‘The crazy part is that everything about it seemed so legit’: Worker says she accepted a scam job on LinkedIn

Scams are pervasive across the internet. While many are familiar with the classic Nigerian prince email scam, scammers have since advanced into complicated schemes to try to extract money from unsuspecting internet users.

In December of last year, a user on TikTok went viral after warning users about scam attempts through Facebook Marketplace. Earlier that month, another user claimed that a scammer tried to convince her that a member of her family had been kidnapped. Around the same time...