How to Report a Scam

Jennifer is just one of the many job seekers who have written to tell me that they were the victim of a scam. She was told that she would receive $490 a week. Then she received another email saying that there was a mistake and the company had accidentally sent her 3,200 dollars. When she received the check she was supposed to wire the rest of the money to someone else.

That's a typical attempt to get you to part with your money. The check from the company wouldn't have cleared, and she would have already wired the money to the third party.

What should you do if you've been scammed? Here's how to report a scam, including where and how to report an employment scam.

And if you've been scammed or almost scammed, here's how to add a scam to our list of typical job scams.

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