What is the Government Doing on Identity Theft?

Unlike SPAM where the Federal Trade Commission proved completely incompetent and consumers experienced a nearly 3000% increase in SPAM since the FTC put out their press releases that they were going to take a bite out of SPAM; it appears that the justice department is indeed making some headway on Identity Theft.

Identity Theft - Don't Lose Yourself

Identity theft can ruin you financially. Be careful about giving out private information to strangers, over the phone.

Methods and Consequences of Identity Theft

Identity theft is a fast growing problem. It is urgent that we find out how identity thieves work and what the consequences of identity theft are. There are low and high tech methods of delving into a persons personal details and it is important to remember that some people make a career out of stealing and ruining other people lives.

How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

With identity theft at an all time high,its never been a more important time to destroy sensitive documents.The easilest and most effective way is by using a shredder. The following article explains the main differences between the two most popular types of paper shredders available.

Federal Trade Commission Violates Employees Identification

The Federal Trade Commission has allowed two laptops to be stolen in Scottsdale, Arizona which contained personal information of one hundred and ten employees. Yep personal information like social security numbers, date of birth, names and addresses too. Can you believe the utter incompetence of this?

Preventing Identity Theft—6 Tips You Need to Know

Identity theft has become an all too common problem in the last couple of years, and more than ever before people need information in regard to preventing identity theft. It’s scary to think that someone can steal your private personal and financial information without you having any idea that it’s happened—until you find out that you’re greatly in debt or wanted for a crime.

Identity Theft And The Internet

LexisNexis, a provider of personal and financial data, recently reported that the personal information of as many as 310,000 people nationwide may have been stolen. This figure is nearly 10 times hi...

Top 10 Ways To Protect Your Identity

Many fail to protect their identity and suffer huge losses in terms of money and time and peace of mind. Here are simple ways to protect anyone from getting their identity stolen.

Identity Theft and the Internet: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Credit

Your identity is unique to you: it's your name, address, social security number, financial status, credit history, mother's maiden name and credit card numbers. It's all you have to identify who you are other than your fingerprints. The problem is, identity can be stolen and with the wide usage of the internet, it’s becoming easier and easier to gain other people's supposedly private information. If you become a victim of identity theft, there are many consequences. You'll literally spend years clearing your records (possibly credit and criminal). You'll probably be denied credit and might even be denied jobs. You could also even be arrested for crimes you didn't commit.

Identity Theft and Ways to Prevent It Now

If you are at all concerned about Identity Theft then you need to read this article! If you are not concerned about Identity Theft then you HAVE TO READ this article! Why? Because Identity Theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in America.

Why is Identity Fraud / Theft Rising?

A study by Javelin Strategy and Research in 2005 showed that 9.3 million Americans are victims of identity theft each year. This is about 4.25% of adults. The Home Office in the United Kingdom also claims that this crime is reaching epidemic proportions, although they do not actually collect data and statistics. But why is this becoming such a problem? This article hopes to help answer some of your questions.

Don't Be a Victim of Identity Theft

Just about everybody has heard of identity theft, but most people do not believe it could ever happen to them. The fact is, identity theft is more common than most believe. It's not hard for identity thieves to obtain all of the information they need in order to assume another person's identity, but it can be made a whole lot harder for them if people remain smart and protect themselves as completely as possible.

AOL and FTC; Live by the Sword Die by the Sword

Remember when the Federal Trade Commission made a very poor choice in attacking Bill Gates and Microsoft. Why, well because competitors complained about Microsoft and one of those competitors was AOL who hired lobbyists and finagled a way to get the Federal Trade Commission to intervene in a competitive business industry; suffice it to say the FTC attacked Microsoft.

Protecting Your Social Security Number From Identity Theft

Once an identity thief gets ahold of your social security number, he may be off and running. It could take years to recover your credit and reputation.