BBB Tip of the Week: Voicemail from an ‘old friend’? It’s a job scam

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The Spokesman-Review - 3/24/2019 - Tyler Russell - Nothing makes us feel better than getting a voice mail from an “old friend,” right? But what if the name and voice don’t sound familiar? That’s because it’s really a scam. Scammers are crafty with their voice mails in this con that pretends to be a message from a friend. This provides scammers the opportunity to push a phony job offer that could result in you providing your identity and your money. Employment scams were the riskiest of scams in 2018, according to the BBB Scam Tracker Risk Report. Scammers use a variety of approaches, and this is one of the cleverest. Read more @ http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/m ... ontent=amp