Those stories are accurate and not just hearsay. First-hand experience here. Its largely because of third-party interference in the hiring process. There is n

Those stories are accurate and not just hearsay. First-hand experience here. Its largely because of third-party interference in the hiring process. There is no enforcement of fraudulent postings. GPT has made generation of in-differentiable scam positions cost effective. Head hunters are incentivized to engage in this activity since it concentrates value in their services. There are also some companies engaging in dubious legal agreements where they outsource their hiring to a third-party which is incentivized to engage in pay-for-play kickbacks among their real customers. There is also about an equal chance that this is either the Chinese government (causing sabotage), or monopolistic companies seeking to suppress wages. Bad things happen when the majority of people can't find work to feed their family, and there is no means to retrain.