NEW YORK (WABC) — Many of us are looking to pick up side hustles so we have more dough to roll into holiday fun.<\/p>\n
But, before you take that job offer, behind door number four in our 12 Scams of Christmas is seasonal temporary job offers.<\/p>\n
Plenty of real retailers and employers are hiring extra hands for their busiest season and scammers are busy stealing business logos.<\/p>\n
They’re also bombing inboxes with phony job offers that look legit.<\/p>\n
Fake offers all have one thing in common, they want you to pay money to make money asking you to pay upfront for phone, laptop, or training materials.<\/p>\n
Sometimes they send you a check and they want you to forward a portion to a coworker or purchase something and send it back to them, then the check bounces and you’re out your hard earned cash.<\/p>\n
One phony text offers that you’ll make up to $1,100 an hour for working 30 to 60 minutes a day with no experience necessary. Give me a break! If you get any of these delete!<\/p>\n
Job scams are up nearly 1,000%. The average worker trying to get a job reports losing $1,471 each. That will certainly put in a dent if not wipe out in your holiday budget.<\/p>\n
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