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Be smart when using your smartphone

March 5, 2012 – 8:54 am

Everyone is on Facebook. Everyone has a Twitter account. And everyone is on Pinterest. At least, that’s the way it seems.
An annual study took a look at social media and identity theft, and found that those who use social media are making it much easier for identity thieves to steal their personal information. In other [...]

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Scammers are targeting children for ID theft

March 2, 2012 – 9:18 am
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Protect your business from identity theft

February 29, 2012 – 11:12 am

Although identity theft is a growing crime, business identity theft is something that not a lot of people are familiar with. Identity thieves dig through trash to get the information they need, or they can do something as complicated as hacking into databases.
If you are a business owner, and you’re not taking precautions to [...]

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Number of identity theft victims rose last year

February 27, 2012 – 8:53 am

The number of incidents of identity theft rose in 2011 by 13 percent, with 11.6 million people falling victim last year. According to a recent survey, the culprits are smartphones and social media.
The survey found that people are generally negligent when it comes to protecting their smartphones – most people don’t even protect their smartphones with [...]

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Keep your signature safe

February 24, 2012 – 9:16 am
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‘New’ IRS scam in circulation

February 22, 2012 – 9:37 am

A new scam is making the rounds, starting off the tax season on a sour note. The newest version of this old scam involves an e-mail that bears the IRS logo, and even shows toll-free number and hours of operation.
The text reads: “Dear Accountant Officer, Hereby you are notified that your Tax Appeal [...]

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IRS names identity theft as its No. 1 threat

February 20, 2012 – 9:48 am

The IRS has released its Dirty Dozen list, an annual ranking of tax scams. Topping the list once again is identity theft.
Because of the growing issue of identity theft as related to tax returns, the IRS has embarked on a comprehensive strategy focused on preventing, detecting and resolving identity theft as soon as possible. [...]

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Protect your children against identity theft

February 17, 2012 – 8:42 am
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Survey finds people ‘ignorant’ and careless

February 15, 2012 – 8:38 am

A recent survey of 500 people found that those surveyed were aware of the possible risks of sharing personal information during a transaction – 88 percent said they worried that the information shared during the transaction could become part of a data breach.
The same survey showed that people trusted retailers the least when it comes [...]

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What if your doctor loses his smartphone containing your info?

February 13, 2012 – 9:21 am

What if your doctor accesses your health information over his cell phone, and then loses the cell phone? It could slip into the wrong hands, and then your information would be at risk for identity theft.
The scenario is a very real threat. Data breaches grew 32 percent last year, mainly because of employee negligence [...]

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