All Posts Tagged With: "identity theft"

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Shop Online Without The Risk

Identity theft and credit card fraud often go hand-in-hand. In fact more than half of the victims of identity theft suffer from credit card or other account frauds. It comes as no surprise that many consumers who worry about becoming a victim of this sort of crime avoid making credit card transactions online. So what [...]

May 6th, 2009 | trisha | Comments | Continued
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Swine-Like Scammers Taking Advantage of Fear

The swine flu is a hot topic today on the internet, in newspapers, and all over television. Some suspect the media is blowing facts out of proportion but there is a cause for concern among consumers none the less. However, as thieves often do, there are already scammers who are using the horrible situation to [...]

April 29th, 2009 | tisha | Comments | Continued
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Protect Your Medical Information from Theft

It’s a frightening enough thought to know that you could be the victim of a scam artist who steals your social security number and uses it maliciously. Perhaps you could be on the wrong end of a scheme that involves your stolen credit cards. Whatever ways a criminal can find to extort information or money [...]

June 19th, 2008 | tisha | Comments | Continued
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21 Ways to Stop Identity Theft

The United States Post Office released a brochure this month on “Fighting Back Against Identity Theft.” According to the Post Office, a recent Federal Trade Commission survey reported that 2% of identity theft was connected to the mail. They list twelve ways that anyone can protect themselves from identity theft, but there are [...]

February 21st, 2008 | erica | Comments | Continued
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Protect Your Small Business from Embezzling Bookkeepers Part 2: Credit Cards and Identity Theft

Having been in the bookkeeping and retail business for more then ten years, I have seen a lot of credit card theft on both sides of the Office Door. I have seen credit cards pull a disappearing act, employees buy unauthorized items on company credit, and tens of thousands of dollars charged within a [...]

February 16th, 2008 | erica | Comments | Continued
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Thieving My Identity

Identity theft can turn life as you know it upside down. Despite the mass amounts of warnings to protect yourself, there are still countless victims who have their identities stolen. It can happen via the internet or on the street. Recently, there was a local story about a gas station that had their system “hacked” [...]

January 21st, 2008 | tisha | Comments | Continued