‘I lost my savings after a job interview scam’

One victim was invited on LinkedIn by a fake recruiter to take part in a job interview process and downloaded a seemingly normal document that turned out to be malicious software.

Criminals are exploiting the pressure and excitement of job interviews to lure people into downloading booby-trapped mobile applications, such as a fake Indeed Interview app or one called MyInterview.

The platform pointed to advice on its website about how to spot recruitment scams by, for example, verifying that the company and job was real and doing thorough research before engaging in talks.