Despite many companies bringing employees back to the office the past two years, a lot of workers would still prefer to spend more time working remotely.
As a result, scammers are targeting victims with fake work-from-home jobs.
For example, listings are popping up for jobs such as rating movies, claiming you can watch movies at home, and earn $300 or more per day.
While that one may seem a little farfetched to most people, other work-from-home scams are a lot more elaborate and lure in even seasoned workers with college degrees.
Deb Kovacs-Stutevant is one of them.
This veteran office manager suddenly found herself in need of new work.
“After almost 10 years I was laid off from my remote position,” she said.
So she jumped on LinkedIn and some other job-hunting sites and found what appeared to be a perfect remote position.
“I applied for a job for a business operations manager,” she said.
She even researched the Texas-based physical therapy firm.
“They …