WASHINGTON - If you've ever received a job offer that seems too good to be true, then it probably is.
Brittany Melenick took to TikTok to warn about job recruiter sites being breeding grounds for scammers and traffickers. She shared her frightening story about the time she believed she was being targeted for human trafficking through a job offer she found on LinkedIn.
The video, posted on July 18, has over two million views and thousands of comments from users sharing eerily similar experiences.
Melenick says she began her job hunt on LinkedIn three months ago and applied to several opportunities posted.
"I can find another job on LinkedIn, it’ll be easy," said Melenick in her TikTok.
A media job recruiter reached out to Melenick expressing excitement about her application and wanted to meet in person at an offsite location. Melenick says she found it strange that they weren't meeting in an office building but needed a job and was unsuspecting. During the interview, the recruiter asked Melanie questions unrelated to her resume and seemed to stall for two hours.
When Melenick returned to her car she found it had been tampered with. A black SUV followed her for two miles on her car ride home before getting derailed.
She says she has since contacted police and detectives to track down the scammers.
"Human trafficking regardless of what this could have been doesn't restrict any demographic," she said on Tiktok.
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