Edmonton police seize internet domain names in fake job scam

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Edmonton police seize internet domain names in fake job scam
September 26, 2019
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/edmonton-police-seize-internet-domain-173109845.html

Edmonton police have seized three Canadian internet domain names as part of an ongoing investigation involving fake job ads posted on Indeed.com.

In a "typical employment scam" victims are led to believe they are applying for real jobs, police said Thursday in a news release.
The hiring process appears legitimate, complete with professional-looking correspondence, including email signatures linking to websites that appear to be authentic.

"In this particular scam, the suspects had copied a legitimate business' website, replaced phone numbers with their own and were hosting these sites under dot.ca domains," Det. Phil Hawkins with the Cyber Crimes Unit said in the release.
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During the first half of 2019, police received 93 reports of online employment scams that cost victims a total of $240,925.
This is the second time the unit has seized web domains, which police said helps encourage complainants to come forward and prevent future victimization.
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