SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- If you’re looking for a better job or to make an investment, you’re in the crosshairs of on-line scam artists.

Jesse Schmidt of the South Dakota Better Business Bureau says investment scams topped the list in 2023.

Investment scams also had the highest median dollar loss last year at 38-hundred dollars.

The unemployment rate is low…but a lot of people are looking for a better job.

If that’s you, that makes you a great target for online scam artists.

Jesse Schmidt of the South Dakota Better Business Bureau says employment scams are on the rise.

The median dollar loss of employment scam victims last year was just under two-thousand dollars.