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job offer scams  

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  • An international job offer scam is a type of fraud that involves individuals overseas pretending to be employers or agencies by offering fake “lucrative jobs,” often requiring an advanced payment for processing of paperwork and travel expenses and usually occurring between two or more nations. Anyone in any region of the world can be victimized. [Source: Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime & Justice; Job Offer Scams]

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