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Latest ID Theft Tactic: Fake Job Listings
citking writes "News.com.com reports that, in an attempt to curb identity theft on its service, online career listing site Monster.com has begun warning its users of fake job postings bent on stealing personal information. 'Regrettably, from time to time, false job postings are listed online and used to illegally collect personal information from unsuspecting job seekers', according to an e-mail sent by the company yesterday to registered users. With the increasingly difficult job market, things such as background checks and non-disclosure agreements are becoming more and more difficult to avoid, so where does one draw the line for giving out personal information in response to a classified ad? CNN has a small article about this as well."
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of some loser trying to find a job through Monster.com? How much room is there gonna be on HIS credit cards?
as long as they don't steal my ego or superego.
"look ma! no hands!!!" - random amputee
So when the job offers from Nigeria that need my bank account number to pay me start arriving , I will know what to do.
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Mommy Monsters are stealing my credit card number!
At the bottom of the News.com article is this link:
"Wanted: Tech professionals needed at top companies now"
I don't see any warnings about ID theft there, though...
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Luckily, when I was young and stupid(er) I completely futzed up my credit rating, so I don't have to worry about identity theft. There's no credit card company that would have anything to do with me!
Gosh, I hope so ;-).
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. . . I guess that means I didn't get the job.
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It took me about 1 week to realize that these job boards were about as likely to get me a job as my affinity for IPA. The problem with these boards, is two fold:
1. The employer never sees you in your nice crisp suit as you deliver the resume.
2. The employer never has your resume on his desk, in physical form, printed on quality paper stock.
From the employers point of view, it's nice for them to know that an applicant is capable of completing a task, even one as mundane as locating their office, and delivering a resume, without accidently lighting him/herself on fire along the way.
"Inattention makes clowns of us all" -Bean
I guess i didn't win 10,000,000 either.:(
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Sounds like Amway to me.
Endless arguments over trivial contradictions in books written by ignorant savages to explain thunder in the dark.
"I really wonder when this person last looked for a job the hard way."
You mean there's an EASY WAY??!
I've applied for many fake jobs. I can tell they are fake because I never get a response back.
#!/
Who's bright idea was it to market to the unemployed? Isn't that sort of a bad target audience?
I know more than you drink.
D Phil at Oxford in Computational Number Theory, eh? You're probably right. Lesser mortals, however, may not be so lucky.
Still, I like your arrogance.
I'm old enough to remember when discussions on Slashdot were well informed.
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