Internet crooks will leave no stone unturned when it comes to finding ways to rip people off.
Now, it seems the latest target for the crooks are job seekers–people who, out of the desire to land a job, divulge their personal information to a prospective “employer”–in what turns out to be a front for collecting personal information.
After reading this, I am starting to come to the conclusion that having a bank account in this country is no safer than putting your money in a can, and burying it in the back yard.
When are we going to see some serious legislation dealing with identity theft? It’s not enough to just fine the scammers–many of them are overseas anyway, where we can’t touch them. No, we need some sort of public database that every site that collects personal information should have to register with before they can do business in the United States–perhaps charging a registration fee to those located outside the US. If the fucking NSA can monitor people’s phone calls and e-mail, then keeping track of who collects personal information should not be too much of a problem.
