should i be worried
ok so i think i might be overreacting but i just need some type of reassurance.
about 4 days ago i went to a chinese restaurant to do an application n the usual sht. it asked me for my ssn which i was a bit skeptical about only because the place looked like garbage, but i needed a job.
so today i look back on craigslist and see the same post but saying to call them for more details, i call and ask if they've looked over my application in which the lady responds saying i never came in to do it and that if i want i can come back to do another application. now i know for a fact i went in there in person to do it, so they either are some bull shtters or they lost it, but that sht had my ssn on it and im freakin tf out kinda.
does this sht usually happen?
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Any self-respecting Chinese restaurant that doesn't use family workers or imported 'green card' slave laborers from China isn't worth eating at.
lmao tf is a chinese restaurant asking your ssn for
Strange because I have never had places ask for my SNN until I was completely hired. It's ok though you've got an alibi now since you posted it on basil. Just show this thread to the FBI when they raid your house for human trafficking.
You should always be worried, and then address your worries.
I recommend calling/asking people who have more technical knowledge on the matter, or are a certified source.
You may as well have typed your question on Bing hoping for a response if you're asking on Basil. Call the cops, get in touch. I know of a few identity fraud rings and a few of my friends have suffered as a result of id fraud, so it's best to ask away just in case you do end up being at the sheety end of the stick.
If it turns out you were worried over nothing and you called, well, you called for a peace of mind. And that's ok too.
EDIT: Ok when I say you should always be worried I dont mean "always be paranoid and freak the flack out at everything", I mean something along the lines of never hurts to safe or whatever.
@killeem: Well it's more of a safeguard. If your ssn appears to do something illegal in the future, you have a backed up police report verifying that your ssn was compromised. Also I would let the company know, that you are indeed filing a police report pertaining to misuse of your personal information. This will do two things. 1) If they were planning to use your ssn for fraud, they probably won't anymore. 2) Should garner a real explanation into where your information went.
In the future, never give your SSN so easily until you do a background check on the company that you are applying for.
@upcomingnerd: i went back up there today and asked where the fk it went, i asked her if it got lost or thrown away and she said it probably got thrown away. (this was not the lady i submitted it to) and she never said anything about it possibly being thrown away until i mentioned it.
also what could the police do for me? i'll make one if they can do something for me about it. i just don't want to do that and find out that they just threw it away, but i really doubt it. the application itself was literally like 5 questions. ssn, race, date, availability and age so i don't know what reason they would have to instantly throw it away.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/ask-the-headhunter-does-hr-really-need-your-social-security-number/
File a police report. It is better to be safe than sorry in a case of identity theft.
go in again and try to find the person that took your application