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Job seekers easy prey for online scammers
NAIROBI: From careers in banking to roles in globe-spanning agencies, social media in Africa is awash with lucrative job offers.But investigators with AFP Fact Check have found that many of these ads are bogus — they are scams designed to extract cash or steal personal data.Fresh out of college in Kenya — a country with more than 1.6 million young unemployed — Job Mwangi believed he had been shortlisted for field assistant at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), a position advertised on LinkedIn.After passing two online tests, he was asked to pay 2,000 Kenyan shillings (about RM75) in “facilitation fees” in order to secure an interview.“Everything about the job posting seemed leg

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