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Scam Alert: College Students Targeted By Fake Job Offers Scam Alert: College Students Targeted By Fake Job Offers
Scam Alert: College Students Targeted By Fake Job Offers A new scam is targeting college students with job offers from phony professors. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission for Consumer Information is warning college and university students about a new twist on the fake check scam that defrauds its victims, on average, of about $2,000. People in their 20s are more than twice as likely as people over age 30 to report losing money to fake check scams, the FTC said. About half of the forged check scams in the U.S. revolve around phony job offers. Common fake job offers include car wrapping, mystery shopper, and personal assistant.  “Never use mo…

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by Kristin Palpini