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fromwww.theguardian.com
12 hours ago

When you're desperate, you fall for things easily': the scam job ads on TikTok taking people's money

Lilian, a 35-year-old Kenyan living in Qatar, was scrolling on TikTok in April when she saw posts from a recruitment agency offering jobs overseas. The Kenya-based WorldPath House of Travel, with more than 20,000 followers on the social media platform, promised hassle-free work visas for jobs across Europe. They were showing work permits they'd received, envelopes, like: We have Europe visas already,' Lilian recalls.
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fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

5 plead guilty to laptop farm and ID theft scheme to land North Koreans US IT jobs

Fraudulent identity scheme enabled overseas IT workers, including North Korean IT workers, to obtain U.S. jobs, defrauding companies of about $1.28 million.
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fromForbes
2 months ago

AI-Powered Impostors Are Getting Hired. Here's How

Generative AI empowers sophisticated employment fraud—fabricated resumes, deepfake identities, and AI-assisted interviews—enabling hostile actors to infiltrate remote workforces and steal intellectual property.
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fromTechCrunch
3 months ago
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US sanctions fraud network used by North Korean 'remote IT workers' to seek jobs and steal money | TechCrunch

fromFortune
4 months ago
Privacy professionals

North Korean IT worker infiltrations exploded 220% over the past 12 months, with GenAI weaponized at every stage of the hiring process

fromTechCrunch
3 months ago
World news

US sanctions fraud network used by North Korean 'remote IT workers' to seek jobs and steal money | TechCrunch

fromFortune
4 months ago
Privacy professionals

North Korean IT worker infiltrations exploded 220% over the past 12 months, with GenAI weaponized at every stage of the hiring process

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fromwww.dw.com
4 months ago

India: Man caught running fake embassy near Delhi DW 07/24/2025

A man ran a fake embassy in New Delhi, duping individuals for money through false promises of overseas employment.
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fromFortune
5 months ago

An engineer was caught secretly working for multiple Silicon Valley startups at once

Soham Parekh secretly held multiple tech jobs, leading to accusations of scamming startups in Silicon Valley.
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