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  • 2017-08-30 (xsd:date)
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  • Is FEMA Hiring 'Field Inspectors' and Paying Them Thousands Per Week? (en)
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  • On 25 August 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, bringing extended heavy rainfall, flooding, and, of course, rumors and scams in its wake. One such rumor involved high-paying Federal Emergency Management Agency jobs (FEMA Field Inspectors) purportedly created by the storm. Readers forwarded various versions of the rumor they spotted on social media, most mentioning a Mr. Adrian Davis recruiting a thousand workers for positions paying between $2,000 and $5,000 per week: The rumor spread quickly, thanks to its plausible premise of FEMA being understaffed in August 2017, the high (but not impossibly so) pay described, and the ease with which one could plausibly qualify. Although some iterations listed an area code of (888) and a contact name of Adrian Davis, others provided a 214 (Dallas-area) number which appears to have no affiliation with FEMA. A poster provided an application deadline of 31 August 2017: On 30 August 2017, the agency addressed the FEMA Field Inspectors rumor on its official Facebook page: According to FEMA, these jobs are available under a pre-existing contract to assist with surge capacity, and the 214 number circulating is legitimate, as is the 31 August 2017 deadline. However, FEMA says the 888 number is not legitimate and the $2,000 a week for 90 days claim is inaccurate. We contacted the agency for further confirmation, but we have not yet received a response. (en)
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