2008 November (2)

Monthly Archives: November 2008

Who’s in your wallet? WalletLock™ helps keep you safe.

November 12, 2008 – 1:00 am

Because of all the publicity surrounding high-tech hackers, most people think the Internet is the biggest threat to their identity. But the real threat is a lot closer than cyberspace.
The biggest threat is in that lump in your back pocket, or in the purse you sling over your shoulder every day. It’s your wallet, and [...]

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The typical identity theft arrest

November 11, 2008 – 1:30 am

A press release from the Maricopa County attorney’s office describing the arrest and sentencing of Christopher McKay Cantrell should be saved as a template to be minimally modified for future ID theft incidents.
The arrest took place after Cantrell tried to make a $1,500 purchase using a forged credit card at Best Buy.

Expensive electronics seems to [...]

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Scottsdale car dealership source of 121 identities for employee

November 10, 2008 – 6:00 am

Scottsdale, AZ police are investigating 121 instances of identity theft, all linked to Dominick Joseph Hurley, a car dealership employee, .
Police say between October 2007 and August 2008, Hurley opened $60,500 worth of credit card accounts at Lowe’s and Best Buy using the 121 stolen identities, and may be part of an extensive identity theft [...]

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Houston police discover 800 stolen car sales contracts. Better call LifeLock.

November 7, 2008 – 8:00 am

Houston Police were responding to an anonymous tip about drug activity when they went to Manuel Souza and Ray Whitmer’s home yesterday. But along with 50 ounces of cocaine, they also found 16 boxes of car sales contracts from the Lawrence Marshall dealership that closed nine months ago.
There were approximately 800 contracts in the boxes, [...]

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After 5-year delay, FTC allows 6 months more before enforcement of Red Flag Rule

November 6, 2008 – 9:28 am

The Federal Trade Commission has suspended enforcement of the Red Flag Rule until May 1, 2009, to give financial institutions and creditors more time to develop their identity theft protection plans. The Red Flag Rule was established as part of the 2003 Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions (FACT) Act.
The Rule was intended to protect consumers [...]

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Portland VA clinic data breach; LifeLock helps to provide data breach protection

November 5, 2008 – 12:04 pm

The Veterans Affairs Medical Clinic in Portland, OR posted personal information of at least 1,600 patients on a public website. Included in the exposed information was the Social Security numbers of approximately 700 patients.
Information of patients from other VA clinics was also posted, but the total number of patients affected isn’t known, according to the [...]

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Illegal immigrants obtain the identities of others to get jobs.

November 4, 2008 – 10:12 am

A New Hampshire woman was convicted Monday for her part in an identity theft scheme involving more than 80 stolen identity documents including birth certificates and Social Security cards of Puerto Rican residents. Sharon Aguayo-Rivera admitted that in 2005 and 2006 she was involved in the buying and selling of at least five of the [...]

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Data breach big as Texas hits 89,000 lottery winners. It’s time for LifeLock.

November 3, 2008 – 11:59 am

It’s true what they say about everything being bigger in Texas: big hair, big ranches and now, a big data breach.
More than 89,000 lucky lottery winners are getting the bad news from the Texas Lottery Commission that a former employee took their names, addresses, Social Security numbers and their prize amounts with him when he [...]

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