Timeline for Potential employer is not disclosing any information about themselves without references
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| Mar 18, 2016 at 7:56 | comment | added | user541686 | @LaconicDroid: Any chance you could tell us how it's so trivial? (I mean just a basic overview... I'm not asking for a tutorial on how to steal SSNs.) I'm asking because I've heard that a lot and I know that if you e.g. buy a home then your SSN becomes public record, but what if I haven't bought a home? Is it still trivial? Is it still public record? Or is it done through social engineering? How? | |
| Mar 17, 2016 at 18:52 | vote | accept | Stanley VM | ||
| Mar 17, 2016 at 17:28 | comment | added | Laconic Droid | @codenoire I did some consulting work for the fraud department of a major credit card company. SSN is trivially easy to obtain if you have other details such as phone numbers and employment history. | |
| Mar 16, 2016 at 21:29 | comment | added | MealyPotatoes | A colleague responded: "Sure! Here is my current manager's phone number." Then gave them the phone number to the local Sheriff's Department. :) | |
| Mar 16, 2016 at 18:04 | comment | added | Xavier J | Not without an SSN. | |
| Mar 16, 2016 at 16:51 | comment | added | Laconic Droid | Right, but phone numbers and job references are valuable to someone trying to open a store credit card in your name and buy a large screen TV. | |
| Mar 16, 2016 at 16:44 | comment | added | Xavier J | Information on a resume is pretty generic and useless to a marketer without some demographics. But phone numbers to hiring managers are GOLDEN! :) | |
| Mar 16, 2016 at 16:42 | comment | added | Laconic Droid | I think you're being optimistic in thinking this is even a recruiter. | |
| Mar 16, 2016 at 16:39 | history | answered | Xavier J | CC BY-SA 3.0 |