Phishing and Preventing Identity Theft
We previously talked about pretexting, which is a method of stealing your identity via the telephone. Today we want to talk about phishing, which is similar to pretexting, but it is an online form of identity theft.
So the online version of pretexting is called phishing. Phishing is generally performed via email. You will receive a [...]
Pretexting and Preventing Identity Theft
Pretexting is the practice of obtaining your personal information under false pretenses. It is one way that crooks perform identity theft and is something that you must be aware of so that you can prevent it from happening to you.
Pretexting is very much against the law, but it is a common practice of somebody who [...]
Ten Best Practices to Prevent ID Theft
With the rise of ID theft being a problem in our country, we thought we would talk about a few things that you could do to protect yourself from becoming ID theft’s next victim. Here is a list of best practices you should be following in order to prevent ID theft.
Do not carry your Social [...]
File Sharing Identity Theft Risks
Do you use one of the popular file sharing services? If so, then do you know that you are putting yourself at risk for idenity theft?
Millions of people around the world use one of the many popular file-sharing services to swap files, including millions in the United States. File sharing, or peer-to-peer networks requires you [...]
Tax Rebate Checks and Identity Theft
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a warning about the upcoming tax rebates checks and criminals intent on committing identity theft. There seems to be new scams popping up very rapidly since the announcement of the pending tax rebate checks.
Identity theft criminals are using the telephone and e-mail to impersonate the Internal Revenue Service and [...]
LifeLock Strikes Back to Defeat Identity Theft
LifeLock is the leading identity theft insurance company and is taking initiative to start a grassroots campaign to bring awareness to identity theft issues.
LifeLock’s “Strike Back – Defeat Identity Theft Now” campaign is bringing the issue of identity theft and identity theft prevention to the consumers of the United States. This is an effort [...]
Techniques Criminals Use in Identity Theft Cases
There are many techniques a criminal can use to steal your identity. You need to learn about these techniques so that you can do a better job at preventing identity theft.
In most instances, an identity theft criminal needs to obtain your personal information or documents in order to steal your identity. The criminals may do [...]