Recruitment Scam Puts Spotlight on BP

It has been almost two months since the worst oil spill in history has polluted the Gulf of Mexico and forced BP into the constant spotlight as everything they do and did gets scrutinized by everyone from Louisiana locals to top government officials.

Among the latest problems BP faces while attempting to clean up the oil spill are two different recruitment scams that con artists are running. One scam fraudulently offers people jobs at BP if they pay for training costs and divulge certain personal information, via e-mail, to fake BP officials; the other scam attempts to steal people's identities and personal information after they have been falsely convinced that they won an online lottery.