Preventing Identity Theft & Consumer Scams

If you’ve ever been a victim of identity theft or consumer scams, you know how the situation left you feeling: violated and upset. Even if you’ve never personally experienced identity or consumer fraud, you probably know someone who has. You can protect yourself from the negative results of these unfortunate events with the following identity [...]

Preventing Identity Theft: Protecting Customer and Employee Private Information

Identity theft occurs when someone uses personally identifying information, such as Social Security numbers or credit card numbers, without permission, to commit fraud or other crimes. Thieves obtain this personally identifiable information by going through business trash, intercepting credit card information, “pretexting” or “phishing” to obtain personal information under false pretenses, or hacking into vulnerable [...]

Preventing Identity Theft – Checking Your Credit Report Once a Year is Not Enough

The crime of identity theft is something that worries just about anyone. It does not discriminate against any race and most of all it is a silent crime. Usually by the time you find out about this crime it is already too late and the damage hasalready been done.
And a lot of people search for [...]

Tips On Preventing Identity Theft

The number of people that have been victimized by identity theft and credit card fraud is on the rise. Each year, the losses from these cases amount to hundred of thousands, if not millions of dollars. Because of the alarming costs and the steady increase in number of cases; firms that offer protection against the [...]

It’s Not Me! Preventing and Dealing With Identity Theft

It’s one of the fastest growing crimes in the country, and most victims are unaware they’ve become a target until long after the crime is committed. We’re talking about identity theft. In today’s world, information travels faster than ever, and that includes your personal information. If it falls into the wrong hands, your personal info [...]

Preventing Identity Theft – Don’t Lose Your Identity

Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America today. More than 9.9 million Americans were the victim of many types of identity theft scams in 2004, which ended up costing them almost $5 billion. Most identity theft victims suffered sever financial damage and even financial ruin because they thought identity theft would not happen [...]

Preventing Identity Theft – 9 Simple Tips To Follow At Work And Home

What Identity Theft is
Maybe you have heard many recent news stories concerning identity thefts. It is basically the use of your personal social security number, drivers license number or maybe even something like your mother’s maiden name (many internet sites ask for that), by an unathourized person, meaning someone other than your own self. That [...]

Preventing Identity Theft – Don’t Lose Your Identity

Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America today. More than 9.9 million Americans were the victim of many types of identity theft scams in 2004, which ended up costing them almost $5 billion. Most identity theft victims suffered sever financial damage and even financial ruin because they thought identity theft would not happen [...]

Preventing Identity Theft and Fraud Through Secure Shredding

Identity theft is the fastest growing form of fraud in the United States. Each year, about 9 million Americans fall victims of identity theft, according to the Federal trade Commission (FTC). Surprisingly enough, despite the available advances of electronic hacking, most fraud and identity theft cases occur during unauthorized acquisition of paper-based information. Most people [...]

Preventing Identity Theft

For the sixth consecutive year, identity theft surpassed construction, credit card and debt collection fraud as the most prevalent form of consumer fraud, according to the Federal Trade Commission, which received 255,000 identity theft complaints last year.
Many consumers associate identity theft with email solicitations and computer firewall breaches, but checks, credit cards and Social Security [...]

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