FOX23 Investigates: How job scams are growing in the U.S. | News [Video]

It remains one of the fastest growing scams in the U.S. and costs Americans millions of dollars each year. We’re talking about job scams. Tulsa’s Investigative Reporter Janna Clark spoke with a cybersecurity expert who pointed to some high-traffic websites as the breeding ground for criminals to target people looking for work and rip them off.

Scammers are using fake job postings to try and trick you into giving them your personal information or your money.

These scammers are on most social sites. They search for unsuspecting victims, Cyber Security Strategist Paul Keener said.

“In every instance where there’s some sort of major issue, whether it’s a disaster or something like this, scammers come out in droves,” he said.

Take for instance the Google layoffs earlier this year. Hundreds of people lost their jobs. The first place many will go are sites like LinkedIn and start posting their resume and …