PORTLAND (AP) — The Maine Labor Department is warning job seekers about a scam that uses false postings on the Maine Job Bank to trick them into buying prepaid debit cards.

The scammer tells the candidates to purchase a $60 “Green Dot” prepaid card and read the card code to him over the phone. The scammer tells the job seekers the prepaid card is to cover a uniform and training.

He then tells the job seeker to meet him at a local career center.

But the scammer fails to show, leaving the job seeker still unemployed and $60 poorer.

Labor Department spokeswoman Julie Rabinowitz told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/17LGKde ) at least six people have been taken in the manner. Nearly 150 have answered the ad.