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Monday, November 10th, 2008“Identity theft statistics are simply human beings with the tears wiped off.” — Dr. Charles Nelson
My friend Bryant read this quote to me today and it brought back some memories of my identity theft and becoming one of those statistics. I understand what Dr. Nelson is conveying here, those statistics just don’t hold the feelings [...]
Task Force Report
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008Task Force predicts a long war ahead against identity theft. The task force was formed in 2006 by a presidential order, and is chaired by the Attorney General and co-chaired by the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.
“It’s all about the data,” security expert George Heron observed at the Security Summit on Emerging Cyber Security [...]
Children and Identity theft, Protect Your Family
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008When it comes to identity theft, a child is never too young to be protected.
A new child identity theft study, conducted by Javelin research and sponsored by Debix, analyzed cases of child identity theft and the effect it is having on children.
Report findings indicate a child’s social security number and identity is possibly more vulnerable [...]
Restitution for Victims
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Just recently on September 26, 2008 President Bush signed into law a bill that ensures that victims can recover the value of the time lost attempting to repair damage inflicted by identity theft, criminalizing additional acts of identity thieves, and expanding the definition of aggravated identity theft. The proposed legislation seeks to ensure that victims [...]
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 [...]
You can get a credit card without a Social Security number!!
Friday, June 27th, 2008You are NOT REQUIRED to disclose your SS# to get a credit card, open a bank account, etc.
Most of these financial entities want you to beleive so, but under the Social Security Privacy law, a bank can not deny you privileges and rights because you refuse to disclose a number, which only identifies a government [...]
A huge movement to get protected against identity theft.
Thursday, June 26th, 2008One of the most heavily advertised services these days is credit monitoring. You can’t turn on the radio or TV without hearing those commercials that lead you to think that all you’ve gotta do is watch your credit, and you’ll be ok. But that’s simply not true. Credit monitoring is not identity protection. Please [...]
What is it like to have your identity stolen?
Thursday, June 26th, 2008Have you ever thought what it would be like to have your identity stolen?
First of all, someone is pretending to be YOU.
Your social security number begins leading a second life, renting an apartment, acquiring property, credit cards, a medical history, a criminal record. You won’t know it’s happening [...]
Think Like a Criminal
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Originally posted on Mon, 07/02/2007 - 12:29 — karen
This is a great article about identity theft from the point of view of the thief. Ever wonder how the tech experts keep themselves safe from identity theft and other fraud? Wonder no more. MarketWatch asked various experts — tech-product engineers, analysts, even a former identity thief [...]