Online job scams rise with unemployment

Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, January 18, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PhishBucket Releases Report of Job Fraud Trends Presented at APWG 2009 eCrime Researchers Summit

(Tacoma, WA - October 20) Tabatha Marshall, PhishBucket.org founder and CEO, attended the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) 2009 eCrime Researchers Summit to present trends in job fraud. This report included statistical data on:

-- the correlation between job fraud, unemployment and the economic recession
-- which countries are targeted and why
-- how people are finding out about job fraud
-- which fraudulent job offers are most common
-- which people, companies and industries are affected

Topics discussed included observations about the consequences of job fraud, challenges in dealing with job fraud, the impact of job fraud and possible solutions.

Click the following link to open the report from the browser, or right-click to save a copy of the file. The file may take a few minutes to load/download. Adobe Acrobat Reader or an equivalent PDF viewer is required.

 

APWG-PhishBucket Job Fraud Trends-2009.pdf (file size: 2.22 MB)

 

For more information, contact Tabatha Marshall – tabatha / at / tabathamarshall / dot / com, with "JOB FRAUD TRENDS REPORT" in the subject line.

Hey talk-radio fans: listen in Oct 9-11 when we talk about job scams with host Ric Bratton of This Week in America!

 

October is a productive month for PhishBucket and many other organizations who work hard to combat fraud. In addition to our radio spot, we've joined the National Cyber Security Alliance in supporting National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and will be speaking at the Anti-Phishing Working Group Fall 2009 General Members Meeting and eCrime Researchers Summit to talk about trends in muling and job-related fraud.

Visit StaySafeOnline.org and check out their tips for staying safe online. Listen for us this weekend when we talk to This Week in America. Check out the Anti-Phishing Working Group's Public Education Initiative. And of course, don't forget to check those suspicious job offers at PhishBucket.org!

Make this October the month you learn how to protect yourself from online fraud!

Tips for avoiding online job scams

 

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August 5, 2009

By Riva Richmond

A version of this article appeared in print on August 6, 2009, on page B6 of the New York edition.

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