Fake job interview scams like the one that hit Binance are getting more sophisticated. Here are the new signs to watch for
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Job search scams can cost applicants hundreds or thousands of dollars. But one fake job interview recently impacted over $6 billion in assets.
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Tuesday it recently experienced a security breach impacting $6.34 billion in digital assets. The hack was enabled in part by a job seeker's nightmare: bogus job interviews.
While the Binance hackers had their sights set on a much bigger target than an individual job seeker, job-related scams are on the rise. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) tallied employment-related losses amounting to roughly $363 million in 2025, up sharply from $264 million the year prior, and $70 million in 2023.
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