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A government survey released this week questions the conventional wisdom that identity theft is a growing problem in the U.S.
Identity thieves are typically young, work solo and rely on the Internet for fewer than one-fifth of their crimes, according to a new study of Secret Service cases.
The report notes that Bill Gates' prediction in 2004 that spam would be eradicated has proven not only to be wrong, but that the amount of spam circulating on the Internet has exceeded everyone's expectations (nightmares?).
For Lora and Jamey Costner, a $7,854 federal income tax bill is the painful indigestion that followed two unsatisfying servings of identity theft cooked up by two former Koch Foods employees, records indicate.
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY SEATTLE — Thieves are systematically pilfering sensitive personal data from companies, government agencies, colleges and hospitals like never before.
The FTC has released a training tool designed to help businesses protect sensitive information, which might be stolen to commit identity theft or fraud.
Unfortunately along with the holiday season usually comes an increase in credit card fraud and identity theft, so right after the holidays is a great time to check your credit report. The following article will show you why, when and how to check your credit report.
A cyber attack on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) near Knoxville, Tennessee, in the form of a phishing scam asking e'mail recipients to open attachments, may have stolen personal information about thousands of lab visitors, and was part of an attempt to access networks …
A program that can mimic online flirtation and then extract personal information from its unsuspecting conversation partners is making the rounds in Russian chat forums, according to security software firm PC Tools.
Russian crooks have unleashed an artificial intelligence, called CyberLover, that poses as a would-be paramour in sex chat rooms, enticing randy gentlemen to reveal personal information that can then be put to criminal use.
The private investigators used "pretexting," which is a social engineering technique designed to trick people into giving up personal and financial information. Criminals use the same technique to steal people's identities.
Visitors' Social Security numbers--and who knows what else--have been stolen from two supposedly secure U.S. homeland security, military, and nuclear weapons research laboratories.
FraudAid, a website dedicated to helping fraud victims has a saying, "Silence is fraud's best friend. Word of mouth is fraud's worst enemy. Pass the word!" In a world, where fraud victims have a hard time getting anyone to even talk to them, this saying makes a lot of sense.
A person s credit information is vital. If it reaches malicious hands, the identity of this person can be stolen and be used in ways that will eventually destroy their credit and credibility.
Do your medical files in your doctor's office still have your Social Security number on them? If so, you could be vulnerable to identity theft, warns Mari Frank, a Laguna Niguel attorney who specializes in help victims of ID theft.
Personal information, including the Social Security numbers of more than a quarter-million Minnesota and Wisconsin donors to Memorial Blood Centers, is in the hands of a thief.
Listen up people, read this article so that you can understand your rights to not give away your social security number to every tomdickharrry that asks for it It's your life, protect it!!
They were young, rich and in love. But the American jet-setters financed their fun on the credit cards of unsuspecting neighbours in their high-end apartment building in and other identity-fraud victims, Philadelphia police say.
The Federal Trade Commission today told the U.S.
Consumers Union estimates an average of 27,000 Americans become victims of identity theft each day.
The credit card seems to be one of the most popular ways to make any kind of payment; it is easier to purchase goods or pay taxes or bills using it. The credit card owner has user friendly accessible credit but he also has the ability to keep track of his expenses.
It sounds like a piece of Raymond Chandler for the noughties, a hybrid of films like Hackers, The Matrix or any cyberpunk thriller from the past 20 years. But it is, in fact, real.
This morning I read about a teenager in New Zealand has been arrested for allegedly being the kingpin behind an international cyber-crime network.
A new report released by the Federal Trade Commission today estimates that 8.3 million Americans fell victim to identity theft in 2005.
A friend alerted me to a new credit card scam operating in the UK. It starts off with a phone call the card holder receives. It appears to be a slick move as the caller provides YOU with all the information, except the one piece they want.
Certegy wasn't the largest data breach reported this year, it only compromised a mere 8.5 million people.
The mayor of an Arkansas town resigned on Wednesday, claiming he was abducted and brainwashed by Satan worshippers nearly three decades ago. Centerton Mayor Ken Williams said he has been living under an assumed name for nearly 30 years. He had been mayor since 2001.
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