What Have You Done To Protect Your Identity?

Identity theft is on the rise throughout the United States, but that doesn't mean it has to happen to you. Take a few diligent precautions and your chances of never becoming a victim increase dramatically.

Internet Scams: Phishing

These days, there are so many possible scams that it can be hard to tell the difference between them. The first we'll focus on is the practice of 'phishing' - the word is derived from 'fishing' for consumer information, and 'ph' is a common replacement for 'f' in the hacking community. Phishing refers to the process of tricking you into giving up personal details such as your bank account or credit card details, or your passwords. Phishing is so prevalent on the Internet today that if you receive an e-mail purporting to be from your bank, it's likely to be either a criminal attempt to find out your login details and steal your money, or a real e-mail warning you to be careful of this phenomenon.

Prevent Identity Theft

When your personal data gets in the wrong hands, you can expect the worse. Identity theft is a huge problem that affects thousands of Americans each week. Rather than fighting to reduce the damage, you should think ahead and prevent identity theft before it costs you money, time and energy.

Phishing Scams, A Growing Identity Theft Menace

You have likely heard of the identity theft threat known as phishing since it is a growing problem affecting our online activity. Phishing has claimed many victims in the last several years and you should understand what it is and how you can minmize your exposure.

Identity Theft is Rather Silly if You Think About it

In my life due to successes in sports, business, politics, writing and other various endeavors I have had people come up to me and say; I wish I was you. And I am thinking no you don't you dummy?

Identity Theft and Some Basic Precautions

A few common sense precautions will greatly reduce your exposure to identity theft. We must be aware of our vulnerabilities before we can take the steps to thwart identity thieves.

Cutting-Edge Identity Theft Software

Identity theft, one of the most frequently reported crimes in America, is a federal crime under the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act.

Online Identity Theft Protection

Identity theft crimes are not new, but they have become more persuasive in the past decade. One of the most insidious forms of white-collar crime, identity theft is a federal offense under the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act.

Identity Theft; Did They Get You Yet?

Well despite the efforts of authorities Identity Theft is still slightly on the rise although the speed of acceleration of these crimes has slowed and may eventually reverse and let's hope so, because believe me having your identity stolen...

Methods and Consequences of Identity Theft

Identity theft is a fast growing problem. It is urgent that we find out how identity thieves work and what the consequences of identity theft are. There are low and high tech methods of delving into a persons personal details and it is important to remember that some people make a career out of stealing and ruining other people lives.

Identity Theft: Stolen Laptop Response

Article discusses risk of identity theft due to recent loss or theft of laptops containing personal data maintained by Veterans Affairs and Ernst & Young, and calls for fines, guidelines, policy changes and other restrictions prohibiting downloads of sensitive, personal client data to employee laptops.

Identity Theft - The 1 Most Important Thing You Can Do Now!

Identity Theft - The one most important thing you can do to protect yourself! If your credit card is ever stolen, don't panic. Immediately call the 3 national credit reporting organizations to place ...

Veterans Administration Gets Laptop with Personal Information Back

What was becoming a major crisis is now over, as Veterans Administration gets the Laptop back, which had Personal Information on it of over 26 million veterans. Luckily the stolen laptop was recovered, but may I ask why the government has this information in the first place on portable laptops?