Emerging Threat: Task-Based Employment Scams Target Businesses and Their Employees
By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/24
A new wave of sophisticated gamified job scams, often called task scams, is targeting both companies and job seekers, according to recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) data. These scams trick people into performing simple, fake tasks with promises of payments that never materialize. Scammers are using legitimate companies’ information to lure people into the schemes, and clients should be on the lookout for potential signs of brand impersonation and fraudulent activity....
By: Lowenstein Sandler LLP