MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau is warning about a work-at-home scam that uses the name of a well-known charity.
The bureau says "help wanted" ads may have recently been placed in some newspapers soliciting for a regional donations coordinator for Habitat for Humanity International.
In one case, a woman applied for the job through e-mail and was accepted. She was sent a check and instructed to keep some of the money and wire the remainder to another Habitat for Humanity official. The woman became suspicious, contacted the Better Business Bureau and later learned the check was counterfeit.
Bureau CEO Randall Hoth says work-at-home scammers are becoming more aggressive and even use the names of reputable charities to gain credibility.
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