Identity Theft Protection – What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
June 6, 2008
Identity theft in the form of stolen account information is often paid for with the time you spend contacting banks and merchants to cancel fraudulent transactions. Unfortunately there are higher financial implications for a more sinister type of identity theft that involves not just a few transactions but entire fraudulent accounts opened in your name. [...]
Identity Theft Costs – How Much Time & Money Does ID Theft Cost the Victim?
June 5, 2008
Identity theft can take several different forms, all of which will cost you some amount of time and/or money. There are three main types of identity theft, I’ll take a look at how you can be affected by each one, starting with the most basic and moving up to the most sinister. Each subsequent level of [...]
Identity Theft is Too Easy – Phishing with a Fax Number
January 25, 2008
Have you ever faxed over a copy of your name, address, and social security number to an identity thief? I thought for a brief moment today I might have fallen victim to a savvy phishing/fax scheme that originated with the email below: 2nd Notice! – Important! – W-9 tax form This is just a reminder. [...]
