SEC: Don't fall for task scams

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a warning to the public, especially job hunters, to watch out against job offer scams that aim to defraud the public through the use of a “tasking and recharging scheme.”

- By JAMES A. LOYOLA

The warning was issued after the SEC's Enforcement and Investor Protection Department (EIPD) received an alarming number of reports regarding job offer scams.

Under the scheme, perpetrators of job offer scams would contact their victims through messaging platforms, such as Viber, Messenger, and Telegram, offering them trivial tasks like ordering or purchasing items, sorting orders, and clicking tasks, among others, for a supposed e-commerce platform.