(Daily Mail) Desperate college students entering the workforce are the newest scam victims with fake job recruiters promising lucrative careers duping them.
The newest trick involves scammers reaching out to job seekers with promises of high-paying work. The scams even pretend to be professors or have a connection to the university, authorities warn.
They then trick the student to accepting a check, which bounces, but not before the fraudsters have access to the victim’s bank account allowing them to make off with their money.
‘I feel embarrassed,’ TikToker, D. Cain said in a video detailing how he fell victim. ‘It happened to me. It could happen to you.’
Desperate college students entering the workforce are the newest scam victims with fake job recruiters promising lucrative careers duping them. The scam has grown so much numerous videos on social media discuss the problem or detail how they fell victim
The scams have become so common that the Federal Trade Commission has published warnings about them.
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The scams have become so common that the Federal Trade Commission has published warnings about them.
In its statement, the FTC noted that scammers ‘might send emails that look like they’re from someone in your community, like a professor or an office at your college.’
The FTC went on to outline how the swindle worked: ‘If you apply, they’ll mail you a check to deposit at your bank. Then they’ll ask you to send some of the money to another account.
‘They tell you a convincing story, but the check is fake and the whole thing is a scam. The check will eventually bounce and the bank will want you to repay the money you withdrew. Meanwhile, the scammer will have walked away with the money you sent them.’
The FTC’s dire account of the scam echoes the experiences of many college students and graduates who have been successfully tricked by the fake recruiters.
Cody Querubin, a senior at George Mason University, received an email in his student account in February regarding a data-analyst internship.
The sender’s address was careers@veollawatertech.com. There is a legitimate company name Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions, whom the scammers intended to impersonate.
After expressing interest, Querubin participated in an interview hosted in Microsoft Teams. But he didn’t see the recruiters face and the interview happened by chat -something, in retrospect, that Querubin acknowledges to be a red flag.
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Recent college graduates are desperate for jobs, making them especially susceptible targets of scams
