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that consumers lost about $264 ...

Gamified job scams, or task scams, represented a significant portion of that growth. About 20,000 people reported experiencing gamified scams in the first part of 2024, compared to 5,000 in all of ...

The Ministry in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities has raised alarm over job opportunities on ...

Online job scams targeting Filipino jobseekers should be investigated amid increasingly sophisticated schemes and deceptive offers circulating on messaging platforms, according to Sen. Mark Villar.