New Wave of Recruitment Scams

Anton Cherkasov
Decentralize.Today
Published in
2 min readJul 16, 2018

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There is a popular idea (especially among 18–25 y.o. people) that being cool means being an internet influencer/ambassador of a huge company to get free products and, of course, respect from your acquaintances.

This idea brought us here.

There’s a social media scam, which works on Instagram targeting sneakerheads with promises of becoming a Nike influencer eligible to receive free Nike products. Sounds good, isn’t it? Or even too good?

Fake Nike account is allegedly “recruiting any ambassadors for upcoming new brand.” It asks users with 250+ followers to repost the advertisement to their IG story, follow the @nike_recruitss page and mention the handle in their post. Although the recruitment flyer and the “Nike_ Recruitss” handle wreak of fraudulent behavior, a growing number of people have already fallen for the scam.

One twitter user shared the Insta post with the official Nike account, which produced the following response, “That is not an authorized Nike account,” confirming that it is not a legitimate offer.

It’s unclear exactly what the scammers were aiming to achieve, other than growing a following on their Instagram page.

The fake account has been disabled since word got out about the scam.

Update: Right now @nike_recruitss account is not active. Hovewer, there are new ones like @nike_recruitzz and @nike_recruittssss (by Rico).

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