Archive for July, 2008
Tips On Keeping Your Identity Safe
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Puripong Koomsin asked: Identity theft is so common nowadays that people are trying ways and means to protect their identities from being stolen. It seems like stealing an identity is even much a breeze than stealing someone’s wallet out of their pocket or robbing a helpless lady in a deserted dark street. The thing is, [...]
Data Breaches
Saturday, July 26th, 2008Randy Vezina asked: Through no fault of your own and without you even knowing it, you could become the victim of identity theft because of a data breach. In January of 2008 information was released about a back up data tape containing credit card information from hundreds of U.S. retailers and how it went missing from a secure storage [...]
Airports and Identity Theft
Friday, July 18th, 2008Randy Vezina asked: First thing we want to point out is that the airline pilots, stewardesses, maintenance staff, restaurant staff, baggage handlers, ticket agents and all other airport employees show up every morning to begin their work day so that they can earn a paycheck.Well, so do the pickpockets, luggage thieves and other identity theft criminals. After arriving, [...]
Lifelock: Learn About the Lifelock Anti-identity Theft Tool
Thursday, July 10th, 2008Rick Churchill asked: Identity theft has become a multi-million dollar crime that affects many people throughout the world. While most people understand how serious this can be, many underestimate how common this problem is and dont realize that they could easily be one of the millions affected. As with all things in life, there is [...]
Identity Protection Plan: Break Away
Sunday, July 6th, 2008Charles White asked: heard about identity theft and its apparent ugliness. But do we actually have to believe on it? Isn’t this just a bunch of media hype? Certainly not.Last year alone, 10 million Americans were victims of an identity theft crime costing around $57 billion in total damage. The Web site called identitytheftlabs.com estimates [...]
The Role Of Credit Protection In Preventing Identity Theft
Friday, July 4th, 2008Puripong Koomsin asked: There are so many ways where people that you don’t know can take advantage of you, without you even knowing. One threat which is becoming more and more known by the general public is identity theft.Identity theft is the term used for the illegal and unauthorized use of one’s private information. A [...]
Lock in your Identity
Friday, July 4th, 2008Dustin Verley asked: Imagine your shopping at your local electronics store for your favorite game. Low and behold, you find it and grab it off the shelf. You make your way to the front of the store to check out. You get to the cashier, its scanned and your price comes up. NOW, you pull [...]
Who is Better LifeLock or Debix
Friday, July 4th, 2008John Armstrong asked: LifeLock and Debix are two competing identity theft protection companies but they come at a very different price. Of course, there are quite a few differences that you pay for and this article will point out those differences to determine who is better, LifeLock or Debix.Both Debix and LifeLock set fraud alerts [...]