Last year, 8.4 million people in the United States had their identities stolen.
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Fight Identity Theft A security firm asks random Brits for their full name, date of birth, and email - and they give it! Would you give your personal info to a complete stranger?
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Sophos wondered whether members of the public would give their name, email address and date of birth to a complete stranger.. Learn more at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/10/19/video-stealing-identities-street-easy/ ...
Fight Identity Theft A CBS news report on FreeCreditReport.com and the people that were misled by their ads.
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CBS News video: Deceptive Credit Ads - Some catchy commercials advertising free credit reports are hard to miss, but many consumers complain the ads are deceptive. As Hari Sreenivasan reports, the Government is considering cracking down.
Clara
An on-line scammer got hold of a scanned copy of my driver's license and is now using my identity to scam other innocent people on Craigslist, specifically for apartments in NYC. I know for a fact that this criminal has opened up a G-Mail account in my name (odell.clara@gmail.com) and that is what he is using to do his... illegal dealings. (I know this because the last person who was scammed contacted me). Does anyone know anything about this, or been in this situation? Is there no way that Google can figure out who created an email account so this information can be given to the police? Remember: do not do ANY interactions on-line with someone who is calling themselves Clara Odell and who wants money through western union. Thanks, the REAL Clara OdellRead More
Fight Identity Theft Get rid of pre-approved credit offers today. A 30 second conversation with the nice automated phone lady and they're gone.
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Junkmail and telemarketing is mostly a waste of time and resources. Worst of all, it puts you at greater risk for identity theft. Each credit offer that you don't want or need is another invitation for someone to open a credit line in your name. Here's ho
Saša this reminds me of frilotoo which is a big fraud.
Fight Identity Theft This is a bit technical, but the bottom line is that yes, just about anyone can send an email from your email address.
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In a previous Security Levity post, I was asked a question that often comes up. A commenter wondered how is it that spammers can send spam from "my" email address? And is that something we should be worried about?
Fight Identity Theft I know people open a lot of credit this time of year, but if you're not planning on that you should consider a security freeze. Best way to protect against identity theft.
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Learn how to freeze your credit using a credit freeze (also called a security freeze).
Fight Identity Theft Learn what social engineering is and how it's used to manipulate you and separate you from your data.
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Learn to pwn humans for fun and profit -- or simply learn these techniques so you can avoid being scammed.
Crystal Floyd
i just had someone pretend to be an old freind contact me on facebook and it was there pic so i accepted. Only to find out it was not who i thought it was, very strange someone would go to that length just to go through me to get to someone else. we are in the process of pressing charges we know who it is now. the th...ing is they just assume they were creating a fake account in someonele's name but it still identity theft and its harressement when they involved me. Im tired of people doing crazy mess like this. but seeing how its a pic of someone who know why wouldnt a person accept.Read More
Fight Identity Theft Watch out for corner store ATMs. Video shows how crooks can buy their own ATM machine online and set it up to steal your card info and PIN.
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ATM Machines For Sale on Craigslist and Skimming is a Big Biz Robert Siciliano www.IDTheftSecurity.com
Fight Identity Theft Click with caution: Phishers are hard at work stealing identities on Twitter through direct messages. http://www.bloggernews.net/122961
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I’m getting “Direct Messages” to my email inbox, from “followers” who are sending me a Phish. I’m sure their accounts have been hacked which is why the messages are coming from them.
Judith K Moore Non IDT question. What is the best course of action when the credit bureaus take more than 45 days to update credit report?
Fight Identity Theft Tell your friends & family who are flying this holiday to be on the lookout for free Google Wi-Fi.
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Google is generously providing free Wi-Fi at 47 airports, but there are a few precautions you should take to keep yourself safe.
Fight Identity Theft Update your Windows OS. Nasty new vulnerability found, announced, and patched. Doesn't help you if you don't install it.
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Microsoft just released an update of fifteen patches, one of which will cover a very nasty hole.
