By Brooke Steinberg
Publication Date: 2026-05-04 12:00:00
These scammers are getting smart.
There’s no denying that today’s job market is horrid, as the unemployed are struggling to not only get a job offer but to land a single interview.
As eager as job hunters may be, experts advise them to be wary when an “opportunity” pops into their inboxes, as scammers are hijacking accounts by posing as talent recruiters and using a Google tool to make fishy job offers seem legitimate.
“Unfortunately, recruiter scams are becoming increasingly prevalent and harder to spot in today’s technology-enabled job market,” Amanda Augustine, resident career expert for resume.io and a Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC), told The Post.
The email — which will appear from noreply@appsheet.com — is professionally written and offers a job opportunity that closely matches the recipient’s background.
Scammers most likely comb through LinkedIn and previous data breaches to find email addresses of those looking for…
