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Job seekers, beware of scams Plenty of employers don’t want to meet in person during the pandemic, but it’s a red flag if they keep their faces hidden by refusing to even appear in a videoconference. (Elise Amendola / Associated Press) Job seekers, beware: Job scams have risen to record highs. Such scams tend to rev up whenever the economy is on the ropes, and the slowdown induced by the COVID-19 pandemic has fueled them like never before. That’s partly because the pandemic solves the crook’s biggest problem: explaining why the “employer” doesn’t want to meet in person...

They're a good target. >> but, you know, this private equity firm that we were talking about, they were actually pushed into this because the california state teachers retirement system, one of its biggest investors pressured them. is that an example of the kind of if you like, consumer action that people can take now? >> absolutely. >> but should all of us be reflecting on if we do have a retirement plan, who is taking our investment? >> absolutely. and also to julian's point, i mean, the social media aspect of this. just expressing those views. telling companies, telling corporations, tellin...

One consumer advocate joe wright out of consumer action says for every customer that actually takes the time to file the complaint there are dozens who do not. one problem might be that the number of telemarketers that register with the ftc has fallen by nearly half since 2007. for robo calls specifically auto dial technology has made it cheaper to call from that pacific island and easier, especially for scam artists right out of consumer action is calling for more enforcement by the ftc to cry to curb all of this. political and charity robo calls are exempt from the rules, shep. >> shepard: w...