Fraud Remote Jobs Exposed: The Hidden Role of Claude AI

A new kind of cybercrime has emerged in the online job market, and it is powered by Claude AI. Behind what looks like normal hiring, investigators have uncovered organized systems of fraudulent remote jobs, run by North Korean workers who use artificial intelligence (AI) to fake skills, pass interviews, and keep high-paying roles.

According to Anthropic’s latest threat intelligence report, these jobs are organized by the state to bring in money, helping North Korea bypass international sanctions. The money flows directly into national programs, including the country’s weapons development. 

By lowering the barrier to complex technical work, Claude AI allows untrained workers to act like skilled engineers, turning simple job platforms into pipelines for global fraud.

This article explores how these schemes work, why North Korea is using them, and what investigators are doing to stop them.

How North Korean Operatives Use Claude AI for Fraudulent Remote Jobs

According to a threat intelligence report published by Anthropic, Claude AI has become a main tool used in North Korea’s scheme for fraudulent remote jobs. 

These operations are set up to bring money back to the state by placing remote workers inside foreign technology companies. Much of this income is then used to support the country’s weapons programs, which face limits under international sanctions.

Many of the workers do not have the skills usually needed for these jobs:

Instead, they rely on AI prompts to look capable and to keep their jobs.

In earlier years, fraudulent jobs connected to North Korea worked in another way. The state depended on a smaller number of workers who had gone through many years of technical training. Universities such as Kim Il Sung and Kim Chaek prepared students for these roles, which took time and limited the number of workers that could be placed abroad.

With Anthropic’s Claude, this barrier has disappeared:

People with little training can pass interviews by using AI-generated answers.

Workers can keep positions at large companies without the expected background.

These remote fraud jobs can now expand more quickly, as AI removes the need for specialist study.

This shows a clear misuse of AI. Instead of employing skilled professionals, companies are paying workers who act mainly as a link between themselves and Claude AI.

How Fraudulent Operations Unfold Step by Step

These schemes move through different stages. At every point, Claude AI is used to guide the worker and cover gaps in skill. 

This process explains how remote fraud jobs can succeed even when the people behind them lack the needed knowledge.

Phase 1: Persona Building

The first step is to create a convincing identity. Workers use Claude to:

Write detailed resumes that match job requirements.

Build portfolios with project examples that look realistic.

Add career histories and cultural details to make the profile sound authentic.

By doing this, the operator appears to be an experienced professional, even if the experience is invented.

Phase 2: Applications & Interviews

The next stage is applying for roles and preparing for interviews. Claude AI helps by:

Tailoring resumes and cover letters for each job.

Writing answers for interview questions, both technical and general.

Offering real-time support during coding tests.

This makes it possible for untrained workers to pass difficult hiring processes, leading to more remote job scams in companies around the world.

Phase 3: On the Job

The strongest dependence shows once the worker is hired. 

They turn to Claude for almost every task, including:

This means that almost nine out of ten tasks fall into frontend work or programming. These areas demand constant support, showing heavy dependence on Claude and providing clear examples of AI misuse.

Phase 4: Revenue stream

The final stage is about income. Because tasks are handled by Claude, one person can manage several jobs at once. These multiple salaries create a scale of fraud that was not possible before. 

According to investigators, the money adds up to hundreds of millions of dollars each year, strengthening North Korea’s funds through this growing system of fraudulent remote jobs.

Mitigation Measures

Once investigators uncovered these schemes, action was taken to slow them down. Accounts linked to the activity were removed, blocking workers from continuing under the same profiles.

Anthropic also put in place stronger ways to track and respond to suspicious behavior. These new measures include:

This approach makes it easier to see when someone is depending too heavily on the tool to complete their tasks.

The measures do not fully stop the issue, but they create more barriers for people running fraud remote jobs. They also help investigators share clearer AI misuse examples, which can guide companies in protecting themselves against future risks.

The Bottom Line

The threat intelligence report shows that misuse of AI has become a clear trend. Tools like Claude AI are now built into many stages of cybercrime. People with little skill can use them to pass interviews, handle daily coding tasks, and manage professional communication. This has turned remote fraudulent jobs into a larger risk for companies worldwide. 

Stronger security measures and better sharing of threat intelligence are needed to make these scams harder to run and to reduce their impact in the future.

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Threat Intelligence Report: August 2025 (Anthropic)