Nun a Victim of Identity Theft

In the US, investigators in cases of identity theft are expected to be making arrests soon (January 2007). An organised gang of criminals have been involved in a lucrative and elaborate scam which has made them a considerable sum of money. These people, part of an identity theft scam ring, were found to be targeting a nun and, unfortunately, nearly led to the nun losing her home in Dorchester.

Credit Card Identity Theft Can Be Avoided

Credit card identity theft is one of the most common ways for a thief to steal your identity and ruin your credit. There are some simple steps you can take to avoid...

Phishing Scams: Keep Your Identity Safe From Theft

You receive an e-mail claiming to to be from your bank asking you to follow a link and submit your login details or your account will be suspended. Is it genuine or is it from a scammer trying to get hold of your identity?

Repair Your Identity Theft Problems

It is surprising how few people actually do anything about identity theft once they have found themselves to be a victim. Much less that 20% contact their credit agencies to report the crime. Sadly, many victims do not even know where to start the process of recovery.

Protect Your Online Security: Read the Small Print

The increased threat of the breach of online security has led to a huge consumer and business cost. Despite the increased awareness of online security issues, studies have shown that online users rarely read and understand privacy policies and “terms and conditions of use” when on third party websites.

Are You a Victim of Identity Theft?

One of the ways in which you many realise that you are a victim of identity theft is when you apply for credit and you are turned down. When others steal your identity they also have easy access to much of your personal data and, quite often, your financial affairs. This means that they can easily conduct financial transactions under your name but for their benefit.

It's Not Against The Law!

Americans need to understand their Governmet's position when dealing with Identity Theft. Americans need to understand the seriousness of Identity Theft and how it will affect them.

Passport Identity Theft

People lose, sell or give away their passports for various reasons. Don't lose control of your identity and know what to do, especially, if you lose or someone steals your passport.

Consider These 15 New Year Identity Theft Resolutions

As the New Year approaches and you start to finalize your new list of resolutions, consider including some or all of these identity protection resolutions. The New Year promises to be yet another hot year for identity thieves who have their own resolutions to implement.

Identity Theft - The Time Bomb On Your Desktop

Ever year worldwide, over 350 million computers are either dumped or recycled, countless others are passed on, or sold second hand. The shocking truth is, that the vast majority of these PC's still hold sensitive information even after they have been deleted or formatted.

Phone verification fights phishing

Phishing is an up-to-date online security problem. There are some methods to fight it but none of them can offer 100% defense from cyberfraudsters activity and identity theft. Phone verification seems to be a good solution to escape the problem.

Protecting Yourself from Identity Fraud

Your identity is extremely valuable. You need it to prove who you are for various purposes in your day-to-day life, such as opening a bank account, obtaining a loan, getting a credit card, purchasing goods or services, applying for a passport or driving license

Identity Theft

Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the country right now. Within the last twelve months, 9.3 million Americans have been victims of identity theft. Could you be next? Here’s what to do to prevent identity theft.

The Verisign Supremacy

The internet is more than just a community of users. The internet is the biggest hub of digital information. More importantly, it holds vast amounts of private financial data through billions of eCommerce and trade interactions from different users from all corners of the globe. And many are seriously asking just how prepared is the internet backbone in keeping the crackers and fraudsters at bay.

Preventing Commercial Identity Theft

Commercial Identity Theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the country and the Internet certainly make it easier. You might not be able to prevent identity theft, but you can take steps to make yourself less vulnerable. It is clear that prevention is currently the only viable approach to resolving the problem of stolen identities being used online because post loss enforcement and property recovery is difficult due to the limited number of trained Internet fraud investigators.