by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 29, 2025 | Scam of the day
Job scams are fertile ground for scammers. I have written about many forms that these scams take. Recently the Federal Trade Commission issued a warning about phony job offers being sent to people in text messages. While some job scams that may appear on...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 27, 2025 | Scam of the day
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network and, as such, has long been attractive to scammers seeking to piggy-back on the sites good reputation. Recently the number of job scams being found on LinkedIn has increased dramatically. A recent...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 8, 2024 | Scam of the day
I have been warning you about job scams for twelve years. These scams appear in many platforms including social media, emails, and even on legitimate online employment websites. In a recent version of the job scam, scammers are texting people posing as recruiters for...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 28, 2024 | Scam of the day
Job scams through job sites such as Indeed, Zip Recruiter and Monster are not unusual although all of these companies do a pretty good, but not perfect job, of trying to keep phony job scams from appearing on their sites. Social media, however, is rampant with phony...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 5, 2024 | Scam of the day
The FBI recently issued a warning about a new variation of the work at home scam. Scammers posing as staffing or recruiting agencies contact their targeted victims by phone calls or text messaging offering simple to perform jobs such as rating restaurants. The pay...
