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Job Hunting Scam

Imagine you are traveling the Career Highway of life next to Career City.  You decide to search for a job position.  The vehicle you drive you decide to take the “Explore Job Hunting Resources” exit.  You plan to use the job-hunting resources in Career City, here are some resources that you can use….

Job Ads Scams

Sometimes when you are job searching; you may encounter a job like this

Job Advertisement

“Very little experience needed! Hire right now
Call the number below and we will hire you immediately
$3,000,0000 dollar salary, great benefits and work only when you want
Call today and you will be rewarded with the loss of your money
Call us today so we can steal from you.”
(Well, maybe the last two lines would not be in an advertisement)

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is

If an ad sounds too good to be true, it probably is – if you find a job position that says earn a million dollars working at home in a short period of time while working only part-time hours – you may want to evaluate it before applying.

Some details about job scams can be found at

The Federal Trade Commission
(https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams)
 In a web site page called “Job Scams”:
The Federal Trade Commission has some good information on their web page to give ideas about Job Scams

Some jobs may be scams that can have you lose your money.  Be careful with the job positions that you read; evaluate the job positions so you can reduce the odds of being scammed by a job position.

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