Scammers are flooding LinkedIn—and they’re getting smarter. In this episode, Jim Stroud talks with Jay Jones (aka “The Profiler”), a copywriter-turned-scam hunter who has personally helped take down 31,000+ fake jobs and 7,000+ bogus profiles. Jay breaks down the most common grifts hitting job seekers and employers—from ATS “resume score” shakedowns to hijacked recruiter identities, one-way video “interviews” used to clone you, and brand-impostor company pages—then shares a clear playbook HR and TA leaders can use to protect their pipelines, reputations, and people.

You’ll learn

• The top red flags: Gmail “recruiters,” zero-activity profiles, low connection counts, camera-off interviews, missing requisitions, too-fast timelines.

• How fake “ATS scores” and resume rewrites become gateways to identity theft.

• Why hijacked profiles + brand impersonation are skyrocketing—and how to spot them fast.

• Practical verification steps your recruiters should follow every time.

• What companies can do beyond a website disclaimer to actively deter fraud.