Job scams on the rise in Canada
Naveen Day- 0
- 1 minute read
According to the Canadian Business Association, scammers continue to take advantage of people anxious about fining a new job by perpetuating scams with phony employment offers. Odeta Doroftei with the Better Business Bureau Serving Southern Alberta and East Kootenay says, scammers often make job postings that appear to be legitimate, but are anything but.
While it may be difficult to decipher a legitimate job posting from a fake one, Doroftei advises of the many red flags to identify in an employment scam
She adds, the biggest red flag to identify a scam is where there is a lack or complete absence of face-to-face communication.
And job scams have been on the rise. According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, in 2022, job scams cost Canadians $7,218,534 in losses. But in 2023, job scam losses more than tripled, amounting to $27,682,309.
