WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new wave of online scams is tricking people into thinking they’ve found easy money, only to leave them with empty wallets, the Federal Trade Commission said this week. According ...

Even though more companies allow employees to work from home now than before the COVID-19 pandemic changed things, it’s not a new concept. Working from home was — and still continues to be — an avenue ...

Scammers constantly change and adapt tactics. When E-Z Pass toll scams became a trending topic, scammers started sending DMV and speeding ticket collection texts instead. The latest ploy: sending scam ...

(NEXSTAR) – What’s not to love about a part-time, well-paid job “assisting TEMU merchants with product reviews”? A lot, it turns out, according to people who posted their experiences online. The job ...

Scammers love to prey on hope, and with a 4.3 percent unemployment rate in the U.S. as of August 2025, they’ve got a lot of hopeful job seekers to pounce on. No matter the economic environment, though ...

Getting the cold shoulder from candidates? The problem might not be the market. It could be the job post itself.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – I recently got a text message from a “company” saying I had been recommended by multiple online recruitment agencies and they wanted to offer me a job. Flexible hours, free training, ...

Have you ever gotten an email, call or message from someone offering you a job that sounds too good to be true? Or maybe you’ve seen a job posting that seems a bit fishy. Chances are the job is too ...

Job scams, thousands of applicants, getting ghosted by recruiters (if you hear from them at all): There are endless and completely valid reasons why people are tired of applying to jobs online. But ...