GoKawiilJob seeker's two-year effort flags nearly 60,000 fake LinkedIn listings
Jay Jones, laid off from advertising in 2023, says he has helped get almost 60,000 fraudulent job postings removed from the internet, mostly on LinkedIn, and has flagged roughly 7,000 suspicious profiles. He found scammers using stolen photos, hijacked dormant verified accounts, and fake postings on real company pages, some powered by AI to personalize pitches and harvest fees or personal data like Social Security numbers.
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The scale of Jones's findings suggests LinkedIn's verification and company-page systems can be exploited more easily than users may assume, potentially undermining trust in the platform's recruiting features. Because these scams coincide with a tough hiring market—where, per the Journal, 27% of unemployed Americans had been searching for extended periods—job seekers may feel added pressure to respond to bogus offers, increasing their exposure to fraud.
- One individual's tracking effort led to the removal of nearly 60,000 fake job listings, mostly from LinkedIn.
- Scammers use tactics ranging from cloned recruiter profiles to hijacked verified accounts and AI-personalized pitches.
- The fraud comes amid a difficult job market, potentially making desperate job seekers more vulnerable.
Source: techspot.com — Skye Jacobs, 2026-09-23
Published there as: “This guy has spent two years hunting fake job listings on LinkedIn, and found 60,000 of them”
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