Job Search Scams
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| BBB Advice: Look for Seven Red Flags when Searching for Jobs
Online While the Internet has made searching for jobs easier, it also provides an opportunity for ID thieves and scammers to take advantage of eager - and unsuspecting - job seekers. Better Business Bureau is providing guidance that will help people spot the seven most common red flags associated with online job search scams. |
| Internet Scams: Job Hunting Just Got a Lot More
Dangerous When searching the top internet job search sites most of us are aware of the "Get Rich Quick" jobs and are leery of the "Work at Home" jobs, however even with my experience with the job search boards and what to look out for, a new scam, more dangerous than any of the others has now surfaced. |
| Job Applicants Beware of "Reshipping" and "Forwarding"
Scams Job seekers beware! Bogus foreign companies are advertising in help wanted ads on Internet job sites like Monster.com, CareerBuilders.com or Yahoo HotJobs. The ads claim to be looking for an "import/export specialist," "marketing manager," or "financial manager." Job seekers are asked to forward money from one account to another or to reship stolen merchandise to overseas companies as part of their employment duties. |
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Work-at-home scams abound When the unemployment rate rises, so does interest in work-at-home possibilities. And so do work-at-home scams. |
| Critical Tips For Job Seekers to Avoid Job Scams If you can remember four tips, you will help protect yourself from falling prey to payment forwarding scams. (A payment forwarding scam is where a con artist poses as an employer and tricks you into working as an "accountant" or "finance manager." Victims are asked to forward money from one account to another as part of their employment duties. Many times, that money is stolen. If you forward stolen money, that is a crime. This is why it is so important to avoid these types of scams. |
| Job Search Fraud Rising in Recession: Five Job Search Scams to
Avoid An article in the Sun-Sentinel describes how identity thieves are taking the phrase "kicking 'em while they're down" to a whole new level. It looks like scam artists have found easy prey in the legions of newly unemployed individuals who are now seeking searching, sometimes desperately, for employment. |
| A Smart Job Search is a Safe Job Search Monster is dedicated to providing the safest possible environment for you to search for jobs and manage your career. To assist with that goal, we ask that you keep a few simple security precautions in mind when evaluating job postings on Monster and job opportunities that you may receive unsolicited via email. |
| FEDERAL JOB SCAMS Information on job vacancies with the Federal Government and the Postal Service is provided free of charge. However, many Americans are victimized by scam artists selling information about Federal job opportunities. These scam artists place classified advertisements in newspapers, magazines, and periodicals offering--for a fee--to help job seekers locate and apply for Federal jobs. Some companies go so far as to use names that imply affiliation with the Federal Government such as the "U.S. Agency for Career Advancement," or "Postal Employment Service." |
| Looks Too Good To Be True.com While the Internet can be a safe and convenient place to do business, scammers are out there in "cyber world" targeting unsuspecting consumers. The Looks Too Good To Be True.com website was built to educate you, the consumer, and help prevent you from becoming a victim of an Internet fraud scheme. |
| Victim of a consumer Rip-off? Want justice? Ripoff Report® is a worldwide consumer reporting Web site and publication, by consumers, for consumers, to file and document complaints about companies or individuals. While we encourage and even require authors to only file truthful reports, Ripoff Report does not guarantee that all reports are authenic or accurate. Be an educated consumer. Read what you can and make your decision based upon an examination of all available information. |
| The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) IC3's mission is to serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 gives the victims of cyber crime a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations. For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at the federal, state, local and international level, IC3 provides a central referral mechanism for complaints involving Internet related crimes. |
| Bogus "Bonus" Checks We have warned readers about unsolicited offers of a job, a reward or some similar "opportunity" that are scams to convince people to send cash or give out valuable personal information. Now we want to tell you about a new wrinkle involving bogus checks that are costing victims big bucks. |
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