"The trick is in the homework stage." The developer spoke about a new fraudulent scheme under the guise of recruiting IT professionals

«Beware, a new scam for IT professionals! Recently, a very cunning scam has appeared that targets developers, especially mid- and high-level ones. The scheme looks very convincing, so I’m sharing the details to protect others,» he wrote and explained step by step what the scammers came up with.

1. A recruiter or company founder writes to you and offers to join a global AI/Blockchain/VR/AR project.
2. Then they throw in a Google Doc with a description of the project. Everything is nicely laid out there: stack, duration, role. But what immediately catches your eye is a table with salaries for different positions.
3. Then they ask for a resume, ask about the desired position and salary expectations. And they say they have a «simple three-step hiring process»: resume screening, homework assignment (based on their repository), final interview + NDA.

« The trick is in the homework stage. They give you a link to the GitHub repository of the project, which you have to clone and run locally. But inside there is a hidden script that, when launched, tries to read data from your computer (including wallets like MetaMask, Keplr, Ledger, etc.) and simply steals your cryptocurrencies,» the developer said.

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«I found very interesting code outside the working visibility zone.» Senior Frontend Developer told how he encountered fraud — a project that looked quite clear on the outside, hid a threat. And such cases, say IT experts, are not uncommon.

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