>>> We have the following requirement.
>>
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> "Lucky Star", and with an email address referring to a fantasy
> character.
> I've often wondered if fake jobs are used in elaborate schemes to steal
> identities
Yes, it has been done. Commercial job sites claim to be wise to it. How
effective they are, I don't know.
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>> I'm just wondering if anyone in their right mind would ever
>> consider responding to a job ad by someone who doesn't even list an
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> I've often wondered if fake jobs are used in elaborate schemes to
> steal identities
You'd hope that someone perpetrating an identity scam would be clever
enough to use more realistic fake info.
Then again, maybe the theory is that if the person isn't careful
enough to question the contact info, they also won't be careful enough
to check credit reports and credit card bills ...

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Chris Smith - 01 May 2006 23:08 GMT
> You'd hope that someone perpetrating an identity scam would be clever
> enough to use more realistic fake info.
Actually, I hope quite the opposite. The small amount of remaining
faith that I may lose in humanity is far outweighed by the relief I feel
at realizing that 99.9% of phishing/identity theft schemes are
perpetrated by people who failed fourth grade spelling. :)
(* Yes, I know they are just trying to get past primitive spam filters.
It seems counterproductive, though, in these modern times. Now that I
forward all my email through gmail before it gets to me, I only seem to
get the spam with good spelling.)

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steve - 01 May 2006 23:21 GMT
>>> I'm just wondering if anyone in their right mind would ever
>>> consider responding to a job ad by someone who doesn't even list an
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> enough to question the contact info, they also won't be careful enough
> to check credit reports and credit card bills ...
obviously you have not read about 917 scammers and the number of idiots they
manage to catch.

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