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November 24, 2004 at 08:11 AM
gralfus

Job offers/ID theft

by gralfus . Updated 21 years, 7 months ago

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/24/phishing_mule_spam_campaign/

This article says that some job offers or perhaps even job postings could be used to harvest personal information. Many job applications ask for the social security number prior to employment. I had never really thought about that as a potential danger before.

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