Phishing Scams: Keep Your Identity Safe From Theft

You receive an e-mail claiming to to be from your bank asking you to follow a link and submit your login details or your account will be suspended. Is it genuine or is it from a scammer trying to get hold of your identity?

Identity Theft Problems for TJ Max and Marshalls Customers

When it comes to identity theft, there are many ways for thieves to get their hands on your information. If you shopped at TJ Max or Marshalls recently, you may have a problem.

Credit Card Identity Theft Can Be Avoided

Credit card identity theft is one of the most common ways for a thief to steal your identity and ruin your credit. There are some simple steps you can take to avoid...

Super Identity Theft Protection Plan of Action

Identity theft can strike anyone at any moment, day or night. It takes less than 4 seconds for your life to change in an identity theft scam. Proper identity theft protection...

Phishing - Who's Trying To Rob You Blind!

Protect Yourself Against Internet Thieves! You might receive an innocent looking email from your financial institutional or another trusted company that you recognize and do business with. This email will warn you of some serious problem that needs your immediate attention and strongly encourages you to click a link in the email to correct the problem. STOP! Do not click any link in an email that warns of dire consequences no matter how ‘real’ the email looks. Read more to see how you can protect yourself.

What Is Identity Theft and Why It Should Concern You

Identity theft happens when someone takes your identity and uses it to commit fraud, such as by withdrawing money from your bank account, or obtaining credit and running up bills in your name, Identity thieves can even sully your reputation or get you in legal trouble by using credit in your name to pay for such things as porn web sites. The actions of an identity thief can severely damage your credit score, hitting you with higher interest rates and making it difficult for you to gain approval for loans or credit.

What is Identity Theft?

Identity theft is technically defined by the United States Government as being the fraudulent use of an individual's personal information-such as Social Security number or date of birth-to commit financial fraud.

Different Types of Documents & Information You Should Shred

This day in age document security is becoming alarmingly important. As a business owner or manager it is essential to take the necessary steps to ensure the privacy and safety of your company's employees and their information. Identity theft in America has forced law makers to focus their efforts on thwarting thieves from stealing private information. One such law is the FACTA Disposal rule, which orders business owners to destroy any paper recor

Protect Your Identity Right Now: Easy Steps To Start

How can you protect yourself against identity theft? It may seem a tough job but in reality some of the best steps you can take are cheap and easy. And you should consider doing them right now and not wait until you have been a victim.

How Does It Feel To Become An Identity Theft Victim

Hopefully you will never have to find out what it feels like to be a victim of this caliber. We always think things are never going to happen to us. We read about things every day that happen to other people, not us. An identity theft victim can-

Identity Theft Affects Millions of People

Continuing identity theft affects millions of people. Several billions of dollars of money has been stolen from innocent victims who are just like you and me. In fact anybody with personal details [and that includes all of us] can have their identity and personal identity stolen and used for criminal reasons.

Some Precautions - Identity Thieves Combine Offline And Online Options

Two out of five identity theft victims surveyed by the Identity Theft Assistance Center (ITAC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting identity theft through victim assistance, research and law enforcement partnerships) know how their personal data was stolen. This knowledge provides valuable insight about how identity theft occurs.

Are You An Identity Theft Victim?

Have you fell victim to identity theft? If you have your not alone as identity theft is now the number one crime in the U.S. There is an array of different forms of identity theft, but internet identity theft is by far the biggest problem. With hundreds of thousands of credit card transactions going through the internet on a daily basis and hackers becoming increasingly knowledgeable, it is getting to the point where it is risky to shop online.

Identity Theft - Who Is The Weakest Link In The Chain

'Identity Theft' is a term used for the event when some bad guy steals your sensitive information without your knowledge, misuses it and tries to harm you financially.