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Razegames_12345
I lied on my resume, photoshopped documents and used a voice changer for references
Some years back, I had been unemployed at that point for like 4 years due to medical issues. On my resume I covered those unemployment gaps by stretching the amount of time I had worked - I claimed I worked 5 years when it was only 1 year.
Not only was there this unemployment gap, I had a lackluster amount of experience overall in my resume with nothing much to show except for that 1 year of relevant experience. So to kill 2 birds with one stone - to hide my unemployment gap and also exagerate my experience - I decided to do what I had to do.
I got an interview and they wanted to hire me but during the HR background check, while they saw I worked at X company for 1 year, they couldn't find records of me working there for the other 4 years I had claimed. On the background checking process, there was an option for me to submit further documentation to support evidence of being employed during that time so I went with that.
I took the paystubs and some other documents that I had from the year working there and basically photoshopped the dates and redacted all the sensitive information so it looked like I had one for each year. Pretty simple
I also had no references or anyone that could cover for me so I just created 3 google voice numbers to serve as references, who were all me, and used a voice changer on my PC. They ended up calling one of my numbers with some simple questions .
It went all went well and I got a new job/career where I worked for 3 years before moving on. Would I have gotten the job anyways even with the employment gap? Maybe but we'll never know.
TL:DR Lied on my resume by stretching the amount of time I was employed, then photoshopped documents to support that timeline and used a voice changer to pretend I was one of my references.
7.10 AM - Aug 5, 2026