Avoid Identity Theft
Not all that long ago, many of us thought we only had to watch our credit cards to avoid identity theft. But ID theft scams are all over the map, both in terms of geography and kinds of fraud.
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Florida’s Rate of Identity Theft Sprints Past 49 States
Statistics paint an astonishing picture of risk in the Sunshine State. What might surprise you, however – and what shocked me — is the magnitude of Florida’s “lead” over the other 49 states. It’s mind-boggling.
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Pink Floyd Guitarist’s Medical Identity Stolen – and Thief Signed Autographs
A man who claimed to be Pink Floyd band member David Gilmour while racking up a care bill as high as $100,000 at a hospital. The man even signed an autograph for a hospital employee’s son before he was arrested by police.
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Protect Yourself from Identity Theft Post Divorce
Breaking up is hard to do, but recovering your identity is even more difficult.
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Bank Customers Willing to Trade Privacy for Security
69% of U.S. consumers would provide more private information in exchange for more personalized service, higher security against identity theft, and greater simplicity in managing their finances. These enhanced services could harness “the internet of things” in which everyday objects transmit information to a network.
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Florida House Passes Bill to Protect Children from Identity Theft
Children should be protected from identity theft amid widespread stealing of kids’ information. The House agreed Wednesday, passing a bill 116-0, to require the nation’s three consumer reporting agencies to allow Florida parents or guardians to open a credit record for their child — and then freeze it. That would prevent others from using that child’s personal information to open fraudulent accounts or file fake federal tax returns for a refund.
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Identity Theft to Surpass Traditional Theft
Your credit-card data is out there. And criminals are buying and selling it in bulk. Credit-card data theft is exploding, increasing 50% from 2005 to 2010, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Justice
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Bitcoin Should Be Treated Like A Commodity, Not A Currency
Bitcoin, the encrypted virtual currency that began in 2009 and reached $1 billion in total value this week. In October of 2011, a bitcoin was trading at around $5. Today, by contrast, a single bitcoin is worth just north of $140. Does it prevent identity theft?
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7 Easy Ways to Get Your Identity Stolen
Let’s face it — protecting your identity from thieves gets harder by the day. The moment you give your personal information to another entity — a bank, the DMV or even a medical provider — you give up control over that information and how it might be used.
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Internal Revenue Service Releases Dirty Dozen Scams
Tax fraud by use of identity theft to claim federal tax refunds topped the 2013 list of scams. Hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting Americans continue to be victimized by thieves who’ve gained access to the taxpayers’ names, Social Security numbers or other identifying information.
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Identity Thief – “Movie Review” by an Identity Theft Expert
Sandy Bigelow Patterson (Jason Bateman) is a nice, family-oriented man living in Colorado who has his identity stolen by Diana (Melissa McCarthy) an o…Read More
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