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		frays on July 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Someone is impersonating us in a recruiting scam How did the "candidates" actually get scammed? Did the bad actors steal their personal information and commit fraud? I don't understand what scammers get out of doing this. How do they make money?

notjustanymike on July 14, 2022 | [–]

With us, they would have the candidates purchase their own hardware from a custom store and then “reimburse” them.

smabie on July 14, 2022 | [–]

By getting acct and routing numbers they can easily siphon money.

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