Archive for the ‘Identity Theft Risk’ Category
Friday, August 27th, 2010
It's that time of year in Florida – the height of hurricane season. And with more activity off the coast, there's more rain inland, and this often leads to flooding.
Unfortunately, the average Joe isn't the only one checking the weather forecast. Criminals also know what the weather's going to ...
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Dwayne had been a trucker for 38 years. He loved being on the road, and had traveled all over the country. He even loved it when little kids pulled their imaginary cords to get him to honk the horn of his big rig.
Dwayne was a careful driver, and had never ...
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Monday, August 16th, 2010
The FBI has issued a warning to consumers to take extra caution with telemarketers. When consumers disclose personal or financial information over the telephone, they increase the risk of becoming victims of telemarketing fraud.
Be especially careful if the caller says, "Act now or the offer is void," "You've won ...
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Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Bill and Sandy took over their dad's company when he retired – the company their dad had built from the ground up. They've worked at building the company up the past few years, and it's grown. As they've celebrated successes and sailed over hurdles, there was one threat that never ...
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Most people have heard about phishing, the practice of using fraudulent e-mails to gain access to personal information for the purpose of identity theft. But like anything else in life, occasional updates are needed. Spear phishing is just such an update.
The term phishing comes from the way criminals "cast" ...
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
It’s a scam that’s been around for a while, but has once again resurfaced – the jury duty scam.
Here’s how it works: a scammer calls you claiming to work for the local court and claims you didn’t report for jury duty. He tells you a warrant has been issued for ...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission estimates that up to 9 million Americans are victims of identity theft each year through stolen driver’s licenses, credit cards and Social Security numbers.
And now those thieves have a new target: health insurance cards. Criminals are using the cards to obtain medical treatment, drugs and, ...
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Tax time can be a miserable time for some. Think of how much worse it will be owing the IRS and being the victim of identity theft. That's exactly what many people experience every tax season due to some of the choices they make when working on their taxes. In ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
You may remember those commercials from a few years back that featured people voiced by the thieves who stole their identities. They had obvious misplaced voices that happily talked about all the ways they were ripping off the pictured victim.
"Twenty thousand bucks to complete my robot. My girl robot," laughs ...
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Social media has really caught on in the last few years. Starting with MySpace, the ability to share, talk and friend other people on the internet has allowed users to branch out and have more fun online. Now services like Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz and Foursquare continue to allow ...
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
A few years ago retailers realized that not all people like to get up at 3 in the morning (or simply not sleep the day before) and go stand in line to buy products in their stores for discounted prices. Some genius realized that people would like to get ...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
The shopping day of the year is quickly approaching. Everywhere you look people are researching deals, checking credit card balances and getting in shape for the traditional line standing and sprint event we call Black Friday.
Even if you're not into extreme sport events like pre-dawn Black Friday shopping, there's ...
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
Data breaches have become a common occurrence. We post about them nearly weekly here at LifeLockPromotionCode.net. Now a recent study by Javelin Research, a financial services research firm, shows an alarming coorelation between those involved in massive data losses and ID theft victims.
To start, nearly 1 in 9 people ...
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Parents tell their kids "you can grow up to be whatever you want to be" all the time. Maybe it's time to rethink that or, at the very least, add a disclaimer. "You can grow up to be whatever you want to be*... *as long as it involves being ...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
Unless the name following your Doctor title is House, Who, Doom, Pepper or Zhivago, there might be a chance your confidential records were one of 800,000 records contained on a laptop that was recently stolen.
The laptop, which was owned by a Blue Cross and Blue Shield employee in Chicago, ...
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