Archive for July, 2008
Identity Theft number one complaint according to FTC
Saturday, July 5th, 2008The FTC collects consumer fraud complaints from more than 125 other organizations and makes them available to more than 1,600 civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad via Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database. Consumer Sentinel contains over 4.3 million fraud and identity theft complaints. In 2007, the FTC received [...]
Identity Theft Issues and the 2008 Election
Saturday, July 5th, 2008Identity theft may not be the first issue on voters’ minds. The polls reaffirm: this is an election about the economy and war. But that doesn’t mean identity theft has been a non-issue for the Democrats and Republicans vying for nomination—whether on the campaign trail or over the course of their respective political careers.
Barack Obama [...]
From the “Internet Danger Report” blog
Friday, July 4th, 2008Internet Danger Report
How criminals use the Internet to take everything you have