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• Speakers Series brings ID theft education to communities nationwide

  Ah, the good old days, when we were innocent enough to believe buying shredders and taking our Social Security numbers off our checks was all we had to do to protect ourselves from identity theft. Alas, the data breach and identity theft headlines make... Posted Apr 21 2009, 10:56 AM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, LifeLock, Data breach, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, how to prevent identity theft, ID theft, data breaches, ID theft protection, Identity Theft Resource Center, Verizon Business Data Breach Investigation Report

• Tax season tips for keeping your information safe

  How can you tell it’s springtime? The daffodils are blooming; the pollen is pooling; the rivers are flooding; and millions of us are hunched over our computers trying to file our income taxes. Unfortunately, as sure as springtime brings spring flowers... Posted Mar 26 2009, 09:23 AM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, preventing identity theft, tax time, W-2, W-2s, tax season, tax return, phishing, stolen mail

• ID theft up 22% in 2008

  More than 10 million Americans became identity theft victims in 2008, according to the annual report released by Javelin Strategy and Research last week. That's a huge increase over the 8.1 million victims of 2007, and the first time Javelin has reported... Posted Feb 17 2009, 09:24 PM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, ID theft, information security, ID theft protection, identity thieves, Javelin Strategy and Research

• Beware of "free" money from credit card companies

  Free money! Who can resist an unsolicited $10 check that just appears in the mailbox like manna? The answer is, anyone with young eyes or bifocals easily within reach; the fine print (and it is very fine and very faint) is the deal killer. A recent example... Posted Feb 10 2009, 01:10 PM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, preventing identity theft, ID theft, customer service, good customer service, Fair Credit Reporting Act, FTC, Federal Trade Commission, Trilegiant

• Stolen mail and identity theft: they go together like peas and carrots

  Like Forrest and Jenny, peas and carrots, methamphetamine addicts and identity theft goes together. It was true when the U.S. Department of Justice released the 2007 intelligence bulletin from the National Drug Intelligence Center linking increasing identity... Posted Jan 29 2009, 03:59 PM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, preventing identity theft, how to prevent identity theft, ID theft, identity thieves, methamphetamine, Kristofer Jensen, Detective Jim Dunn, stolen mail, meth, U.S. Department of Justice

• Las Vegas mortgage broker faces federal charges for dumping applications

  One man’s trash is another man’s treasure … or it might be another man’s mortgage application, credit report, tax returns or bank statements. In this case, it’s the basis for charges filed by the Federal Trade Commission. Gregory Navone, a Las Vegas mortgage... Posted Jan 27 2009, 03:20 PM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, Data breach, preventing identity theft, ID theft, ID theft protection, privacy rights, privacy, privacy rights violation, Fair Credit Reporting Act, First Interstate Realty, Gregory Navone, FTC, First Interstate Mortgage, Nevada One, Federal Trade Commission, FTC Act, BNG LLC, Disposal Rule

• Obama inauguration spam

  Barack Obama’s inauguration has inspired millions of people, including cyber crooks bent on identity theft. Watch out for headlines like “Barack Obama refused to be president of the United States of America,” and “There is no president in the USA anymore... Posted Jan 23 2009, 05:11 PM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, how to prevent identity theft, ID theft, ID theft protection, identity thieves, Obama, Barack Obama, malware, spam, Trojan horse, phishing

• Don't give out personal information to strangers over the phone, and never use power tools for acts of personal hygiene

  It’s hard sometimes to give people advice without sounding condescending. For instance, if I said not to stick a fork in an electrical outlet, some people would be offended. A well-intended warning about the dangers of simultaneously showering and blow... Posted Jan 20 2009, 04:30 PM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, how to prevent identity theft, ID theft, ID theft protection, identity thieves

• Child identity theft leaves longlasting scars

  “Childhood is what we spend the rest of our lives overcoming.” Amy Bennett We’re all at least a little scuffed up by the time we leave childhood behind. The unmitigated cruelties of other children, the injustices meted out by exasperated parents and the... Posted Jan 19 2009, 03:18 PM by IdentityTheft with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: identity theft, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, ID theft, ID theft protection, identity thieves, childhood identity theft, child identity theft, child ID theft, childhood ID theft

• Tax season, Part IV: Data breach risks

  The first three installments focused on identity theft risks over which you have considerable control: your mail, your household and your email. This final installment pertains to the risk of a computer data breach that exposes your personal and financial... Posted Jan 16 2009, 01:06 PM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, LifeLock, Data breach, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, how to prevent identity theft, ID theft, data breaches, Chronology of Data Breaches, IT security, information security, ID theft protection, identity thieves, Identity Theft Resource Center, filing your taxes, tax time, W2, W-2, W2s, W-2s, tax season, tax return, Turbo Tax

• Tax season, Part III: Securing your information at home

  This week I’m focusing on the importance of identity protection during tax season. Earlier posts addressed protecting your mail and avoiding phishing scams. Today’s post focuses on the steps you need to take to protect your information inside your home... Posted Jan 15 2009, 02:06 PM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, how to prevent identity theft, ID theft, ID theft protection, identity thieves, tax time, W2, W-2, W2s, W-2s, tax season, tax return

• Tax season, Part II: Phishing expeditions

  I wrote yesterday about how important it is to safeguard your mail during tax season to protect yourself from identity theft. Today’s installment is about how to avoid getting hooked by phishing scams. The first and most important thing you need to know... Posted Jan 14 2009, 05:24 PM by IdentityTheft with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: identity theft, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, how to prevent identity theft, ID theft, ID theft protection, identity thieves, tax time, W2, W-2, W2s, W-2s, tax season, tax return, SonicWALL Inc.

• Tax season, Part l: Your W-2 is due

  To paraphrase John Donne, ask not for whom the tax man cometh; he comes for thee. Yes my dears, it’s nearly tax time again, and that means identity theft season is rapidly approaching. Every year there’s a spike in the number of reported identity thefts... Posted Jan 13 2009, 02:29 PM by IdentityTheft with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: identity theft, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, how to prevent identity theft, ID theft, ID theft protection, identity thieves, filing your taxes, tax time, W2, W-2, W2s, W-2s, tax season, tax return

• My prediction: 2009 to be good year for weight loss; bad year for identity theft

  “This year I’m going to eat healthier, work out more and lose weight.” Sound familiar? (I made the same resolutions last year and still gained 10 pounds. I’ve taken it off again already, but haven’t lost any of the weight I resolved to lose last year... Posted Jan 07 2009, 01:30 PM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, LifeLock, Data breach, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, how to prevent identity theft, WalletLock, ID theft, Attrition.org, data breaches, Chronology of Data Breaches, IT security, ID theft protection, identity thieves, New Year's resolutions

• Ohio State University experiences first reported data breach ... twice

  Ohio State University sent out data breach notices last week to roughly 18,000 current and former students, alerting them that their personal information, including addresses and at least partial Social Security numbers, had been posted on the Internet... Posted Jan 05 2009, 12:09 PM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, LifeLock, Data breach, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, ID theft, data breaches, ID theft protection, OSU, Ohio State University