Remote-Work Scams on the Rise, New Allstate Survey Finds
Nearly a fifth of U.S. workers report having seen or been contacted about a “suspicious job opportunity” this year, an Allstate-sponsored survey found. Allstate hired Morning Consult to canvass 2,200 U.S. adults Aug. 27-28, finding that workers in the 18-34…
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age group “were the most targeted for remote job scams,” it said. “The findings come as bad actors take advantage of increasing numbers of remote job listings,” it said, citing FTC data that nearly 21,600 fake business and job opportunities were reported in Q2 alone, costing Americans $86 million in losses.