Archive for the ‘identity theft’ Category
Friday, July 16th, 2010
Dancing pigs and identity theft…it would seem the two have nothing in common. But they are related when it comes to Internet use. Surfers will choose fun over keeping their computer and personal information safe time and time again. Users are often tricked into choosing unsafe sites by animation and ...
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Susan received some unwelcome mail the other day from an agency from which no one likes to get mail – the IRS.
When she opened and read the letter, Susan discovered the IRS was demanding $5,300 in back taxes for jobs she'd never held in several states.
When Susan contested the IRS' ...
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
People are becoming more and more adept at figuring out the types of schemes identity thieves are using. So identity thieves are becoming smarter at making sure they reinvent the wheel, always seeking ways to achieve their illegal goals.
One of the most common scams that identity thieves use to obtain ...
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
Two Missouri women have been arrested in connection with a national airline ticket scam. The women are among 38 who were indicted in federal court July 9 in the case.
Sabrina Bowers, 29, of Kansas City, and Deidre Turner, 27, of Peculiar, stole a laptop from a home in Overland Park, ...
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Friday, July 9th, 2010
Five people have been indicted after credit card numbers from thousands of guests at the Emily Morgan Hotel in San Antonio, Texas were stolen.
The indictments outlined the alleged multi-state shopping spree by the defendants, several of which have been arrested. The case is linked to the 2006 theft of receipts ...
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Most parents will do just about anything to protect their children. So it comes as no surprise that after years of headlines about identity theft and other dangers to children online, lots of parents are concerned about their children's activities on social network sites.
Online social networks offer great virtual ...
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
More than a dozen states have introduced bills that limit a potential employer’s rights to do a credit check for an employment candidate, and Oregon is one of the few states thus far that have passed such a bill.
Doing such credit checks has come under close scrutiny since the recession ...
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
In one of the most bizarre tales of identity theft in history, Ontario resident David Heathfield said June 29 that the identity of his brother, Donald, was stolen by alleged Russian spy, Donald Heathfield, who has used the false identity for years.
David's brother died when he was six week old ...
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Samantha is a young, professional woman, in her mid-20s. She recently got a promotion at work, and decided the time had come to move out of her cramped studio apartment, and into one that is larger and offers more amenities.
So she packed her bags, recruited some friends to help, rented ...
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Statistics confirm what most of us already know – identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the United States. Reuters reports that more than 200 million identities have been stolen or compromised since 2005. And according to reports, the data of more than 300 organizations have been hacked.
All this ...
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
New York City police arrested 26 people recently, most of whom are natives of Nigeria, who were reportedly involved in an identity theft ring that was able to steal at least $5 million using the personal information they obtained. The stolen identities included those of more than 200 soldiers, many ...
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission once again prolonged the institute of the "Red Flag Rules" for businesses this month. The "Red Flag Rules" were part of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003. You read that right. After seven years of hold ups and bureaucratic red tape the "Red ...
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Friday, April 30th, 2010
Identity theft is everywhere, but many people think that either it just won't happen to them or based on where they live they are safe. It's commonly known that identity theft is the fastest rising crime in America. Based on the Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Sentinel Network, identity theft complaints ...
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
David Kernell is currently on trial on charges of identity theft, mail fraud and two other felony counts for the hacking of Sarah Palin's email while she was campaigning as the Vice Presidential candidate in September of 2008. While the attorney for 22 year old David Kernall is calling the ...
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
It's bad enough owing thousands of dollars in student loans in today's sparse economic climate. What's even worse is finding out you're one of 3,300,000 students that has just had their identity information stolen from Educational Credit Management Corp -- a student loan service company.
The company, which stores personal information ...
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