 Details about many of the common scams used by identity thieves with strategies you can employ to avoid becoming a victim of identity theft.
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 To detect key logger spyware, you need to know what it is and how it works. Key logger is an invisible software program that identity thieves can use to track your online activity. |
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 No doubt, by now, you’ve been warned about "phishing". The recent scandal at Hewlett Packard brought a more sophisticated form of identity theft via social engineering to the public consciousness: pretexting.
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 Nowadays, it has become common for wallets or purses to be stolen or lost. Important items such as identification cards, ATM cards and credit cards are kept in wallets and purses. So what would you do if you do lose your wallet or purse, and all your credit cards are there? The good news is that all reputable credit card companies have procedures and policies in place to help you when you do find yourself in such a situation. |
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 Document destruction has become mandatory by law, in order to prevent the misuse of vital information by unscrupulous individuals. There are a number of Federal and State Enactments such as the FACTA (Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act) and HIPPA (American Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). They mandate the destruction of documents in a proper manner to prevent identity theft. |
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 Believe it or not identity theft has moved to the dead. It is compounding more and more family's grief because con artists are digging up identities of the deceased. |
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 Congress passed the Fair Credit Reporting Act several years ago in an attempt to smooth out some problems in the credit reporting industry. The best known provision of this Act is one that permits Americans to receive a free copy of their credit reports from each of the three main credit bureaus once per year. So far, this provision of the Act has been a success. A lesser-known provision of the legislation is one that is intended to protect active duty military personnel from being victimized by identity theft while they are out of the country.
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 When we think of identity theft, children are probably not the first victims we might imagine. Unfortunately, more and more kids are being targeted for this crime, and the culprits may not be who you think. Right now, approximately 4% of all identity theft cases involve children, which means roughly 400,000 kids a year are having their futures ruined without their knowledge. * |
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 Identity theft is the fastest growing crime according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It occurs when someone takes a piece of your personal information and uses it without your knowledge to commit fraud or theft. An all-too-common example is when an identity thief uses your personal information to open a credit card account in your name, or uses an existing credit card of yours. |
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 Identity theft statistics are shocking, to say the least. And it's not going to get better any time soon. But there is no need for you to become a statistic. Here is what you can do to avoid identity theft. |
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 Americans are more concerned about identity theft than unemployment or corporate fraud, according to a survey of 2,000 people conducted by Star Systems. |
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 This article provide ten techniques to protect yourself from becoming a victim of identity theft, one of the fasting growing crimes in America. |
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 First of all, for those of you unfamiliar with the term, "Phishing" is a high-tech scam that uses spam or pop-up messages to deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers, bank account information, Social Security number, passwords, or other sensitive information. |
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