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Job scams are growing and getting tougher to spot: ‘That’s the reality of this hell job market’

Swindlers now use AI to send out floods of fraudulent messages to gain the personal information of job seekersAmericans are seeing more employment scams than ever as job seekers, facing a tough job market, report a bombardment of messages from swindlers try to lure them into giving sensitive information.Experts say the technology behind these scams has only gotten better over time, allowing fraudsters to easily impersonate employers and send out huge floods of direct messages and emails to job s

Job scams are growing and getting tougher to spot: ‘That’s the reality of this hell job market’

Job scams are growing and getting tougher to spot: ‘That’s the reality of this hell job market’

Published June 22, 2026 · Category: Markets

Overview

Swindlers now use AI to send out floods of fraudulent messages to gain the personal information of job seekers

Americans are seeing more employment scams than ever as job seekers, facing a tough job market, report a bombardment of messages from swindlers try to lure them into giving sensitive information.

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Experts say the technology behind these scams has only gotten better over time, allowing fraudsters to easily impersonate employers and send out huge floods of direct messages and emails to job seekers.

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Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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