The whole industry of recruiters and head hunting is pretty shady to begin with....

hapless · on Feb 17, 2011

Typically, your former employers' HR departments are happy to confirm hiring/departure dates and "eligibility for re-hire."

As a result, those are two things you can't expect to successfully lie about.

tomjen3 · on Feb 17, 2011

Unless you have a friend with a cellphone...

kgo · on Feb 18, 2011

...who doesn't mind commiting wire fraud.

tomjen3 · on Feb 18, 2011

Is it really fraud though?

I mean, fraud seems to me to occur only when you sell something to somebody, but then I am not a lawyer.