Steps for Victims of Job Scams

Most Effective Steps for Victims of Job Scams

Unfortunately, not everyone will escape job fraud in time. Job seekers who are victimized by payment-forwarding scams are advised to take the following steps.

1.           1               Close all bank accounts at the bank where the scam took place. It is a good idea to change banks to avoid "social engineering" attempts by the con artists to fool bank workers into giving out new account information.

                 2                   Order a credit report from all three credit bureaus every 2 to 3 months. Watch the reports for unusual activity. If you have given your SSN to the fraudster, we advise that you place fraud alerts on your three credit reports - Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. For information on how to establish fraud alerts, read Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Fact Sheet 17a on identity         theft,http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs17a.htm.

     3.                 Victims of payment-forwarding scams should contact their local Secret Service field agent. The Secret Service handles complaints of international fraud. Fraud victims should also file a police report with local law enforcement officials as well.

4.          4.                    Victims should report the company name, the job posting, and all contact names to the job sites where the scam was posted.

5.           5.                     Victims should permanently close all email addresses that were associated with the job fraud.