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My new BBB in depth study on job scams

  • Complaints up 27% from 2019
  • 32% never get paid
  • ID theft common; 24% of victims post their Social Security Number with their resumes
  • Reshipping scams reported 65% of victims
  • Stolen credit card numbers used to buy goods, have them shipped to victims who repackage them and then them on;often to Russia
  • Fake checks used in job scams;
  • Losses to fake checks continue to grow;  half in mystery shopper scams

EU Commissioner and US attorney General hold inaugural meeting to talk ransomware, transnational organized crime

Florida : Three from Peru get prison; ran call center in Peru that called US Spanish speakers and threatened arrest or deportation

Los Angeles:  Telemarketer in toner scam gets four years prison; took in $126 million; defendant in previous FTC case

Atlanta: Nigerian scammer and partner who laundered stolen funds sentenced to prison

  • Scammer hacked tax preparation firms and stole identities
  • Use those to file bogus tax returns and sought refunds
  • Also used stolen identities to get Washington State unemployment benefits
  • Laundered through money orders
  • Had people travel from Zambia to open bank accounts

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