The FTC warns of a sharp rise in job scams via text message, with losses skyrocketing from $2 million in 2020 to over $61 million in 2024. Experts advise caution and skepticism during uncertain economic times.
The FTC warns of a sharp rise in job scams via text message, with losses skyrocketing from $2 million in 2020 to over $61 million in 2024. Experts advise caution and skepticism during uncertain economic times.

The American Dream...Or a Nightmare?

Listen up youse guys. Tony Montana here and I'm telling you the streets ain't just full of powder no more. Now they're comin' at ya through your phone tryin' to hustle you with fake jobs! The FTC those pencil pushing bureaucrats they're sayin' these text scams are blowin' up bigger than my bank account used to be. Millions I'm talkin' millions goin' down the drain. Last year $61.2 million! That's enough to buy a damn island... or at least a solid gold toilet.

Click This You Get Paid...Or Maybe You Get Played

This broad Sunita from North Carolina gets a text promisin' her a software gig. She clicks the link does a whole interview thinks she's in the clear right? Wrong! The email address is faker than my smile when the cops show up. Careers@assurecarecareers.us? What is this? Amateur hour? She got lucky see? She smelled the rat before it stole her cheese. But how many others ain't so lucky? How many others are losin' everything because they trust a text message? You gotta watch your back people. Everybody wants somethin' for nothin'. This is America!

From Peanuts to Palaces of Pain

The FTC's sayin' in 2020 these scams were small time only a couple million lost. Now? It's a damn tsunami of deception! Up to $61.2 million in 2024. That's a lot of blow a lot of power gone to these low life scammers. They're like cockroaches man. You think you got 'em you stomp 'em out but they just keep comin' back stronger than ever. This is the way of the world. First you get the money then you get the power then... the scammers get you.

The Instant Gratification Game: You Lose

This guy James E. Lee from the Identity Theft Resource Center he's right. Texts are instant they got that urgency. It's like a hit of the good stuff you gotta react now now NOW! But that's what they want see? They want you to panic to click without thinkin'. They want you to be a sheep followin' the herd right off a cliff. You gotta resist that impulse man. Slow down take a breath ask yourself: "Is this too good to be true?" Because 99 times out of 100 it is!

Recession Fears and Empty Promises

Times are tough I get it. People are losin' their jobs scared about the future. Kory Kantenga from LinkedIn he's sayin' people are desperate willin' to take anything they can get. And these scammers they're preyin' on that desperation. They're like vultures circlin' overhead waitin' for you to stumble. You gotta be strong man. You gotta be smarter than them. Don't let fear cloud your judgment. Remember what I always say: "The world is yours!" But you gotta fight for it. You gotta earn it. You can't just let some text message hand it to you on a silver platter. That's bullshit.

Protect Ya Neck... And Your Wallet!

So what's the bottom line? Don't be a chump! Be suspicious of these offers especially if they come out of the blue. Check the email addresses do your research and don't give out your personal information to anyone you don't trust. And remember if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Now go out there and get what's yours... but do it the right way. Otherwise you'll end up like Sosa face down in a fountain. And nobody wants that. Trust me.


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    alaklondewen
    5/4/2025 1:31:41 PM

    I got a text the other day offering me a job as a 'crypto consultant.' Yeah, right.