Schemes that ask for money to set up clients in jobs that never materialize are proliferating, watchdogs say.One in a series of occasional reports about the U.S. unemployment crisis.
Scammers Target Desperate Job Seekers
Los Angeles Times - Top News, Los Angeles Times
Sat, 10/23/2010 - 5:17pm
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