C&EN: "Sorry, it’s a scam—what to look out for in your job search"

Via C&EN and ACS Careers, a depressingly on-topic article: 

The job market is a strange place right now: low hire rates, low turnover, artificial intelligence, global instability, and other factors have combined to make it difficult for job seekers (and even for employers). In addition, the number and type of scams are increasing at an alarming rate. Job seekers can get desperate, leading them to be not as careful as they should be, sometimes with unfortunate results. 

The article goes onto describe a couple of the classic ones, including paying in advance and also fake recruiters. I sure get a lot of fake recruiters on LinkedIn, telling them my extraordinarily boring LinkedIn page makes them really interested in my background. I am not exactly the world's biggest fan of regulation, but I think that it's time for Congress to get involved.