SALT LAKE CITY — Millennials and Gen Z’ers are finding themselves to be the latest targets of criminal fraud schemes using fake jobs to steal private information and funds.
Experts say that’s because 70% of young adults find jobs online.
One Salt Lake City Gen Z’er said she lost $10,000 after accepting a fake job online.
“I still think even today, I’m mentally not the same. Every time I use my card I get so much anxiety,” she said.
This woman is an employee with FOX 13 News who wishes to keep her identity private. She said she was looking for a remote, part-time job back in September and came across a posting on LinkedIn that looked legitimate.
She said criminals used a real company out of New Jersey and claimed to be real employees listed on the company’s site. She said all paperwork, emails and interactions included the company’s logo and other details that looked official.
The fake application and interview process even took a few weeks. She said she had three interviews over the phone with a woman, but nothing over Zoom.
“Nothing about the interview process would make me think this was a scam. They were asking me all the same questions that I’d have in the past for other jobs,” she said.
She said she received a four-page offer letter along with W-4 and I-9 forms. She filled it all out, including payment paperwork asking for bank information. Days later, she received a notification that $10,000 was withdrawn from her account.
“I went into my account…
