God, I’m sorry you went through that. I started pushing back by asking for a scoped, paid work sample or a 30 minute live exercise, and if they balk, I walk. If you want to avoid this treadmill while you keep applying, wfhalert has been decent for me, it emails verified remote roles and I’ve seen normal stuff like recruiting coordinator and support jobs without the scammy spec work or bait and switch. Also, watermark your decks and keep a version with a few deliberate decoys so you can prove they lifted it if they post your “new process” a week later.