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Is Banking on Your Cellphone Safe?

May 13, 2010

It’s no longer debatable whether or not cell phones have become almost as essential to American life as water and air. You can use them to watch movies, to send pictures, to make purchases and even to bank. Since you need passwords for the last two of these activities that makes them of special interest [...]

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Fraud Alerts 101

May 4, 2010

Whether you’ve been a victim of identity theft or you’re just worried that it might have happened to you, you have the legal right, per the FACT Act, to place a fraud alert on your credit file. The Fact Act states that to place a fraud alert on your file you must have “a good [...]

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Are You Giving Away More Than You Bargained For?

April 28, 2010

The saying goes that technology moves at the speed of light. That means every time we get a new laptop, cell phone, TV or anything else electronic, pretty soon there is a new and better one out there. This leads to millions of Americans throwing their technology in the trash, giving it away or dropping [...]

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How To Get A Free Credit Report

April 14, 2010

You have the right to obtain one free credit report each year from each bureau. How important is it that you check your credit reports regularly? The short answer is – very. Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in the United States with over 10 million victims each year. And with so many options [...]

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Multifactor Authentication Helps Prevent Identity Theft

April 7, 2010

If you’re wondering why in recent months in order to log into your bank account you can no longer simply enter your password, it’s because of a relatively recent development known as multifactor authentication.
The reasoning behind it is that even if you have a password that is easy for identity thieves to guess, especially [...]

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LifeLock, Norton and Celebrity Apprentice Raise Awareness of Identity Theft

April 1, 2010

Here’s more proof that identity theft is still a big topic in the news. LifeLock recently made its second appearance in prime time TV, on an episode of the Celebrity Apprentice. Its first appearance occurred last year on the same show. On this year’s episode, the contestants were tasked with promoting a bundled product that [...]

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It’s Census Time. Here Are A Few Identity Theft Precautions

March 26, 2010

Once again, it’s a census year in the United States. Since the task of counting all of the citizens of this great country of ours takes almost literally all year long, it’s likely a census taker will be visiting your home soon – especially if you don’t return a census form you receive by postal [...]

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Tips to Keep an Identity Thief Away From Your Tax Refund

March 23, 2010


Any time is a good time for identity thieves to get personal information from people who leave papers containing such information in unlocked mailboxes, but no time is better than tax time, when we receive a number of items that have our names, birthdates and Social Security numbers on them. One way to try to [...]

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Identity Theft Can Be Taxing – Protect Your SSN

March 20, 2010

Now that 2009 has come and gone and people’s thoughts are turning to April, and not just to the beginning of the spring but to the income tax season. While everyone has some work cut out for them as far as figuring out all those brackets and deductions, your job will be 1000% harder if [...]

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The LifeLock FTC Settlement and Our Opinion

March 12, 2010

The Federal Trade Commission announced the other day that a settlement has been reached with LifeLock to the tune of $12 million. Since the breaking of this news, and partially due to a press release issued by LifeLock referencing Identity Theft Lab’s rating of them as the “Best Overall” identity protection, we have been asked [...]

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