April 23, 2005

The World Privacy Forum is warning job seekers about posting their personal information and résumés on Internet job sites. Criminals are using this type of information to commit identity theft and other types of financial fraud. According to the privacy group, over the past year more than a dozen Americans have been accused of felonies because their identities were used by online criminals. Pam Dixon, the executive director of the World Privacy Forum states: "If you post your résumé publicly you are asking for identity fraud. If you have a fantastic résumé, that puts you at a high risk, because your identity will get nabbed, and they will use your information to set up a new account in your name and do criminal acts and it will look like you participated in that scheme."

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