Re: Verifying a CCIE for a friend... spider senses tingling

As previously stated... he's not on that site. It was one of the
first ones I checked.

Humphrey

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:41 AM, Jameeluddin Mohammed
<jameeluddin.m_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Did you try to find him on CCIE Hall of Fame list available, which is listed
> based on the ccie verification tool.
> I could check many candidates status using just thier first, last name on
> this websites.
>
> http://www.cciehof.com/
> http://cciehof.weebly.com/
>
> -Jameel
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Humphrey Cheung <not5150_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I agree that people should be a bit careful with personal info.
>>
>> What's very strange is this guy has a full LinkedIn profile... name,
>> university, past jobs, supervisor names, hundreds of connections,
>> recommendations, everything is complete... except for a CCIE number.
>>
>> Humphrey
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:46 AM, Sidney D'Souza <mail.sidney_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I agree with Rob that personal info should be hidden considering the day
>> > and
>> > age we live in but hiding your educational qualifications from your
>> > employer
>> > is for me being too paranoid. Its like saying you ll have to take my
>> > word
>> > for it that I am a CCIE.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Sid
>> >
>> > Nobody's really listening, until you make a mistake...
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: me you [mailto:anunda19_at_gmail.com]
>> > Sent: 13 June 2012 11:02
>> > To: Sidney D'Souza
>> > Cc: Humphrey Cheung; Cisco certification
>> > Subject: Re: Verifying a CCIE for a friend... spider senses tingling
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Don't assume anything about him because he hides is personal info. I try
>> > to
>> > hide all my personal information because you never know when someone
>> > will
>> > use your personal info the wrong way.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Rob
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Sidney D'Souza <mail.sidney_at_gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > People take pride in displaying their CCIE# so your friend should have
>> > smelt
>> > something fishy when the guy refused to disclose his CCIE number. Just
>> > tell
>> > your friend to take it up with HR and demand his credentials. His number
>> > can
>> > be verified on the Cisco web site below.
>> >
>> > https://sso.cisco.com/autho/forms/CDClogin.html
>> >
>> > You will need to create a CCO ID before you can verify a Certification
>> > number.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Sid
>> > Nobody's really listening, until you make a mistake...
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>> > Humphrey Cheung
>> >
>> > Sent: 13 June 2012 09:03
>> > To: Cisco certification
>> > Subject: Verifying a CCIE for a friend... spider senses tingling
>> >
>> > This is a strange situation at my friend's company... wanted to get some
>> > ideas. I'm helping him verify the status of a supposed CCIE.
>> > I'll keep the names anonymous.
>> >
>> > Company hires new network admin
>> > Network has crashed dozens of times since the new guy has been hired
>> > Network
>> > admin claims to be a CCIE Network admin doesn't divulge a number...
>> > doesn't
>> > sign his emails with his number, doesn't have his number on LinkedIn
>> > Looking
>> > at the guy's job history, he's worked at big name company's...
>> > but generally lasts less than a year
>> > Quick Google/LinkedIn/Facebook/Twitter/etc search shows no hits for his
>> > name
>> > and anything saying CCIE or a number (permutations of first name and
>> > common
>> > nicknames were used in the search just in case we were missing anything)
>> > Since there's no number, can't use the Cisco verification tool because
>> > it
>> > requires a first/last name, cert type and number
>> >
>> > Any pointers on where else to look? I think we're about 90% sure this
>> > guy
>> > isn't a CCIE... but I think there's no actual smoking gun that says,
>> > "this
>> > first name and last name is not and never has been a CCIE"
>> >
>> > I'm at Cisco Live until Thursday evening.. if you want to unicast me.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > --
>> > Humphrey Cheung, CISSP #365719, CCNP, CCDP, CCIP
>> >
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