Recently I was made aware of jobs that are advertised purposefully with good criteria to prove a shortage (high pay, never filled). The companies advertising t

Recently I was made aware of jobs that are advertised purposefully with good criteria to prove a shortage (high pay, never filled). The companies advertising the job then use those as leverage to hire an overseas candidate (immigration backdoor). The company always cry labour shortage and dismiss local candidates. In the scam, the company brings a foreigner on a special visa (usually highly skilled visa, candidate may not have those skills but no matter). The company pays they foreigner the high salary with the condition that the immigrant pay the money back under the table (and don't talk). In some cases the jobs advertised are not real. They are a front, once the foreign candidate arrives, they are assigned work in a completely different low skilled job for their employer (but have a fancy job title) and are happy to do that for a long game shot at residency.