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Inside a job scam: Reporter spends $96 to expose fraudster tactics

Inside a job scam: Reporter spends $96 to expose fraudster tactics

Ellsworth Toohey
Aug 07, 2025
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A reporter who purposely fell for a job scam spent $96 to discover exactly how job scam fraudsters milk their victims — by building trust through endless texts and manufacturing urgent fees to "unlock" fake earnings.

When Slate's Alexander Sammon responded to a sketchy text promising $400/day for "remote product testing," he met "Cathy," a handler w…

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