Re: Background Checks for DBAs

Bill Ferguson wrote,on my timestamp of 22/02/2007 6:25 AM:

> This background check business seems like the perfect business for some
> scam artist to get into. They could "legitimately" obtain all kinds of
> of personal data and then redirect the results to some off-shore group
> that takes advantage of the information.
>
> Of course, they'd have to cover their rear-ends fairly well, have
> several different companies in the biz, only use a few people's
> identities from each background check, use people from various
> geographical locations, etc. Guage or otherwise rate the people being
> checked on their likelihood of being a victim already (due to bad
> security habits, etc.) and target those people to decrease the
> possibilty that it tracks back to them.
>
> Sure seems ripe for abuse.
>

Bingo! Couldn't agree more.

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Nuno Souto
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