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Remote job scams are on the rise! How to stay safe?
Job scams were always around, but ever since the pandemic and lockdowns, remote job scams have beco…
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A massive remote-work scam fooled 300 US companies into hiring North Koreans, prosecutors say
An Arizona woman aided North Koreans in find remote-work US jobs, funnelling their wages back to th…
Joshua Zitser
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College students desperate for jobs are getting scammed online by criminals posing as tech recruiters
College students looking to join the workforce are being targeted by scammers offering attractive j…
Camilo Fonseca
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A millennial who's been applying to jobs for a year says he's encountered ghost jobs and scammers in his struggle to find a remote role
A Utah-based millennial was laid off from his tech job soon after he learned about a worrying healt…
Jacob Zinkula
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Job switchers beware: Some high-paying, remote jobs are scams
The Better Business Bureau warned that scammers are posting fake jobs at top-tier companies like Am…
Jason Lalljee
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Don't be scammed by fake job listings
Some 14 million people are exposed to fictitious job postings every year. Here's advice from recrui…
Rebecca Knight,Rachel DuRose
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What are ‘vishing scams’ that start with a Namaste and end with monetary losses
vishing is a type of phone scam where the fraudster takes advantage of human error by calling and a…
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I got a job offer on my birthday after searching for almost a year, but it turned out to be a hiring scam. Here are the red flags I missed.
When I got a job offer on my birthday, I was thrilled — but it seemed too good to be true, and it w…
Eve Kenneally
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Potential employees looking for remote work say they've been targeted by scammers offering them fake jobs: 'They prey on people who are vulnerable'
The jobs had legitimate-seeming descriptions and interview processes, luring people into trusting a…
Samantha Delouya
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Winning lotteries on WA? It could be one of the many scams going around
With its widespread usage and seamless communication capabilities, WhatsApp has seamlessly integrat…
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I spot bait-and-switch rental scams in New York City. Here's what apartment hunters need to be aware of when looking for a new home.
Lynne Allaker says inaccurate or false apartment listings are a longstanding problem in big cities …
By Lynne Allaker, as told to …
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Some remote workers have picked up a nefarious side hustle: outsourcing their work
The biggest story in tech right now is that some remote workers are outsourcing their work to other…
Jordan Parker Erb
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More people are watching porn on work devices — and it's a cybersecurity problem for employers
Porn sites are a significant source of malware, and past breaches of porn sites have been used to b…
Aaron Holmes
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Equifax fired at least two dozen employees after it used its own tool to suss out if workers had a second job
Equifax fired at least 24 workers for having a second job, and it figured that out by using one of …
Dan DeFrancesco
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This online coding school started in Silicon Valley's hottest startup incubator is completely free for students until they find a job
The stipend program would have been a big help to Pina and Dobarganes, both of whom had to work par…
Rosalie Chan
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8 high-paying work-from-home jobs that don't require a bachelor's degree
FlexJobs, an online service specializing in telecommuting and remote work, recently sifted through …
Rachel Gillett
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I was a fitness influencer with 1 million Instagram followers. I made a career U-turn after I realized my content was damaging myself and others.
Madalin Giorgetta would get 60,000 likes on a bikini photo as a fitness influencer. She re-trained …
Kim Schewitz
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How a stay-at-home dad turned his passion for pickleball into 'a game changer' side hustle
Antoine Echavidre's side hustle is teaching pickleball. He's a stay-at-home dad with a passion for …
Madison Hoff
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My whole family shares their location with each other. As an admitted worrier, I don't check it often.
My whole family shares their location with each other. I don't check it often, but it gives me peac…
Jennifer Cannon
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'Some people go all in and sell everything': People who've lived and sailed full-time on a boat shared how they did it
These people left their homes to live full-time on a boat and share how they did it. One couple sai…