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🚨 AI-Driven Job Scams: Stay Alert! 🚨 AI technology is being exploited by scammers to create sophisticated employment scams. Here’s what you need to know and how to protect yourself: 🤖 Deepfake Interviews: Scammers use AI to create realistic video calls with fake company representatives, making it appear as though they are from well-known companies. These interviews can be highly convincing and seem legitimate. 💼 Automated Job Offers: AI generates fake job ads promising high salaries for minimal work. These ads often appear on popular job search websites and look like they come from reputable companies. 📦 Equipment Fees: Scammers may ask you to pay upfront for equipment or training materials. Legitimate employers will never ask for such payments. 🛡️ How to Stay Safe: Verify the Company: Always check the company’s official website and look for reviews on trusted platforms. No Upfront Fees: Be wary of any job offer that requires you to pay for equipment or training. Contact Directly: Use contact details from the official site to verify the job offer. Research Job Listings: Look for inconsistencies in job postings and cross-check with the company's career page. 🚨 Powerful Fraud on the Rise: Stay vigilant and protect yourself from these evolving scams! 💪✨ #JobSearch #EmploymentScams #AI #StaySafe #CyberSecurity

Imagine opening your email to find a job offer that matches your skills perfectly. The company is prestigious, the role is exactly what you’ve been looking for, and the offer is generous. It’s the kind of opportunity that feels like a dream come true. However, as you delve deeper, you realize this perfect opportunity is too good to be true. This scenario is becoming increasingly common in today’s job market, thanks to the sophisticated use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in crafting job scams. The modern job seeker must watch for red flags and know how to tell a genuine opportunity from a fake.

𝗔𝗜 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 RecruitAgent.ai - 𝟭𝟬 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 The growth of “fake” in the job market is exploding, driven by AI. It’s because there is so much movement and dynamics in the labor market. Employers and job seekers are often too trusting, hoping for a great new job or employee. There’s also a lot going on in the matchmaking between employers and employees, creating fertile ground for fraud, scamming, and even human trafficking. Over the past year, Geert-Jan Waasdorp has done extensive research and has encountered the following forms of “fake”, beyond just the “fake applicants (1)”. Read all about the 10 versions of fake: https://lnkd.in/e9dvjRru

Writing this to bring awareness of employment scams that are taking place on platforms including LinkedIn. I recently became victim to a very intricately planned employment scam that led to a lot of distress in my life. In the world of AI, anything can be done in the most professional manner. I was sent a professionally written email, interviewed with a real person who asked me typical interview questions, and was given a very formal contract letter from a well known US company. Neither my friends and family nor I could establish that this was a scam due to the planning and professionalism of the perpetrators who succeeded in their endeavor. I am very traumatized and hurt by this experience, and had to take a break from the job-hunting process out of fear. However, I refuse to let them win and I am back, stronger and more vigilant than ever, with innate confidence in my abilities and skills that I can provide to potential employers. I hope this post encourages everyone here to be extremely vigilant in this era of AI development, where anyone can hide behind a screen and pretend to be someone else. #Scams #LinkedInScams #Awareness #FraudAwareness #EmploymentScams #AIdevelopment

Job Scams: How To Bring Down The Parasites Mark Anthony Dyson, JAY JONES, and me next week for a robust discussion about fake LinkedIn profiles, how AI is being used for scams, and how you can protect yourself from being a victim. We want job seekers to search for jobs with knowledge, awareness, and be well-protected from scammers. Take safety into your hands, expose parasites, and avoid scams intended to steal your identity. We're pretty much sick and tired of being sick and tired of job scams and fake job ads (or real fake job ads, IYKYK). If you are, too, then join us: 10/24/24 2 pm CST LinkedIn Live https://lnkd.in/eRkamUhs Press "Attend"

WARNING ☠ FAKE RECRUITERS - The Kimble Group, AI Recruiters, Jenny Johnson The KIMBLE GROUP contacted me today, subject line: "Career Opportunity - Writer Role". The wording hit me as more sales pitch than letter of interest, so I did a Google search. Here's what I learned: They are ostensibly a recruitment agency. They have a 1 ⭐️ rating on multiple platforms. Review keywords are: #Phishing, #RecruitmentScam, #JobScam, #Fraud. Exploring their website me took me to JENNYJOHNSON and AI RECRUITERS. Paige Lord, marketing manager at Git Hub, did a deep dive on them and concluded both are likely fraudulent: https://lnkd.in/g7CmfFaz Please research whomever contacts you about work. Contact the company they're recruiting you for (You can ask them for a company name if they don't provide it. Refusing to provide one suggests the job's not real). Double check that that position actually exists and that the person who contacted you is a recognized recruiter. Hopefully, everyone reaching out to you is wonderful and legit. If they aren't, remember it's no reflection on you.

I am tired. Tired of rejection notifications from AI, tired of scammers, tired of fake job postings, and tired of being ghosted by former coworkers and companies. Tired of recruiters not being ethical or honest, tired of silence. Yes, I am tired. Six weeks without a job. #JobSearch #ProfessionalEtiquette #WorkLifeChallenges

Job Scams Rising—Beware of Fake Job Listings:  Job scams jumped more than 100 percent in 2023 over the previous year. Scammers use AI to present fake job opportunities as legitimate. The job scam trend may continue, given AI’s ability to distract and manipulate job seekers. But how will job seekers and hiring organizations fight back? The content raises these issues: What explains the increase in fake job listings? How can people differentiate an authentic job listing from a fake? Should creators of fake job listings be prosecuted? How will AI-driven disinformation and misinformation evolve in the coming years?  https://lnkd.in/gSMA4jYq #AI #scam #scammers #fakejoblistings #misinformation #disinformation #CNET #JoyceFlory #ghostwriter

There are so many things to be careful as a recruiter: - Fake job post - Fake candidate profiles - Fake offers and companies - Scams to have your money/information So, as a candidate and recruiter you HAVE the RIGHT to ask for more information. Check, if it's possible, for legitimate proof that the person reaching out is someone from the company. This will be a problem on the rise with AI and so many automated things, and as things get more complicated in the job market. Be careful!

WARNING Hello Everyone, I would just like to give warning about an experience or two I have had on LinkedIn. There is a threat in which a "recruiter" will contact you with a job offer and supply a download for the job description. BE CAREFUL. These accounts have high followings as well as a reasonably long life span to seem more authentic but are sometimes in fact delivering a malicious payload. I present this post as both a warning and as a genuine, flawed, non AI scripted source of my own self authentication. Goodluck fellow job searchers, the game has another layer.