Anyone who regularly shops or banks online knows to be wary of scams. But a feeble economy is forcing job-seekers to take risks they wouldn't normally take, experts say, making them vulnerable to online scams offering to help find a job, start one at home, pay off bills, avoid foreclosure or repair their credit.
In this toxic environment, with an increasing reliance on Internet job boards and social-networking sites to find work, thousands of Americans have been bilked out of millions of dollars by con artists exploiting the country's economic woes, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
"When people are in a desperate situation, there's a greater propensity for them to fall victim to these kinds of crimes," said Ross Rice, spokesman for the Chicago division of the FBI. "All it takes is one mistake to become a victim."
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