Information and Resources about Identity Theft

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• 1. Kay  |  March 26, 2009 at 5:26 pm

  I applied to a job posting at the craiglist (which I know, I shouldn’t have) and sent the “company” my resume with my name, full, address, tel. nos., e-mail, educational info, and volunteer history. No birthday, age, SSN, or anything like that.

  It didn’t click to me that the post might have been a scam, until I sent them my resume. The e-mail account that the poster had was a gmail account. I never had a formal job before, and I have no-credit. Am I at a risk of being an identity theft victim?

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• 2. Candace Davenport  |  April 5, 2009 at 6:07 pm

  Hi Kay-

  I apologize for the delay in getting back to you on this. But, bottom line, I don’t think you greatly increased your identity theft risk in what you did. I base that mainly on the fact that most the the information you provided is already public record. You many have conveniently put your public information all in one place for someone, but you did not provide your DOB or your Social Security number, the two key bits of information that would have made the rest of the information more profitable.

  There are many scams on Craigslist, however, the majority of the job listings are bona fide. Are you sure this was a scam? If you are sure, make sure you report it to Cragslist because they are very good at dealing with scam listings.

  If you are still concerned about this issue, you might consider getting yourself an Identity Theft protection plan. I would be glad to talk with you about the plans that I know about. It might give you that peace of mind!

  I hope this answers your question.

  Candace Davenport

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• 3. Jack  |  June 22, 2009 at 2:05 am

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• 4. Jack  |  June 22, 2009 at 2:06 am

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