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Informative Tips about Employment Scams

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Top 3 Employment Scam Indicators (Click to play FraudSense with Dorothy video) Whether you’re a college student looking for a job with flexible work hours, a new graduate interested in entering the workforce fulltime, a stay-at-home parent with small children, a retiree or a disabled person wanting to stay active or a fulltime worker seeking a way to supplement your current income, there are scores of people searching for employment.   Since we live in an age of digital technology most job searches involve the Internet.   While legitimate employers post ads on the Internet, so do fraudsters.   Thus, it’s vitally important that job seekers are aware that employment scams exist and learn how to recognize them.   Employment fraud is currently so prevalent that on January 28, 2017 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a Public Service Announcement alerting citizens about the overwhelming amount of college students being specifically targeted by this type of scam.