December 21, 2009 – 2:43 pm
The holiday season brings families and friends together. It’s a blessing for some, but for others … not so much. These are the families whose relatives and friends include at least one drug addict, alcoholic, convict, compulsive shopper or gambler or a get-rich-quick scammer. In other words, these are the families who need to worry [...]
In less time than it will take you to read this blog post, Robert Boback and millions of other people can find your income tax return and download it. Within minutes, they’ll know your name, address, phone number, birth date, Social Security number, place of employment, annual income and account numbers.
Think that’s scary? They’ll know [...]
At some point, nearly all of us have—or will–hire someone who will work in our homes: a lawn guy, babysitter, pool boy, nanny, home health care professional, housekeeper, handyman, or someone to work in a home-based business.
In most cases, we hire someone based on referrals from friends who’ve been happy with a worker’s performance. Or [...]
Lose a job then lose an identity — that’s one of the sad trends in today’s miserable economy. Identity thieves pose as recruiters and prey on desperate job hunters. And, unfortunately, when these predators show a little interest, a lot of people reflexively give them any information they ask for including home address, birth date [...]
November 14, 2008 – 1:45 pm
It’s a sad truth, but there is no rock solid method of locking down your electronic data. However, with a few simple maneuvers, you can avert most attempts by would-be thieves. When it comes to avoiding ID theft; password protection has to be your first step. But it only goes so far. By adding encryption, [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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