The Rise of Employment Scams in the Digital Age
By Mandy Yousif, CFE, Fraud Magazine, The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Mandy Yousif, CFE l Chief Operating Officer, has been featured in the July/August 2023 issue of the Fraud Magazine, a publication of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Austin, TX, © 2023.
Read on how fraudsters are fleecing job seekers in new ways by posting fake job ads through trusted sites, such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Indeed.com to lure victims. Through a practice called spoofing, they are creating fake email and website domains that make it seem as if ads and recruiting contacts come from legitimate companies — at least to the untrained eye.