Fake job postings have existed for the entire 27+ years I've been in the job market. A big part of it is recruiters just trying to build their CV database for

Fake job postings have existed for the entire 27+ years I've been in the job market. A big part of it is recruiters just trying to build their CV database for the future. Another big part is recruiters and companies doing market research to see what skills are out there and compensation levels to make sure their employee compensation and candidate offers are in line with market. The final part is companies fulfilling the regulatory requirement to be able to say "we tried to find Americans and couldn't" before bringing on the H-1B's they always planned to bring on from the start.