Category Archives: personal information at risk

Smishing is becoming rampant – Don’t get fooled

October 31, 2011 – 6:27 am

Thanks to all the smartphones out there, criminals have found a much quicker way to scam identity theft victims – smishing.
Smishing involves sending a text message to someone, asking the person to visit a website or reply with confidential information, either of a personal or financial nature. All too often, the text appears [...]

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RFID technology is a boon to identity theft

September 28, 2011 – 8:09 am

We’ve all done it – moved our wallets to our front pockets or hugged our purses close to the front of our bodies as we walk across a parking lot or into a crowd. We think this protects us from an identity thief looking to steal our information by stealing our wallets. But does it [...]

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Identity manipulation is the newest trend in ID theft

August 15, 2011 – 7:48 am

There’s a new way to commit identity theft sweeping the country – identity manipulation.
Identity manipulation is where a person changes part of their own personal information on applications for credit, cell phones, auto loans or apartments, often because they have bad credit. Those who commit this crime are not, more often than not, looking to [...]

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Military still the most vulnerable to ID theft

January 3, 2011 – 8:22 am

Experts say that military personnel are the most vulnerable among Americans when it comes to identity theft. This is because of the military’s widespread use of Social Security numbers as identifiers. This puts troops’ personal information at risk.
This is not a new problem. The issue has been a topic of conversation for years, and the [...]

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Extortion: The newest identity theft risk. You need LifeLock more than ever.

November 18, 2008 – 10:10 am

If you’re among the millions of Americans whose health benefits are managed through Express Scripts, it’s possible that your personal information is being held for ransom in a high-stakes extortion attempt that

According to Express Scripts’ CEO George Paz, early in October they received a letter in which the extortionists demanded money and threatened [...]

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