'I lost my savings after a job interview scam'
Job seekers, especially Gen Z, are being targeted with fake, booby-trapped recruitment apps.
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"This wasn't a badly written email with a suspicious attachment - this person was walked through what looked like a real job interview, on real Google pages, behind a real Google login, and the software they were asked to install was digitally signed like any legitimate app."
— Charlie Kelly , Academic
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Job seekers, especially Gen Z, are being targeted with fake, booby-trapped recruitment apps.
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