A Better Business Bureau report warns that employment-based scams saw a substantial increase last year, including in Alabama.
The schemes, in which scammers promise individuals employment before requesting funds to receive the money they supposedly earned, were reported more than twice as often through the BBB Scam Tracker last year as in 2024.
In 2025, 23,234 employment-based scams were reported to the scam tracker, compared to 11,748 in 2024. More than half of employment-based scams reported to the BBB were sent via text message…