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Beware Of TheseJob Hunting Scams

(SPM Wire) With highrates .of unempleymentnatienwide, almest everybedy knews semeene wheis .out .of werk and actively~ e e k i n g fer a jeb. AddingInsult te injury, matlyscammers are new takingadvantage .of this epportu,.nity te prey en these jebseekers, accerding te theBetter Business Bureau(BBB). "The dismal empleymentrate means that a let .ofpeep Ie are desperate ferwerk and may be graspingfer any jeb which createsa great eppertunity ferscammers," said StephenA. Cex, President andCEO .of the Ceuncil .of Better Business Bureaus."Net thereughly researching a jeb eppertunity canmake a bad situatien evenwerse and a victim canlese hundreds .or eventheusands .of dellars teany number .of jeb-:relatedscams."

The experts at the BBBrecemmend leeking .outfer these red flags whensearching fer a jeb:" The empleyer .offersthe eppertunity te becemerich with.out leaving heme.While many legitimatebusinesses allew empley*ees te werk frem heme

there are alse many s c a m ~ mers trying te take advantage .of senier citizensstay*at-heme mems, s t u ~ dents and disabled werkers leeking te makemeney cenveniently atheme. Jeb hunters sheulduse extreme cautien whencensidering a werk-atheme .offer and always research the cempany first.

" The salary and benefits.offered seem tee-geod-teb ~ - t r u e . Pheny empleyersmight brag abeut excep

tial and excellent benefitsfer little werk and .ne experience necessary, in .orderte lure unsuspecting jeb'hunters inte their scams.* Empleyer e-mails arerife v:'ith grammatical andspelling errers. Onlinefraud is .often perpetratedscammers lecated eutSide the U.S. Their firstl a n g ~ a g e usually isn'tEnglish and this is .oftenevident in their peer grasp.of the language.* The empleyer is quickte ask fer persenalinfermatien. A typical scam invelves awarding semeenea jeb witheut an interviewand then asking fer persenal infermatien, such assecial security .or bank aca:unt numbers. A jeb apphcant sheuld never give.out his .or her Secial Secu:"rity .or bank acceunt numbers ever the phene .oremail. It sheuld be dene inpersen. even fer atelecemmuting jeb, and.only after he .or she hascenfirmed the jeb is legitimate.*The jeb requires yeu te~ i r e meney. Many phenyJebs require the empleyeete cash a check sent bythe cempany threugh ther:'ail and then wire a perben efthe meney en te ane ~ h e r entity. Reasensgiven fer this requirementvary frem scam te scam.The check might clear theempleyee's bank acceuntbut will eventually turn .outte be a fake and the empleyee is .out the meneyhe .or she wired back tethe scammers.

Te make sure yeu .arewerking fer a legitimatecempany, yeu can ask tespeak with the previeuspersen in yeur pesitien, dea quick Internet search ferthe cempany. and checkwith yeur lecal Better Busin ~ ~ s Bureau. Yeu also canVISit bbb.erg fer mere tips

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