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The New York Department of State’s Division of Consumer Protection (DCP) is warning job seekers to avoid common employment scams. Job scams have been a growing problem in recent years. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the number of reported scams for business and job opportunities quadrupled from 25,068 in 2018 to 95,399 in 2022, and that number continued to grow in 2023 compared to the prior year. The FTC recently released an alert warning college students about a variation on the “job interview” scam.