College students are reviewing for exams at the library of Nanjing Forestry University in Nanjing, China, on December 7, 2023.
College students are being increasingly targeted by scammers offering attractive internship or job listings.
  • College students are increasingly targeted by job recruitment scammers, the FTC warned.
  • Scammers use fake listings and pose as recruiters to steal money and identities.
  • Major job boards like LinkedIn are adding steps to verify professional recruiters.

College students can feel a lot of pressure to join the workforce as soon as possible — and scammers have been increasingly trying to take advantage of that.