Tag Archives: Identity theft

Watch out for postal scams

December 12, 2011 – 11:10 am

Many people have family and friends scattered across the globe, and that can mean long distance holiday wishes. It also means mailing Christmas gifts. There are also millions of people who have loved ones serving in the military, and who plan to send their soldier a care package for the holiday.
But thieves are well aware [...]

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Be careful with debit cards this Christmas

December 9, 2011 – 8:49 am
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Jury scam leads one woman to ID theft victimization

December 7, 2011 – 9:17 am

A Plainfield, Ill. resident became the victim of identity theft after she filled out what turned out to be a bogus jury commission questionnaire.
The woman received the questionnaire Oct. 28, which required that she provide her Social Security number. She complied and later discovered the theft. After reporting the theft to the police, the woman [...]

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Doctors can now get help to recover from identity theft

December 5, 2011 – 9:30 am

There’s more than one victim of identity theft when a patient’s information is stolen at a doctor’s office. The doctor is also a victim, and until now, doctor’s offices have faced damage to their financial integrity and bad debt in the wake of incidents of identity theft. In addition to patient information, thieves also steal [...]

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How criminals steal your credit card information

December 2, 2011 – 9:04 am
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Identity theft up more than 30 percent

December 1, 2011 – 7:41 am

The U. S. Bureau of Justice Statistics has released new information that shows identity theft rose by 33 percent from 2005 to 2010 nationally. The statistics also show that U.S. households experienced about $13.3 billion in direct financial losses due to identity theft in the past year.
These statistics are no surprise to law enforcement personnel, [...]

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25 worst passwords listed for this year

November 28, 2011 – 9:30 am

If you have a common or simple password, you might want to change it immediately in order to avoid falling victim to identity theft. Hackers can easily break into accounts by trying common or easy passwords. And if you use the same password for everything, once the thief has figured it out once, he’s got [...]

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Keep your eye on your credit card in stores, restaurants

November 21, 2011 – 9:15 am

A theft ring in New York recruited waiters at high-end restaurants to steal diners’ credit card information, using it for luxury shopping sprees, according to reports.
So far, 27 people have been indicted on racketeering and other charges.
The group provided the waiters with skimming devices, which the servers then used to obtain at least 50 [...]

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ID theft is more sophisticated than you think

November 18, 2011 – 9:04 am
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Holiday rush begins – For scammers

November 14, 2011 – 9:29 am

As the holidays approach, law enforcement personnel everywhere are urging consumers to be aware of scammers.
Incidents of financial scams and identity theft increase during the holidays each year, and this year will likely be even worse because of the sagging economy which means more and more scammers are looking to make an easy buck.
Authorities [...]

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