Job Scam

• Well-known Calgary company spoofed in elaborate job scam

  A Calgary business owner is warning others after her company's name was used in a jobs-eeking scam that cost victims hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars.

  Consumer

  Aug 23, 2023
  
• Belleville, Ont. police say job scams on the rise

  Belleville, Ont., police say there have been two cases of fraud this week involving victims who had applied for a job online.

  Crime

  Apr 5, 2023
  
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• Regina couple loses $6K in investment scam, recruited friends

  Acting call centre operations supervisor Jeff Horncastle said this particular online scam seems to be a mix of a job, investment and pyramid scheme all rolled into one. 

  Consumer

  Feb 13, 2022
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• Kingston woman gets scammed with a fake job offer

  Sharon McCaugherty never went through an interview process and the offer was based just on her application.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2018
• GTA woman says she was scammed by fake job posting

  Millions of Canadians look for jobs online. Even legitimate job search websites aren't immune to scam artists, some of whom use legitimate sites to lure job seekers into arrangements that will cost them money.

  Consumer

  Jun 28, 2018
• Economic downturn in Alberta prompts increase in online job scams

  As more people look for work in Alberta, they turn to online job resources like Monster.ca and Kijiji, but scammers advertising phony jobs are also trolling the Internet for desperate victims.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2015