Young people and students arewarned of job application scams

Sussex Police have issued a warning to students and other young people about the dangers of getting caught up in money laundering scams when making multiple job applications.
Leicestershire Police has warned Melton residents to be on their guard over a courier fraud scam EMN-150318-125322001Leicestershire Police has warned Melton residents to be on their guard over a courier fraud scam EMN-150318-125322001
Leicestershire Police has warned Melton residents to be on their guard over a courier fraud scam EMN-150318-125322001

Detective Inspector Till Sanderson, of the force’s Economic Crime Unit, said they have had two recent instances of young people supposedly being ‘employed’ by companies in America and then being asked to transfer funds placed in their accounts overseas, adding: “In both cases the people concerned thought they had been given genuine jobs and became suspicious later.

“This is a not a new fraud and is an international issue which is not unique to Sussex. The last such case reported to us was a few years ago so to have two in a week or so is unusual. It is possible that the fraudsters are exploiting the difficult job market.”

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Incidents reported in March included an 18 year old who accepted an apparent on-line job offer purporting to be from a promotions company in Florida, and forwarded on £3,400 to an account in Turkey before his bank became suspicious.