Is it just me or are job scams more common now?

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Shortly after Japan finally bans floppy disks, Target stops accepting personal checks

This is not true - and particularly dangerous, as it is a big part of one of the bigger scams these days. When you deposit a check, the bank has to make at least part of the deposit available immediately - but unless the check is drawn on the same bank that you’re depositing it in, it can take weeks or even months for the money to actually move between banks. There’s no “instant debiting” of the account the check is drawn on. There’s a very popular scam these days called a “fake check” scam -…