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COLUMN: Identity theft - ways to prevent becoming a victim
An estimated 8.6 million households were victims of identity theft in 2010, the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics reports. I hear from people on a regular basis who have, unfortunately, been among those statistics.
Identity Theft: Ways to Prevent Becoming a Victim
An estimated 8.6 million households were victims of identity theft in 2010, the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reports. I hear from people on a regular basis who have, unfortunately, been among those statistics. Continue reading →
IRS Customer Service Problematic for Identity Theft Victims
Taxpayers whose identities are stolen receive confusing and conflicting instructions from the Internal Revenue Service and delays of up to a year before their tax problems are resolved, according to a new report.
LifeLock CEO Offers Identity Theft Service to IRS
Identity theft protection company LifeLock is reaching out to the Internal Revenue Service and offering technology to protect taxpayers against the threat of tax fraud.
Seminar targets rise in identity theft
Being an identity theft victim has been likened to being robbed over and over again. Credit ratings have been shattered, credibility destroyed and lives torn apart.
Identity theft, imposter scams on the rise
This is what a victim of consumer fraud looks like, and how he lost his money: The scam artist contacted him by email. He stole his identity by tricking the victim into revealing personal information. He managed to get more than $2,000 of the victim's money.
Report: ID thieves going after children
Identity thieves aren't just targeting adults anymore, now they're going after your children. New statistics show kids five and under are increasingly becoming victims of identity theft and many parents don't know how to stop it.
Grave Robbing: 2.5 Million Dead People Get Their Identities Stolen Every Year
Being a victim of identity theft is always a frustrating ordeal, but millions of Americans have to face an even more troubling scenario: Finding out that a criminal has applied for credit in the name of a deceased family member. A new study finds that, each year, the identities of some 2.5 million dead Americans [...]
Android devices come under malware radar
BANGALORE, INDIA: Mobile vulnerabilities increased by 93 per cent in 2011. At the same time, there was a rise in threats targeting the Android operating system, finds Symantec Corp's Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 17 report.
Personal fraud costs Australians $1.4bn
Official figures show at least 1.2 million Australian have been victims of personal fraud in 2010-2011.
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