In this rough labor market, job seekers are more vulnerable to scams. We’ve all seen those texts, right? The ones offering jobs with suspiciously high pay for suspiciously little work? On today’s show, Marketplace’s Kristin Schwab joins Kimberly to share what happened when she replied to one of these scam messages. Plus, why AI and the shift to remote work has fueled the rise in job scams. Here’s everything we talked about today: <ul><li><a href="https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/09/25/job-scam-texts-have-become-more-frequent-and-more-believable">"Job scam texts have become more frequent and more believable"</a> from Marketplace</li><li><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/data-visualizations/data-spotlight/2022/12/who-experiences-scams-story-all-ages">"Who experiences scams? A story for all ages"</a> from the Federal Trade Commission</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/job-offers-scam-text-layoffs-unemployment-indeed-ftc-remote-work-2025-6">"Job Scam Texts Are Duping Gen Z, Millennials Amid Unemployment Fears"</a> from Business Insider</li></ul> Join us tomorrow for “Economics on Tap.” The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@marketplaceAPM/streams" class="externallink">YouTube livestream</a> starts at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time, 6:30 p.m. Eastern.

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