October 31, 2008 – 8:40 am
“We’re from the government, and we’re hear to help you.” Everybody knows when they hear those words that things are about to go downhill fast.
“The check’s in the mail.” Yeah, right. Anytime a creditor hears those words, he knows the check’s not in the mail, and probably never will be.
Add this to the list of [...]
October 30, 2008 – 10:04 am
Joe, “The Plumber” Wurzelbacher has now joined Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. John McCain in an elite group of privacy breach victims.
Shortly after the October 15 presidential debate, in which McCain repeatedly referred to “Joe the Plumber,” Wurzelbacher’s Ohio state records were illegally accessed.
The criminal investigation conducted by the Ohio Department of [...]
October 29, 2008 – 11:27 am
Mikhail Tuknov, of San Diego, has been indicted on 44 charges of debit card fraud, conspiracy to launder money and ID theft. The indictment alleges that Tuknov was part of an international identity theft ring responsible for the theft of approximately 1,045 debit card numbers and their associated personal identification numbers.
The crimes in which Tuknov [...]
October 28, 2008 – 9:55 am
Joe the Plumber’s 15 minutes of fame has exploded into a scandal that may live on forever as a data breach cautionary tale.
Joe Wurzelbacher’s fame began with a challenge to presidential candidate Barack Obama during a campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio. Within a few days, he became the GOP poster child to discredit Obama’s tax [...]
October 27, 2008 – 10:47 am
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum issued a warning to parents last week about the importance of guarding children’s identities.
“I believe this crime happens far more frequently than is reported, and parents need to take steps to ensure their child is protected,” said Attorney General McCollum. An estimated 500,000 children become identity theft victims every year.
Children [...]
October 25, 2008 – 9:52 am
The Better Business Bureau has sent out an alert warning consumer that scammers are using the BBB in phishing e-mails. If you get an e-mail that appears to be from the Better Business Bureau, do not click on any of the links. Do not open any attachments. Do not divulge any personal information.
October 24, 2008 – 8:43 am
Do you speak English? Do you shop online? If so, you’re twice as likely as others to become a victim of identity theft, according to a study commissioned by PayPal. Respondents from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada admitted to riskier online behaviors than did those from Spain, Germany and France.
Ten percent of the [...]
October 23, 2008 – 7:04 am
Jocelyn Kirsch received a five-year prison sentence last week for her part in an ID theft scam. Kirsch and her boyfriend, Edward Anderton, came to be known as Bonnie and Clyde, or, the preppy ID thieves. She will also have to serve five years of probation and make restitution of more than $100,000. Anderton will [...]
October 22, 2008 – 8:26 am
For some people, the wakening occurs with a letter from the Internal Revenue Service. You file your taxes claiming all the income from your W-2, but the IRS has a record of another job where you work. The IRS thinks you’re trying to cheat them, and the IRS doesn’t like when people try to cheat [...]
October 21, 2008 – 7:30 am
Organizers of National Protect Your Identity Month are hoping to bring identity theft to the attention of Americans, just like Breast Cancer Awareness Month has brought million of women to their first mammograms.
Many people still think identity theft is something that only happens to other people, but the statistics show otherwise. In 2007,
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