 Fake recruiters are scamming more Americans looking for work. If you've been looking for work, be careful of getting scammed. Job scams surged 118% in 2023 from the year before. That's according to the Identity Theft Resource Center, which says scammers are sometimes posing as recruiters or post fake job ads to get personal and financial information from job seekers. There's even phony listings on places like LinkedIn. Two things not helping, the rise in remote work and artificial intelligence.