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ID Thieves Prey on L.A. Jobless

By Steven Rodriguez

As if it isn’t bad enough to be laid off and scrambling to find a new job, identity thieves are making life more miserable for unsuspecting job-seekers. From fake job-search services to bogus help-wanted ads, identity thieves are targeting recently unemployed workers in Los Angeles, California and across the country with attempts to steal and use personal information. According to the Federal Trade Commission, job-search fraud is one of the fastest-growing aspects of identity theft in America. “There are so many people out there who are desperate to find a job,” Linda Foley, executive director of the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nonprofit San Diego watchdog group, told reporter Richard Burnett of The Orlando Sentinel. “Unfortunately, identity thieves are taking advantage of people in these uncertain times...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on April 27, 2009 (boomark / email).