7NEWS: US uni graduate’s warning over LinkedIn job offer scam that cost her $A3500
Jennifer Chernenko thought she finally found her “big break” in her hunt for a job after graduating from Georgia State University in the US when she was targeted by a scammer.Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free onChernenko said she had applied for hundreds of jobs when she was contacted on LinkedIn by someone claiming to be an employee at Bold Business, one of the companies she applied to work as a social media specialist.
In a viral TikTok video, the university graduate explains how she was told got through to the interview process via an app called Wired.“We had an interview process, it was very simple, very short,” she explained. During the onboarding process, Chernenko said the company was organising a laptop, phone and printer for her.Chernenko then banked the cheque and, thinking it had landed, ordered the equipment.“I’m sitting here minding my own business, I made dinner and I get an email saying, ‘Your account is in insufficient funds’, and I’m like, ‘What do you mean?,” she said.“I feel so stupid,” she said.
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