Job scams cost victims over $220 million in early 2024. Scammers target job seekers with fake “task” jobs online. Victims asked to deposit crypto to access fake earnings. FTC urges caution with ...
Consequently, reported financial losses from job scams tripled from 2020 to 2023 and exceeded $220 million in losses from January until June 2024. The FTC says that roughly 40% of those losses are ...
ATLANTA — A Georgia woman says what began as a promising part-time, remote job quickly unraveled into a costly scam, one that federal authorities say is becoming increasingly common. “My thing was to ...