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This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired, have the career you want, and make a difference in life.

I'm your host, Mack Pritchard. I'm also the founder of Mack's List. It's a job board in the Pacific Northwest that helps you find a fulfilling career.

Every Wednesday, I talk to a different expert about the tools you need to get the work you want.

Looking for work is hard, and it makes you vulnerable too.

Scammers take advantage of this vulnerability by posing as recruiters to extract money or sensitive personal information.

How do these bad actors find you?

Data brokers across the world scour the web and public records for names and addresses and sell it for a profit.

Scammers can use this data to send you fake job offers and other messages that

play on your vulnerability as a job seeker. This can lead to identity theft and empty bank accounts.

You can ask data brokers to delete your records, but doing this yourself would take hundreds

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