{"success":true,"data":{"id":"job-interview-prepayment-phish","label":"Fake remote job offer claiming the target has been selected and must purchase equipment or software using a gift card with reimbursement promised on the first paycheck — advance-fee employment fraud; no legitimate employer asks new hires to buy equipment via gift card before starting.","description":"Fake remote job offer notifying the target they have been selected for a position and requiring them to purchase equipment or software using a personal gift card before starting, with a promise of reimbursement on the first paycheck — gift-card prepayment variant of employment fraud. No legitimate employer ever asks a new hire to purchase required equipment or software using a personal gift card or their own money before starting; gift cards are non-reversible, and the attacker redeems the card immediately upon receiving the card number, leaving the victim with no recourse. The \"you've been selected — buy equipment/software using gift card — reimbursed on first paycheck\" three-part narrative is the defining pattern for this attack class. Distinct from employment-background-check-fee-phish (background-check processing-fee pretext) and job-offer-check-deposit-phish (fake check / money-laundering modality) — this targets the remote-job-selected / gift-card equipment-purchase / first-paycheck reimbursement pretext. Detection: selected for remote job/position + purchase equipment/software using gift card + reimbursed on first paycheck vocabulary + no List-Unsubscribe + no In-Reply-To + not protected sender. Trash score: +4. Source: GC1-R28; FTC job scam advisory 2025 (gift card employment fraud); FBI IC3 employment advance-fee fraud patterns; BBB employment scam report.","tier":"danger","category":"phishing","isThin":false}}