Des Moines, Iowa — Iowans are being warned to beware of the latest rash of employment scams.
Lisa Schiller, at the Better Business Bureau, says these scammers are generally targeting people between the ages of 18 and 34. She says consumers are having their information harvested from different job search websites, like Indeed.com.
That information can be used to conduct further scams, and the crooks also like to pair this with sending bad checks to the victims to get the money that way.
Employment scams ranked number two on the bureau’s 2022 risk report, and Schiller says the reason they were so effective was Covid.
People who were caught in this scam lost more than $1,500 on average. Schiller says if you encounter something shady in your job search, report it to the authorities. For more information visit the Better Business Bureau.
