New York State Department of Labor warns job seekers for online scams

Now scams are being targeted at the most powerless people, the unemployed. Lately, the New York State Department of Labor has detected a surge in online scams cloaked as job opportunities where their stock and trade is peddling hope.

Colleen Gardner of the State Department of Labor stated: People have a hope to get a job and they think they've landed a job and end up being not only out of a job but also out of additional money. Department of labor officials said many of these traps are advance fee schemes, which assure jobs for a sort of processing fee or good faith money. It's a job opportunity that doesn't make money but takes money.

Some scam involves taking an applicant's private information to allegedly check references and history, and the applicant's individuality is stolen and credit is bankrupted. These scams are difficult and harder to detect and catch, as they move from one online venue to another. Those who are job hunting online should stay with entrenched employment sites, including the government's free one.

Those who have bump into an online job scam kindly report it to DOL at www.labor.ny.gov, a better way to come out of scam.

Employment scams

A scam that coerced job hunters to forfeit an upfront fee to stuff envelopes at home has been shut down by a district court in the U.S.

According to a grievance brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, an U.S. Global Resources company promised job hunters up to $4,400 per month to stuff brochures into envelopes.

In turn to get the jobs, yet, applicants were told they had to pay a $40 refundable fee to receive their employment kit.

After paying the fee, applicants received nothing but only a pamphlet entitled Secret Home Employment Guide, which listed other fake work at home opportunities and how to promote them. Those applicants who asked for refunds were incapable to reach anyone with the company.

BBB Warns About Scam Artists Who Targeting Unemployed

The Better Business Bureau in Dayton is sending out a warning message about scam artists targeting the unemployed workers.

The BBB reported because of the current economic and financial situation, job seekers are not carefully researching opportunities and can become victims of a job related scam.

The BBB cited the latest jobs report from the U.S. Labor Department. It reported new unemployed claims in mid-August unexpectedly jumped to 500,000, a raise of 12,000 over the previous week. John North, BBB president and CEO in Dayton said: The employment rate means a lot of people are worried for work and may be greedy for any job, which creates a great opportunity for scammers.

"Not thoroughly researching a job opportunity can make a bad situation even worse and a victim can lose hundreds or even thousands of dollars to any number of job-related scams."

The BBB said there are some red flags that consumers must look for:

• If the company asks for money upfront
• Profit offered seem too good to be true.
• The employer is quick to ask for your personal information, like Social Security numbers or bank account numbers.
• The Employer e-mails are common with grammatical and spelling errors.
• The employer requires you to wire money through Western Union.