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