Study: Job-related scams on rise due to pandemic


To make the fraud as realistic as possible to their potential millennial victims, scammers conduct interviews via email, text, phone call and even Zoom. — Business vector created by freepik - www.freepik.com

Taking advantage of the chaos created by Covid-19, scammers have bilked billions of dollars from Americans looking for a job during the pandemic.

That's according to a new study from the Better Business Bureau, which indicates job scam reports filed with the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Centre were up 27% between 2018 and 2020.

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