A criminal operation posted at least 30 fake "verified" job listings under Hyundai Motor Company's LinkedIn account, then routed every applicant to a lookalike careers page built on a domain registered days earlier.
The listings carry Hyundai's real name, an automotive-blue color scheme, and LinkedIn's verified checkmark next to titles like “Data Entry Specialist” and “Customer Service Representative.” Each is marked “Promoted by hirer” with “Responses managed off LinkedIn” — a routing instruction, not standard hiring practice for a company the size of Hyundai Motor Company, which runs its own careers portal at hyundaiusa.com.
At least 30 fake verified listings have been identified under Hyundai's name, spanning multiple roles and states — Illinois, Texas, and others — each drawing over 100 people who clicked apply within days of posting. Thirty duplicate postings sharing identical language is not how a global automaker fills entry-level roles; it is the signature of an automated scam pipeline exploiting a verified badge.
Applicants who click through land on recruitingmetrics.online/data_entry.html, a page dressed in Hyundai's blue and branded “Join Hyundai Motor Company as a Data Entry Professional.” The domain was registered through Namecheap on November 11, 2025 — days before the listings appeared — and is set to expire exactly one year later, a lifespan typical of disposable scam infrastructure rather than a corporate careers page. The page instructs applicants to “Send Resume” to careers@executive360.online, a second throwaway domain with no connection to Hyundai whatsoever.
Hyundai's global manufacturing footprint and name recognition make a “verified” listing under its account inherently credible. The badge and the applicant counter do the persuading; job seekers rarely check domain registration records before sending a resume. By the time the scam is reported, the fake postings have already harvested hundreds of names, emails, and phone numbers.
Evidence has been documented across the original LinkedIn postings, the fake landing page, and the domain registration record. This file remains open while reporting to LinkedIn Trust & Safety and outreach to Hyundai's brand protection team are pursued.
01 — The fake “Data Entry Specialist” listing, posted under Hyundai's verified LinkedIn account.
02 — A duplicate “Customer Service Representative” listing, part of the same 30-listing operation.
03 — The off-platform landing page at recruitingmetrics.online, branded to look like an official Hyundai careers page.
04 — WHOIS records showing recruitingmetrics.online was registered days before the fake listings appeared.