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Common Passwords Can Leave You Vulnerable to Identity Theft

March 5, 2010

Do you have the password 123456 on any of your accounts? How about 224466? If you do, it’s not surprising. It is dangerous though, and you should change it right away – and not to 1234567. A recent story published in the New York Times stated that one of every five people who has an [...]

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Kicking Out Cybersquatters

January 9, 2010

If you haven’t heard of cybersquatting, I’m sure you’ve at least seen it. It’s probably happened when you decided to guess at the website address for a popular company only to be led instead to a site full of random links, pop up ads or worse. That’s because the site is owned by a cybersquatter, [...]

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Online Identity Theft – 10 Steps to Shop Safely This Holiday Season

December 5, 2009

With Black Friday behind us and Christmas just around the corner many are tempted to use the computer to begin their holiday shopping. With big named companies tempting consumers with ‘lower than average’ pricing to be found only on their website, it seems like now would be a good time to shop online.
Be careful though. [...]

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Identity Thieves Thwart Online Sales

November 23, 2009

If you think the American consumer is hurting from the effects of identity theft, think for a second about what it’s doing to the other victims: American businesses. Javelin Research estimates that online retailers lost $21 billion in potential sales because identity theft victims are now afraid to shop online.
If you’re looking to keep your [...]

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Identity Thieves Love File Sharing – Watch Your Teen

November 11, 2009

Ahh … file sharing. It’s how you get all the free music and movies you want, if you don’t mind the FBI or the MPAA knocking on your door every once in a while. Although file sharing has lost much of its luster due to lawsuits, viruses and other negative things associated with it, it [...]

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Be Aware of Crimeware

October 16, 2009

Just when I thought I knew everything about identity theft, I was introduced to a new term: Crimeware. Crimeware is software that’s sole purpose is to help identity thieves steal information for financial or political purposes. It’s different from spyware or the run of the mill virus that is used either to track activity for [...]

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A New Social Security Number – When and How to Get One

July 6, 2009

If you’re a victim of identity theft, you need to get new credit cards, new account numbers and possibly a new driver’s license, but in most cases you won’t need to get a new Social Security number. This is because many times the thieves don’t even need that number to open accounts in your name [...]

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The Identity Theft Mortgage Crisis

June 16, 2009

There’s another aspect of the mortgage crisis that few people talk about and that’s identity theft. While there is a definite rise in foreclosures as of late, there is also a rise in mortgage fraud via identity theft. Two ways that this can occur are through unscrupulous people who pose as lenders or buyers using [...]

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Strong Passwords Needed to Protect Your Identity

June 5, 2009

There’s another way thieves can get your personal information, besides hacking into computer networks or digging through your mailbox. They can find it when you post it, voluntarily, on the Web. Now you may be thinking there’s no way anyone would plaster their account information in a public forum. But you could basically be doing [...]

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Storing Your 2008 Tax Return Documents

May 8, 2009

Those tax return documents that you’re advised to keep for three to seven years in case you get audited contain lots of information identity thieves would love to get their hands on: your date of birth, your place of employment and your Social Security number. You can’t shred them and get rid of them because [...]

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