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Financial Scams Targeting Teens: How to Spot Them
Question 1 of 7
Multiple choice
Someone online offers you a job paying $75/hour for simple data entry, asks you to receive a check from their 'client,' deposit it, and wire $800 of it to another account. What is this?
A legitimate remote work opportunity, the pay reflects the responsibility
A money mule scam, the check will bounce after you wire the money, leaving you liable to your bank for the full amount
A suspicious but potentially legitimate arrangement worth investigating
A legitimate business that uses check forwarding for accounting purposes
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