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by runald 670 days ago
Some funny anecdote, my fullname is relatively unique, two or three people have it AFAIK. On my upwork profile, they put the military veteran status because a completely unrelated military guy with the same name shows up in the google/linkedin search. I can't remove the status, I don't even look like the other guy.
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In some countries, falsely claiming military status is a crime. I'd be very careful about accepting any jobs using that profile as you may be committing fraud. (Not a lawyer)
Thanks for the heads-up. Not aware of any law like that from where I live, but I should file a ticket to remove the veteran status just in case.
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