Cybersecurity experts warn of surge in fake job scams leveraging AI technology [Video]

ATLANTA – Cybersecurity experts are sounding the alarm about a rise in fake job offers by scammers.

Experts say the scammers are using generative AI to make these fake job listings sound realistic.

“245,500 people approximately got scammed last year,” said cybersecurity strategist for GuidePoint Security, Paul Keener. He added that he’s seeing an alarming rise in the number of fake job offer scams, according to newly released reports.

“From 2022 to 2023, there was a 25% increase in these types of scams, the job scams…we’re expecting it to go up about the same, if not more, because of the scope and scale of generative AI,” Keener said.

Keener says scammers are able to use generative AI to make these fake job offers look very real.

“With generative AI, it makes it very, very simple to create an effective email. All you have to do is put in the prompt. ‘I need a job that says …