College students desperate for jobs are getting scammed online by criminals posing as tech recruiters

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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.

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Match Group CEO says he has empathy for victims of romance scams but 'things happen in life'

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Match Group CEO Bernard Kim said
Match Group CEO Bernard Kim said "thing happen in life" of people who fall victim to romance scams.

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Scammers stole more than $400,000 from a woman through an elaborate Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes scam: police

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Scammers took $400,000 from a woman who thought she won a $3 million sweepstakes.

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US soldier at Fort Bragg sentenced for running romance scam

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A former Army service member stationed at Fort Bragg was convicted of running a romance scam.

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Americans lost over $1 million last year falling for online puppy adoption scams, largely on Facebook Marketplace

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Puppies in a cage for sale at the sprawling Chatuchak market.
Puppies in a cage for sale at the sprawling Chatuchak market.

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A millennial who'd bought 3 houses got scammed out of $60,000 buying her fourth — and it's more common than you might think

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The FBI reported that $350,328,166 was lost in real-estate scams in 2021.

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Millennials fall for investment scams a lot — even more than boomers

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An FBI report shows that millennials, not the elderly, are most likely to lose money on investment-related frauds or scams.

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A woman was charged $1,000 for a Subway sandwich. She said she couldn't get a refund for 7 weeks and struggled to afford groceries.

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A Subway sandwich.

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A Florida woman discovered her driveway was stolen while preparing for Christmas

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Amanda Brochu said contractors bulldozed and removed her driveway (not pictured).

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My immigrant parents were scammed out of their entire life savings. I learned the hard way how it could have been avoided.

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Eric Jiang and his parents
Eric Jiang with his parents, Amos and Yan, who came to the US in the 80s.

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