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jijor
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 Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 5:41 pm Post subject: Emailing Passport |
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| How do you feel about emailing copies of your passport to people you don't know? (Especially considering how popular identity theft has become.) |
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Shroob
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: Emailing Passport |
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| jijor wrote: |
| How do you feel about emailing copies of your passport to people you don't know? (Especially considering how popular identity theft has become.) |
I edit my passport scan so that the numbers are covered. After an interview that goes well I will send a full copy. |
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jijor
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, I've done that too. In experience, I tend not to hear back from them even after mentioning security concerns in my email response and offering a fully disclosed copy once a formal agreement is arrived at. |
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Shroob
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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| jijor wrote: |
| Yes, I've done that too. In experience, I tend not to hear back from them even after mentioning security concerns in my email response and offering a fully disclosed copy once a formal agreement is arrived at. |
Their loss. |
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nomad soul
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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| It's not an issue. Legit employers often need a copy of the passport page to confirm nationality and age for visa and/or labor law purposes as well as for their specific employment requirements. Anyway, keep in mind that every time you stay in a hotel or hostel abroad, you'll likely hand over your passport to some nameless hotel employee to make a photocopy. So... |
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jijor
Joined: 03 Mar 2014
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, and my save.  |
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jijor
Joined: 03 Mar 2014
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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Nomad,
Yeah, that's true about hotels. I don't mind copies of my passport. What I'm concerned about are the many, many scams in this industry (check out CFTU for more info), giving it to a nation full of recruiting companies that change their name every three months, and the 15 to 30 odd copies that are made in transit across a global network ["traceroute IP" will give you a hop count].
Also, InfoSec will give you the skinny on current global hacking activities. |
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nomad soul
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Which is why researching potential employers is key. |
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jijor
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes! |
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johntpartee
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Total non-issue. There are literally hundreds of hotels and potential employers all over the world with a scan of my passport. |
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suphanburi
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| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:53 am Post subject: |
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| ^^ What he said. |
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