We all know the holidays are a peak time for many businesses including the folks at Amazon. We are busier than ever ordering gifts online trying to make it in time for the holidays and scammers have prepared for all the holiday shopping that’s being done online, targeting Amazon shoppers.
Scammers are counting on you [...]
Three weeks ago Dannica Dillenbeck, a teenager from Albany, Texas found herself filing for identity theft in Mission, Texas after discovering that her identity had been stolen.
Dillenbeck, 17, who has been searching for a job for a year, tried to fill out a job application for the Walmart store in Albany and found out she [...]
Attorney General Kamala Harris, who created an “e-Crime unit” so that California can be a leader in using innovative law enforcement techniques to target criminals, says consumers and businesses in the Golden Gate will now have a much needed unit to fight categories of crimes from internet fraud, theft of computer components and devices, intellectual [...]
The Consumer Federation of America released a study in 2009 on identity theft protection services called To Catch a Thief: Are Identity Theft Protection Services Worth the Cost? The study involved taking a look at for-profit identity theft protection and identified some problems in the industry.
As a follow up to this [...]
Debix recently announced a new free identity theft protection service designed for families. AllClear ID is a new service that monitors data for families from thousands of sources and provides free identity recovery in the event a family member’s identity is stolen. AllClear ID is completely free instead of being a trial offer [...]
Survey Reveals That Millions of Social Media Users at Risk of Identity Theft
Harris Interactive, a leading company specializing in communications tools that survey consumers, recently conducted a survey of users on social networking sites. The survey found that a high percentage of users inadvertently reveal information on social networking sites that could lead to [...]
LifeLock, a leading provider in identity theft protection services recently recruited Harris Interactive to conduct a study on the effectiveness of using an identity theft protection service. The purpose of the study was to examine consumer awareness of protecting their identity without mentioning the name of LifeLock who sponsored the study.
Details of Identity Theft [...]
Discover Cardholders Misled by Optional Identity Theft Protection and Credit Monitoring Services
Holders of the Discover Card were recently deceived by telemarketers offering optional identity theft protection and credit monitoring services. As a result, the attorney general for the state of Minnesota filed a lawsuit accusing Discover Financial Services of deceptive practices.
Case Details
The case which [...]
Identity theft and IT security threats are predicted to increase during 2011, according to Dmitri Alperovitch, Vice President of Threat Research for McAfee Labs. The rise in identity theft and IT security breaches is due to the increased use of technology and applications in the online environment. These findings will likely contribute to [...]
LifeLock, a leading provider in identity theft protection services recently partnered with the Federal Bureau of Investigation Law Enforcement Executive Development Association to organize and sponsor an all-day summit focusing on identity theft education for law enforcement officials in Southeastern Texas. The summit is an award-winning presentation by LifeLock and FBI-LEEDA.
The LifeLock and FBI-LEEDA [...]
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