If there’s a job scam going, James Bore knows about it.
Bore, 43, is a cybersecurity expert, and in the name of research, has spent the past 10 years intentionally baiting job scammers by setting up his own fake email addresses and phone numbers to attract their messages.
The “opportunities” he’s received range from vague but well-paid remote roles, being paid to write online reviews, to high-level tech roles. But there’s always something in common – they’re not real, and there’s a scammer behind them.
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“Fraud has been the fastest growing and most prevalent crime in the UK for a long time now. Thanks to AI, the effort required [to scam someone] has come down, so there’s a lot more out there. The tactics and approaches aren’t new – it’s just that the bottom feeders, the ones who were bad at it before, are now better,” says Bore, who runs consultancy firm Bores Group in Woking.
