[tjmaxal]

The whole industry of recruiters and head hunting is pretty shady to begin with. I'm surprised the head hunter didn't just blatantly lie about her past to get her the job.

[hapless]

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]

Unless you have a friend with a cellphone...

[kgo]

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

[tomjen3]

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.