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Actress Gabrielle Union, who visited Atlanta in December to promote the film "The Perfect Holiday," is suing two metro Atlantans who allegedly posted a fabricated job opening involving her name on Craigslist.org.

Union's invasion of privacy suit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, alleges that Steve Raymond, who purportedly lives in Morrow, and Calvin High, who purportedly resides in Morrow or Forest Park, fraudulently advertised a job opening for an assistant for a Hollywood actress. When potential applicants called, Union's Atlanta attorney Tony Mulrain claims, the actress' name was mentioned.

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Gabrielle Union filed suit against two metro Atlantans who apparently mentioned her name in connection with an online job listing.
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According to the suit, Union does not know the defendants and at no time either advertised or authorized a job opening listing.

"What scares me the most is that people associate my name with safety for women, and there's a trust in that," said Union, who starred in "Bad Boys 2" and "Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls." "What happens when these people who show up who knows where to interview for a job that doesn't exist?"

The suit seeks punitive damages in excess of $100,000.

Mulrain said the suit, which sought an injunction for the defendants to cease the alleged action, was filed because "Gabrielle was concerned about the safety of women. We don't know what the end game was. Was it to lure women to a particular location or to use sensitive information, including Social Security numbers for identity theft? At this point we can only surmise."

Attempts to reach the defendants were unsuccessful. A phone number listed in the suit as a contact number for potential job applicants has been temporarily disconnected. That number is also listed on Switchboard.com as belonging to High.

Union said she felt compelled to act with a suit.

"It's not enough for me to sit back and hope women are OK," she said. "I will not stand by and see people be victimized. "