Having read @Nidhi's account about the scam, here are a few details about how US academia hiring works, as are relevant to her case. And the perpetrator of the scam is most likely an academic or at least a former academic with connections.
These folks also must have a PhD or at least be working towards a PhD. Typically.
But we all know 2020. Unis were in chaos. US univs especially, cos Trump used covid as an excuse to hit unis even more.
In that context, everything Nidhi describes in her post tracks perfectly. I was on the inside of some hiring processes last year. That's how they went

Remember that.
I've been scam immune so far.
Not arrogant enough anymore to think I will be immune forever.
https://t.co/Wh3mxm2oUh
We may have to wait for the investigation to be completed. But her article clarifies a lot of things that align with my knowledge of how academia works especially the weirdness due to the pandemic.
— Sibin (@sibinmohan) January 16, 2021
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the only reason to keep making them so limited is that they KNOW all that matters is the profit on the flip and if they were readily available FEWER people would want them, not more
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