{"id":220534,"date":"2023-04-03T11:06:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T15:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=280885"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:37:48","slug":"employment-scams-created-chatgpt-how-to-detect-them-what-to-do-if-they-scam-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/employment-scams-created-chatgpt-how-to-detect-them-what-to-do-if-they-scam-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Be Fooled: ChatGPT Job Scams Are on the Rise, Here&#8217;s How to Protect Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/know-everything-you-should-know-about-chatgpt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ChatGPT<\/a><\/strong> is a very versatile tool, things as they are. With this artificial intelligence created by <strong>OpenAI<\/strong>, you can do almost anything, as long as that &#8220;anything&#8221; is creating text, of any kind. In addition to talking to it as if it were a human, the AI is capable of generating <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/chatgpt-analysis-script-films\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">movie scripts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-best-poems-created-by-chatgpt-on-the-day-of-poetry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poems<\/a> or even <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-first-political-speech-written-by-chatgpt-is-a-reality-in-the-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">political speeches<\/a>. Something that, although positive at first glance, <strong>can also lead to job losses<\/strong>, as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/employment-endangered-new-study-affirms-ia-great-impact-workload-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained above<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"ChatGPT\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/47ef1772-2a82-4750-b97a-354b13dbd112\/3647786732\/chatgpt-ChatGPT-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">ChatGPT<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.en.softonic.com\/web-apps\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACCESS<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.en.softonic.com\/web-apps\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But not only are we living in a world where AIs have developed so much that many jobs are already at risk, but also <strong>some criminals are using ChatGPT to generate <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_fraud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">scams<\/a><\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.es\/about\/press-releases\/2023_chat-gpt-los-ciberdelincuentes-pueden-usarlo-como-parte-de-sus-estafas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">defraud job seekers<\/a>. All this, in a socio-economic context in which millions of people around the world are desperately looking for work. We tell you how you can avoid falling into this type of scams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mistrust: your best friend on the Internet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many will be aware of famous scams such as the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Advance-fee_scam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"Nigerian prince\">Nigerian prince<\/a>&#8221; scams. Although they may seem ridiculous to us today, there are many people who, due to many circumstances, still fall for this type of scam. A situation that has become even more complex with the arrival of ChatGPT, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/addy-ai-email-assistant-helps-write-emails-faster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">capable of <strong>automatically generating emails<\/strong><\/a> with which cybercriminals try to trick their victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whenever you receive by email or direct message any kind of job that &#8220;makes you <strong>earn a lot of money working for little<\/strong>&#8220;, be wary. As the saying goes: &#8220;nobody&#8217;s a penny a day&#8221;. In addition, many of <strong>the descriptions of these types of jobs will be very vague and underdeveloped<\/strong>, in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, if you do contact a recruiter, <strong>never ever give them any banking information, for whatever reason<\/strong>. &#8220;We need a payment method to buy you a laptop to work with.&#8221; Of course you do, champ. Never pay attention to this type of message, and report it if the platform through which you received it has an option to report messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Always check who is writing to you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If they contact you via email, the first thing you should do is <strong>check their email address<\/strong>. No recruiter will contact you to offer you a job using a Gmail, Outlook, or even an address with lots of jumbled numbers and letters. <strong>Recruiters always use the company domain<\/strong> in their email addresses, so be very careful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Ejemplo-correo-electronico-scam-1024x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-220540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Ejemplo-correo-electronico-scam-1024x256.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Ejemplo-correo-electronico-scam-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Ejemplo-correo-electronico-scam-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Ejemplo-correo-electronico-scam-18x5.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Ejemplo-correo-electronico-scam-150x38.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/Ejemplo-correo-electronico-scam.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In case they contact you through <strong>LinkedIn<\/strong> or any employment platform, you should check from which company they are writing to you. <strong>Check the contacts they have and other information of interest<\/strong>, and if they have little information in their profile, be suspicious. You can also search for the supposed company on the Internet, in case other people have talked about it. You may not be the first person they try to fool.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"ChatGPT\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/47ef1772-2a82-4750-b97a-354b13dbd112\/3647786732\/chatgpt-ChatGPT-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">ChatGPT<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.en.softonic.com\/web-apps\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACCESS<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.en.softonic.com\/web-apps\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you get ripped off, protect yourself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If for some reason you have been scammed in any way, the first thing to do is to stop contacting the scammer and <strong>collect as much evidence as possible<\/strong>, such as screenshots of conversations, bank receipts or other data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In case the scammers had access to any payment method, such as a credit or debit card, <strong>you should immediately contact the bank to cancel your account<\/strong> and avoid future charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, as is obvious, you should <strong>file a report with the police<\/strong>, either in person at any police station or through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.policia.es\/_es\/idioma_en_policia.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">web portal<\/a> of the <strong>National Police<\/strong>. Once the complaint has been processed, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.policia.es\/_es\/tupolicia_conocenos_estructura_dao_cgpoliciajudicial_bcit.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Brigada Central de Investigaci\u00f3n Tecnol\u00f3gica<\/a><\/strong> will take charge of your case and will tell you what you should do and even if you should take further protective measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cybercriminals also use ChatGPT to run scams. 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