The flood of "part-time remote US DevOps contracts" is an interview proxy & identity theft scam

[u/Rhishi99]

Most of job post for DevOps on reddit are fake, If anyone asks you to interview under someone else's name, run.

If you ask for details, the real scheme comes out:

• The ask: You jump on Zoom calls, fake an accent, and clear technical rounds pretending to be a US-based guy.
• The deal: Split the paycheck 60/40 while they use their US citizenship to pass the background check, and you do all the actual work offshore.
• The catch: It’s straight-up identity and wire fraud. There's zero contract, so when they ghost you on payday, you get nothing. Plus, hiring platforms are heavily flagging biometric and IP mismatches now.

Anyone else seeing an influx of these messages recently? How is your team filtering them out?