Name: 為什麼你會收到這麼多虛假的工作邀請簡訊？ (Why You Are Getting So Many Fake Job Offers By Text)
Uploaded: 2025-04-24T02:56:07.000Z
Duration: 10 min 43 s

Have you ever received a text message like this offering you a job?

Hi, I'm Emily from Robert Hafner National Recruitment.

大家好，我是羅伯特-哈夫納國家招聘公司的艾米麗。

We have an opening position for part-time and full-time jobs.

Salaries range from $200 to $800 per day.

工資從每天 200 美元到 800 美元不等。

If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a text message to 347-725-7663.

如果您對此機會感興趣，請發送簡訊至 347-725-7663。

On September 13th, 2024, Sunita Dalgoda, a 37-year-old freelance software engineer from North Carolina, received one too.

2024 年 9 月 13 日，來自北卡羅來納州的 37 歲自由軟件工程師蘇尼塔-達爾哥達（Sunita Dalgoda）也收到了一份禮物。

Without much thought, the mother of two clicked the Microsoft Teams link.

這位兩個孩子的母親不假思索地點擊了 Microsoft Teams 鏈接。

I was expecting a video interview on Teams, but surprisingly, it was a text interview, and it was more than an hour long.

我本以為是 Teams 的視頻採訪，但出乎意料的是，竟然是文字採訪，而且長達一個多小時。

Interview went well, and they told me that they will get back to me in a few days.

面試很順利，他們告訴我幾天後會給我答覆。

Three days later, an offer letter landed in her inbox, but something felt off.

三天後，她的收件箱裡收到了錄取通知書，但總覺得哪裡不對勁。

The biggest red flag she spotted was the scammer's email, careers at assurecarecareers.us, which they used to communicate instead of the legitimate at assurecare.com.

她發現的最大紅旗是金光黨的電子郵件，即 Careers at assurecarecareers.us，他們用這個電子郵件而不是合法的 assurecare.com 進行通信。

I found like it was a scam, so I never responded back.

我覺得這是個騙局，所以一直沒有回覆。

Dalgoda was fortunate not to fall for the scam, but many others have lost millions to similar cons.

達爾哥達很幸運沒有上當受騙，但還有很多人因類似的騙局損失了數百萬美元。

We've seen a huge increase in text job scams.

我們已經看到文字工作詐騙大幅增加。

We received over 9,000 reports in 2023, but more than 20,000 in 2024.

我們在 2023 年收到了 9000 多份報告，但在 2024 年收到了 20000 多份報告。

Consumers reported losing $14.8 million in 2023, and that shot up to $61.2 million in 2024.

據消費者報告，2023 年的損失為 1480 萬美元，2024 年則飆升至 6120 萬美元。

And the worrying thing is that we know these high numbers are just the tip of the iceberg, because of course not everyone reports to us when they experience this fraud.

令人擔憂的是，我們知道這些高數字只是冰山一角，因為當然不是每個人在遭遇欺詐時都會向我們報告。

Here's why job scams are filling up your text messages and how to protect yourself.

以下是求職詐騙充斥簡訊的原因，以及如何保護自己。

Emails, phone calls, and texts are scammers' top three contact methods.

電子郵件、電話和簡訊是金光黨的三大聯繫方式。

Job scams via text have seen a sharp rise in reports and financial losses.

通過簡訊進行工作詐騙的報告和經濟損失急劇上升。

In 2020, 4,872 reports of job scams via text resulted in $2 million in losses.

2020 年，4,872 起通過簡訊進行求職詐騙的報告造成了 200 萬美元的損失。

But by 2024, those reports surged to 20,632, with losses escalating to $61.2 million.

但到 2024 年，這些報告激增至 20 632 份，損失增至 6 120 萬美元。

The immediate response-driven nature and accessibility of texting has made it a preferred tool for scammers.

簡訊的即時響應性和易用性使其成為金光黨的首選工具。

It usually takes people around 90 minutes to open an email, but with SMS, users open the message within 90 seconds.

人們通常需要 90 分鐘左右才能打開一封電子郵件，但使用簡訊，用戶可在 90 秒內打開資訊。

So I think it's easy to communicate through the text rather than the call and the emails.

是以，我認為通過簡訊而不是電話和電子郵件進行溝通很容易。

So that's the reason they are doing the text message for the people who are seeking the job.

這就是他們為求職者發送簡訊的原因。

Anything that is immediate, you're hardwired to respond to it.

任何即時性的東西，你都會對它做出反應。

So a text has a certain amount of immediacy to it.

是以，文本具有一定的直接性。

So you see that and you go, oh, I need to either click on that link or I need to call that phone number, whatever it is that it's asking you to do.

所以，當你看到它時，你會想，哦，我需要點擊那個鏈接或者撥打那個電話號碼，不管它要求你做什麼。

We're just sort of natural instinct is to do that, which is why it's important we resist that natural instinct.

我們的本能就是這樣做，所以我們必須抵制這種本能。

I have noticed that email scams have been around for a very long time and we're somewhat accustomed to being concerned when we get an unexpected email.

我注意到，電子郵件詐騙由來已久，當我們收到一封突如其來的電子郵件時，我們多少會習慣性地感到擔憂。

But many of us, myself included, are using text messages to communicate all day long.

但我們中的許多人，包括我自己在內，整天都在使用簡訊進行交流。

And so if you get a text message, it can be a moment where you quickly read it and respond to it.

是以，如果你收到一條簡訊，你可以迅速閱讀並回復。

The FTC has also warned about the rise of a particular job scam called a task scam, which is depleting people's bank accounts.

聯邦貿易委員會還警告說，一種名為 "任務騙局 "的特殊工作騙局正在興起，這種騙局正在消耗人們的銀行賬戶。

These are scams that often start with a text message about online work.

這些詐騙通常以有關在線工作的簡訊開始。

And when consumers respond to this, they're told they'll be completing tasks related to things like app optimization or product boosting or something like that.

當消費者對此做出迴應時，他們會被告知將完成與應用程序優化或產品提升之類的任務。

And people really do actually start doing tasks and they may see some small payouts at the beginning from this supposed job.

人們真的開始做任務，他們可能會在開始時從這份所謂的工作中看到一些小額報酬。

But over time, they are asked to pay money to complete the next series of tasks.

但隨著時間的推移，他們會被要求付錢來完成下一系列任務。

And so at the end of the day, consumers end up losing a lot of money to these scams.

是以，消費者最終會因這些騙局而損失慘重。

And we have seen a really concerning increase in the last four years.

在過去的四年裡，我們看到了令人擔憂的增長。

There were zero of them in 2020, then 5,000 reported in 2023, and that quadrupled to about 20,000 just in the first half of 2024.

2020 年為零，2023 年報告了 5000 例，2024 年上半年就翻了兩番，達到約 20000 例。

So we want everyone to be aware to stay away from these unexpected text messages about jobs.

是以，我們希望每個人都能提高警惕，遠離這些突如其來的招聘簡訊。

These task scams seem to offer us a low effort but high reward kind of gig.

這些任務騙局似乎為我們提供了一種低投入高回報的工作。

And so people go, well, I can do two jobs, I can do three jobs, I'll do that, that's easy.

於是人們就想，好吧，我可以做兩份工作，我可以做三份工作，我就做那個，那很容易。

So it's playing to the nature that we have of, I can do more than what I'm doing.

是以，這是在發揮我們的天性：我能比現在做得更多。

And so you've got the people who are employment insecure and the people who are gig-oriented and it all comes together to create an environment where people are likely to click on these kinds of links.

是以，就業無保障的人和以演出為導向的人就會聚集在一起，創造出一個人們很可能點擊這類鏈接的環境。

One thing we've seen over many, many years at the Federal Trade Commission is that the scammers follow the headlines.

多年來，我們在聯邦貿易委員會看到的一個現象是，金光黨會跟著頭條新聞走。

So whatever's going on in the world, scammers are going to try to use that to steal people's money.

是以，無論世界上發生了什麼，金光黨們都會試圖利用這一點來竊取人們的錢財。

Announced layoff in February surging by 245% to the highest level since the pandemic with the Trump administration's efforts to reduce the federal workforce playing not the only, but the biggest.

2 月份宣佈的裁員人數激增 245%，達到大流行病以來的最高水準，特朗普政府裁減聯邦工作人員的努力不是唯一的，但卻是最大的。

If you've been following the news, job cuts across the federal government, the nation's largest employer, continue to draw widespread attention.

如果您一直在關注新聞，那麼作為美國最大的僱主，聯邦政府的裁員問題將繼續引起廣泛關注。

Despite this massive wave of cuts, the Federal Reserve says the overall labor market remains balanced.

美聯儲表示，儘管出現了大規模的裁員潮，但整體勞動力市場仍然保持平衡。

The layoffs that are happening here are, they're certainly meaningful to the people involved and they may be meaningful to a particular neighborhood or region or area, but at the national level, they're not significant yet.

在這裡發生的裁員，對相關人員來說當然很有意義，對某個社區、地區或區域來說也可能很有意義，但在全國範圍內，這些裁員還不太重要。

Powell's comments on the overall labor market were reflected in the latest job reports as well.

鮑威爾對整體勞動力市場的評論也反映在最新的就業報告中。

Despite the unemployment rate ticking up to 4.2% in March, the U.S. economy added a stronger than expected 228,000 jobs.

儘管 3 月份的失業率升至 4.2%，但美國經濟新增的 22.8 萬個就業崗位仍高於預期。

That's up from a revised 117,000 in February and above the Dow Jones estimate of 140,000.

這一數字高於 2 月份修正後的 11.7 萬，也高於道瓊斯估計的 14 萬。

So overall, the economy is still growing and the job market does remain solid.

是以，總體而言，經濟仍在增長，就業市場也依然穩固。

Unemployment is low, we are still adding jobs.

失業率很低，我們仍在增加就業崗位。

However, that doesn't necessarily mean it's a good job market for everyone.

然而，這並不一定意味著就業市場對每個人來說都很好。

We've seen hiring slow over the last two and a half years since about 2022.

在過去的兩年半里，我們看到招聘速度放緩，大約從 2022 年開始。

So as a result, it is more difficult to find a job.

The number of applicants per job on LinkedIn is up 70% compared to 2022, looking at 2024.

與 2022 年相比，LinkedIn 上每個職位的申請人數增長了 70%，展望 2024 年。

Had a full-time job as a senior software engineer.

有一份高級軟件工程師的全職工作。

So since then, I've been working as a freelance, but the job market is really, very bad.

從那時起，我就開始做自由職業者，但就業市場真的非常糟糕。

要得到這份工作真的很不容易。

有這種想法的不止達爾哥達一人。

Workers' confidence in finding or keeping a job is at its lowest point on record, surpassing even the levels seen in spring of 2020.

工人們對找到或保住工作的信心降至歷史最低點，甚至超過了 2020 年春季的水準。

Now that the labor market is more competitive, people may be willing to take jobs that they weren't necessarily willing to take before.

現在，勞動力市場競爭更加激烈，人們可能願意接受以前不一定願意接受的工作。

As a result, there may be some advertisements that they received that they would have previously ignored that they're willing to click on.

是以，他們可能會收到一些以前會忽略的廣告，但他們願意點擊。

Folks who are looking to commit scams know this, and they may be taking advantage of that as a result.

那些想要實施詐騙的人知道這一點，是以他們可能會利用這一點。

Many people are always interested in finding a job or finding a side gig for extra income.

很多人總是想找份工作或找份副業賺點外快。

And so scammers are using that desire to try to steal people's money and personal information.

是以，金光黨們利用這種慾望，試圖竊取人們的錢財和個人信息。

Government agencies like the FBI and FTC are issuing consumer alerts on how to protect yourself.

聯邦調查局（FBI）和聯邦貿易委員會（FTC）等政府機構正在就如何保護自己發佈消費者警示。

The FTC wants people to know that text-based job scams are a huge problem.

聯邦貿易委員會希望人們知道，基於簡訊的求職詐騙是個大問題。

People are losing money, and you should protect yourself by never interacting with an unexpected text message about a job.

人們正在失去金錢，你應該保護自己，永遠不要與突如其來的工作簡訊互動。

Real employers will never contact you that way.

真正的僱主絕不會以這種方式聯繫你。

If you get an unsolicited text or an unsolicited email or phone call, ignore it.

如果收到未經請求的簡訊、電子郵件或電話，請不要理會。

And the wonderful thing now that we see with our smartphones is all of the telecom carriers give you the option to report that as some kind of spam or malware or something.

我們現在看到的智能手機的奇妙之處在於，所有的電信運營商都會讓你選擇將其作為垃圾郵件或惡意軟件之類的東西進行舉報。

So you should not only delete it, but also report it, because that helps both the telecom companies and the operators of your smartphone to understand what's happening, and they can then help block that.

是以，你不僅要刪除它，還要報告它，因為這有助於電信公司和智能手機運營商瞭解發生了什麼，然後他們可以幫助阻止這種行為。

If someone does think they've been the victim of a text-based job scam, they should consider doing a couple of things.

如果有人認為自己是簡訊招聘詐騙的受害者，他們應該考慮做幾件事。

One is report it to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov.

一是通過 reportfraud.ftc.gov 向聯邦貿易委員會舉報。

This is the large database that we and other law enforcers use every day to help address scams.

這是一個大型數據庫，我們和其他執法人員每天都在使用它來幫助解決詐騙問題。

And if people are worried that they've been the victim of identity theft, they should visit identitytheft.gov.

如果人們擔心自己是身份盜竊的受害者，應該訪問 identitytheft.gov。

There are a few ways that you can try to protect yourself from job scams.

有幾種方法可以保護自己免受求職詐騙。

On LinkedIn, look for verification badges.

We verify whether the employer's information is true and correct.

我們會核實僱主提供的資訊是否真實無誤。

Second, filter jobs that have been verified so that you're getting the most credible set of job postings.

其次，過濾已通過驗證的職位，以便您獲得最可信的職位發佈資訊。

Also, you can turn on warning messages on LinkedIn for harmful content, and that will help you filter out some of this noise.

此外，你還可以在 LinkedIn 上打開有害內容的警告資訊，這將幫助你過濾掉一些噪音。

When we fall victim to these things, we do feel very guilty.

當我們成為這些事情的受害者時，我們確實會感到非常內疚。

We feel like, wait a minute, I'm smarter than this.

我們覺得，等等，我比這更聰明。

But the reality is these scams are very sophisticated.

但實際上，這些騙局非常複雜。

These people who do this are very well organized, and now they have artificial intelligence to help.

做這些工作的人組織得非常好，現在他們有了人工智能的幫助。

So the tools they are using create letter-perfect websites.

是以，他們使用的工具可以創建完美的網站。

We don't see texts anymore that have grammar problems and spelling problems, and the pitch itself is very compelling.

我們再也看不到有文法問題和拼寫問題的文章了，而且文章本身也非常吸引人。