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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 it clear those days are over. The Identity Theft...
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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, it also brings out a new crop of identity thieves...
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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 an increase in the number of victims since...
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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 was found in a coworker’s mailbox. In this case...
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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 theft to increasing meth use, and a recent...
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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 broker, stored in his garage roughly 40 boxes...
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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”; they’re linked to malicious software called...
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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-drying your hair might make some people a little...
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“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 bitter rivalries among siblings leave scrapes and...
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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 information and leaves you vulnerable to identity...
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