Recently I was emailed about a potential job opening. They asked for my resume and the last 4 of my social security number and gave an out-of-state phone number.

Right away I was uncomfortable. The last 4 of my social is the default password for so many bills like cellphone, internet, electricity, credit card… pretty much every billing company asks for that before they’ll give any personal information. Someone could use that to shut off services, so my electricity or cellphone could turn off and it could take days for it to be restored, and I believe even my bank uses the last 4 of my social to verify me.

I googled the company and could find no information. I even went to their website but it was blank.

Is this normal? Do job candidates freely give out the last four of their social security number to anyone that asks?
"You shouldn’t use those last 4 as your passwords"

I don’t choose to use them, it’s what all businesses use to verify your identity. AT&T uses them, Verizon uses them, Sprint uses them, most banks, credit unions and credit cards use them, Comcast uses them, Cox Communications and Charter Communications uses them, etc.

I believe the thinking is no one should know your last 4 of your social security number but you.

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Hello,

I am am 17, and I would like to get a few credit cards. Not to buy things, but to grow my business.

I do Search Engine Marketing, and I need all the money I can get to get my business going. I can just pay for all expenses from my personal funds, they don’t need to know I am using it for a company.

I would like to get my credit going, but I would not know how to to do this. My mother has 2 credit cards, and her credit score is 800, perfect.

Would it be a good idea to add me to her credit cards, and bank account so I can get her perfect credit? From there, I would apply for a credit card myself?

Now.. I would like a credit card that I would be 100% liable for under all circumstances!

Now, I would need a credit card with a limit of like 2K+.
However, I don’t have a ‘real’ part or full time job, so I don’t know how I would prove that I make money to pay back my bills.

I also don’t care about interest rate! Since I have a 15% ROI.

Thank you for any information you may have
I get my revenue every 15 days.

I am not going to sued or anything, so there is no reason I need to get incorporated as of now.

Though, I will get something because of the tax breaks.

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i know there are a lot of them out there but i work for a company that incorporates businesses and i can generate business through that.
my question is i am looking for software that i can buy to manage several accounts on several credit cards and charge at the end of the month a 25% mark up from what $ ppc they used mainly at first on google ad words?

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