by nyangko
Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:15 pm
Hello all,
I was looking for a job in Europe and came across a vacancy offered by someone who claimed to be an employer of Stavanger School in Norway. I did my search online and all the information this person provided was real so I sent my CV. He replied and asked me to send him documents, which included my university diploma, certificates, and a photo. But then I did something really stupid, he asked for my passport photo but I sent him a black and white photocopy of my passport by mistake! It had my passport number, name, date of birth, place of issue. Well, a couple of days later he said he wanted to offer me an interview and I got suspicious because they normally do not reply that soon. So I sent an email to the headmaster of the said school and she said someone was obviously misusing their employer's name and details. They have now shut down all information to prevent further abuse.
I immediately stopped contacting them and told this to my dad who have friends working in the immigration department and he said there was not much they could do with my information,nowadays, they cant forge a passport under my name because the machine and the database would trace out everything. Btw, I am holding a chinese passport which needs a visa to go almost anywhere in the world (well, that sucks isnt it?). So many people told me it would be useless cos it is of little value. However, I am still a bit worried that they might do something malicious, like opening a bank account or taking out a loan/transaction with my identity.
Anyway, I have filed a complaint to IC3 just to have a proof that someone has a bit of my personal information. There is little the local police could do for me. I did not open any account nor apply for credit cards using my passport, it was only used while I was travelling in Europe.
In the last few weeks, I have gone through hundreds of similar questions and most people said there wasn't a need of worrying over a copy of passport. Well, I do understand that anyone could have abused it since I gave it away many times when I was abroad. But I still get paranoid once a while since I tend to worry too much over what is unlikely to happen.
I was looking for a job in Europe and came across a vacancy offered by someone who claimed to be an employer of Stavanger School in Norway. I did my search online and all the information this person provided was real so I sent my CV. He replied and asked me to send him documents, which included my university diploma, certificates, and a photo. But then I did something really stupid, he asked for my passport photo but I sent him a black and white photocopy of my passport by mistake! It had my passport number, name, date of birth, place of issue. Well, a couple of days later he said he wanted to offer me an interview and I got suspicious because they normally do not reply that soon. So I sent an email to the headmaster of the said school and she said someone was obviously misusing their employer's name and details. They have now shut down all information to prevent further abuse.
I immediately stopped contacting them and told this to my dad who have friends working in the immigration department and he said there was not much they could do with my information,nowadays, they cant forge a passport under my name because the machine and the database would trace out everything. Btw, I am holding a chinese passport which needs a visa to go almost anywhere in the world (well, that sucks isnt it?). So many people told me it would be useless cos it is of little value. However, I am still a bit worried that they might do something malicious, like opening a bank account or taking out a loan/transaction with my identity.
Anyway, I have filed a complaint to IC3 just to have a proof that someone has a bit of my personal information. There is little the local police could do for me. I did not open any account nor apply for credit cards using my passport, it was only used while I was travelling in Europe.
In the last few weeks, I have gone through hundreds of similar questions and most people said there wasn't a need of worrying over a copy of passport. Well, I do understand that anyone could have abused it since I gave it away many times when I was abroad. But I still get paranoid once a while since I tend to worry too much over what is unlikely to happen.
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