ChatGPT is a very versatile tool, things as they are. With this artificial intelligence created by OpenAI, you can do almost anything, as long as that “anything” is creating text, of any kind. In addition to talking to it as if it were a human, the AI is capable of generating movie scripts, poems or even political speeches. Something that, although positive at first glance, can also lead to job losses, as explained above.
But not only are we living in a world where AIs have developed so much that many jobs are already at risk, but also some criminals are using ChatGPT to generate scams to defraud job seekers. 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.
Mistrust: your best friend on the Internet
Many will be aware of famous scams such as the “Nigerian prince” 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, capable of automatically generating emails with which cybercriminals try to trick their victims.
Whenever you receive by email or direct message any kind of job that “makes you earn a lot of money working for little“, be wary. As the saying goes: “nobody’s a penny a day”. In addition, many of the descriptions of these types of jobs will be very vague and underdeveloped, in general.
Also, if you do contact a recruiter, never ever give them any banking information, for whatever reason. “We need a payment method to buy you a laptop to work with.” 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.
Always check who is writing to you
If they contact you via email, the first thing you should do is check their email address. 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. Recruiters always use the company domain in their email addresses, so be very careful.
In case they contact you through LinkedIn or any employment platform, you should check from which company they are writing to you. Check the contacts they have and other information of interest, 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.
If you get ripped off, protect yourself
If for some reason you have been scammed in any way, the first thing to do is to stop contacting the scammer and collect as much evidence as possible, such as screenshots of conversations, bank receipts or other data.
In case the scammers had access to any payment method, such as a credit or debit card, you should immediately contact the bank to cancel your account and avoid future charges.
In addition, as is obvious, you should file a report with the police, either in person at any police station or through the web portal of the National Police. Once the complaint has been processed, the Brigada Central de Investigación Tecnológica will take charge of your case and will tell you what you should do and even if you should take further protective measures.
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