Online Job Scams

November 16, 2010 - CBS 2 News at 5PM

With more than 14 million Americans out of work, many people are turning to online job ads to find work they can do from home. But those ads often turn out to be scams and you can lose out on more than just a job.

The Illinois Attorney General, Better Business Bureau and Federal Trade Commission have all issued warnings about work-at-home scams.

For more information, click the links below.

• http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/consumers/workathome.html
• http://chicago.bbb.org/article/work-at-home-scams-arrive-to-take-advantage-of-the-unemployed-21046
• http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/phonefraud/workathome.shtml

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• Federal Trade Commission