Fake job listings on the rise

Wisconsin Consumer Protection is seeing a rise in fake job listings. Division director Mike Domke says criminals are using third party job posting sites to try and hook people into fake jobs with promises of big money and easy work.

“We know scammers don’t care about the rules. All they want to do is get in there and get your money and information.” One common trick is to “sign you up” for the job and send you a check to pay for supplies from their company website.

But that check is fake, and once you cash it, you may have already sent them your own money.

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