AI Fake Employer Interview Video: Requesting Front and Back of ID Cards and Facial Videos Under the Prey of Background Checks to Steal Identities for Card Opening

Who Gets Targeted

The primary victims are recent graduates, unemployed youth, stay-at-home mothers, and job seekers eager to change careers—especially those accustomed to remote resume submissions and lacking formal background check experience. Driven by job-seeking anxiety, they tend to lower their guard, easily trusting the counterpart upon seeing simulated interview videos, and mistakenly believing that providing the front and back of their ID cards and facial videos is part of the standard onboarding process. Some victims expressed fears that refusing would cause them to lose employment opportunities, leading them to hurriedly cooperate under pressure.

骗局怎么运作

• Step 1: Scam syndicates post high-paying remote positions on platforms like BOSS Zhipin and 51job, such as 'AI Operations Intern' or 'Remote Administrative Assistant', using legitimate company names or forged business licenses to pass platform audits, attracting job seekers to apply. The pitch emphasizes 'working from home, a monthly salary over ten thousand, no experience required,' prompting targets to actively submit resumes and contact information.
• Step 2: Under the guise of an 'AI interview,' a link is sent requiring job seekers to click and enter a forged interview room. A recorded 'interviewer' video generated by AI face-swapping or voice synthesis is played, in which the figure asks several general questions, giving the applicant the illusion of having completed a real interview. Some scammers also use AI to generate an 'Interview Pass Notification' containing the job seeker's name.
• Step 3: After the interview, under the pretext of 'employment background checks,' job seekers are asked to send photos of the front and back of their ID cards, a photo holding the ID card, and a facial video including actions like blinking, nodding, and opening the mouth via WeChat or a designated email, claiming it is for 'real-name verification.' The common pitch is 'This is a compliance process required by the Financial Regulatory Administration; offers cannot be issued without providing it.'
• Step 4: Once the scammers obtain the identity information and liveness video, they immediately use them to open accounts, issue cards, or complete real-name authentication at banks, payment platforms, or telecommunications operators. Common uses include registering corporate accounts, opening mobile phone lines, applying for loans under stolen identities, or binding third-party payments. Some cases also involve registering shell companies to launder money.
• Step 5: After receiving bank card opening text messages, loan collection calls, or discovering unfamiliar accounts under their name, the victims attempt to contact the original 'employer' only to find themselves blocked, with the platform account deregistered and untraceable. Simultaneously, the scammers package and resell the illegally obtained identity information, creating secondary leaks.

红旗信号（看到这些快跑）

• 🚩 The interview is conducted solely through an unknown link or app; the interviewer's image is stiff, lip-syncing is out of sync with the audio, or a recording is played from start to finish with real-time interaction refused.
• 🚩 Requests for the front and back of ID cards, holding-ID photos, and facial videos are made under the guise of 'background checks' or 'compliance verification' before an employment contract or formal offer letter has even been signed.
• 🚩 Requests to transmit sensitive identity materials via WeChat, personal email, or cloud storage instead of using official background check platforms or encrypted HR systems.
• 🚩 The entire communication lacks a fixed office telephone number or corporate email domain. Contact persons frequently use social media voice messages to rush the process and evade providing the company's full name, address, and verifiable contact information.
• 🚩 Creating a sense of urgency using tactics like 'If you don't submit by tomorrow, the offer will be canceled' or 'Urgent recruitment with a limited-time lock,' inducing job seekers to skip normal procedures and submit quickly.

真实案例

• In September 2026, Beijing police cracked down on a fake recruitment scam case. A criminal syndicate generated interview videos and forged onboarding notices via AI, inducing job seekers to provide ID and facial information to process bank and mobile cards. A large number of individuals were involved, and relevant details were publicly reported by China Chang'an Net.
• In August 2026, CCTV.com reported that a criminal syndicate published false recruitment information to channel traffic for 'job-seeking scams,' collecting the front and back of ID cards and liveness videos under the guise of background checks to illegally register corporate accounts for money laundering. Ten suspects were criminally detained.
• In April 2026, Beijing Daily disclosed that BOSS Zhipin exposed the 'tool person' trap, where job seekers had their ID information collected by fake employers under the pre-employment verification pretext, subsequently having telephone cards fraudulently opened under their name to receive scam-related text messages, with their identity information also subject to secondary resale.

Official Stance

• In April 2026, BOSS Zhipin issued a security advisory warning job seekers to be vigilant against requests for the front and back of ID cards and facial videos under the guise of background checks or onboarding verifications, emphasizing that the platform never requires such information before contract signing.
• In March 2026, the National College Student Employment Service Platform issued a job-seeking avoidance guide, clarifying that legitimate employers will not request photos of individuals holding ID cards or liveness videos via personal WeChat or email.
• In August 2026, CCTV.com and anti-fraud centers across multiple regions reported that job seekers should decline any 'AI interview + facial capture' combination requests from unofficial channels to guard against their identities being used for card opening and registration.

How to Protect Yourself

• ✅ Never send the front and back of ID cards, holding-ID photos, and facial videos via WeChat, personal email, or cloud storage before signing a formal offer letter. If a background check is genuinely required, demand that the other party use a nationally recognized or enterprise-internal encrypted background check platform.
• ✅ Stay vigilant against invitations claiming to be 'AI interviews,' prioritizing interview methods that allow real-time video interaction, visible live interviewers, and verifiable company landline numbers; any session incapable of real-time dialogue must be treated as suspicious.
• ✅ Upon receiving an employment offer, first open the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System to compare the company's full name, unified social credit code, and operating status, call the official published company phone number to confirm the position and HR identity, and check whether the insured employee count aligns with its claimed scale.
• ✅ If identity information or facial videos have already been leaked, immediately report the ID card lost, freeze bank cards under your name, contact operators to check card-opening records, report the case to local public security organs, and retain evidence such as chat logs and links.