FTC How to avoid work-from-home job scams By BCP Staff June 24, 2025 Don’t pay for the promise of a job. Honest employers will never ask you to pay to get a job. Anyone who does is a scammer.
Getting your money seems to be a common goal of sketchy job offers, so it’s the top red flag for not getting derailed into something bogus, but there are others that the FTC lists. And sometimes the goal is to get people’s personal information. Scams can also happen on well known job websites with scammers impersonating well known companies.