Monster.com warns job seekers about ID theft
Internet job board Monster.com, acknowledging a growing problem for online career sites, is e-mailing millions of job seekers, warning that fake listings are being used to gather and steal personal information.
An e-mail message from Monster, which arrived in many users' computer mailboxes Thursday, cautions that ``regrettably, from time to time, false job postings are listed online and used to illegally collect personal information from unsuspecting job seekers.''
Why would a job seeker give out their social security number or a bank account number anyway? Give it to the employer on the day you're standing in their HR department filling out the paperwork as a new employee.
