Protecting job seekers from identity theft

IEEE Internet Computing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 74-78

  Sweeney, Latanya ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; ONLINE SEARCHING; SECURITY OF DATA;

ADVANCE FEE SCAM; IDENTITY THEFT; JOB SEEKERS; PHISHING;

DATA MINING;

EID: 33645125048     PISSN: 10897801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIC.2006.40     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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6. US General Accounting Office, "Improved SSN Verification and Exchange of States' Driver Records Would Enhance Identity Verification," Federal Printing Office, 2003.
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