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> I don't know how any amount of spin or perspective could sell such a thing as anything but fraud.

It might be fraud, it might not. This sounds like SOP for literally every "recruitment" outfit I've ever encountered. Every single one encouraged candidates to tailor their credentials to the job requirements.

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I was being asked to pretend to be someone I was not, in order to fool a company to which an applicant was applying. I may not have described it well and perhaps this lead to the confusion, but what I was approached for was most definitely fraud.

Tailoring applications certainly makes sense, so long as the output still reflects the skills and qualifications of the applicant.

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