Archive for September, 2008
Are you Afraid of Identity Theft- you Had Better Be!
Sunday, September 28th, 2008Dewey Kearney asked: Have you ever thought how it could affect you if someone stole your identity? According to the latest information available from the FBI you have every reason to fear. This according to the FBI is the fastest growing crime wave in the USA. Not rape as horrible as that is, not mass [...]
Even the Founder of Lifelock Isn’t Immune to Id Theft
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008Eric J. Nisall asked: Back in March, I wrote a post in my blog regarding the increase in identity theft occurrences, questioning the need to pay firms to act as watchdogs when it can be done on your own at little out-of-pocket cost. Well, it appears that you may be better off taking matters into your own [...]
Military Personnel and Families and Identity Theft
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008Randy Vezina asked: As a member of the U.S. Military and away from your usual posting, you should consider placing an “Active Duty Alert” on your credit report. This alert will help to minimize your risk of identity theft while your deployed. A persons credit report contains the most vital personal information, including your home address, how [...]
Who Is Lifelock?
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Puripong Koomsin asked: LifeLock is a personal identity and fraud protection company founded in 2005. LifeLock is based in Tempe, Arizona. It is now serving tens of thousands of customers in different states of the union, the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. LIfeLock is backed up by Bessemer Venture Partners and is in partnership [...]
How to Get Your Credit Score Back on the Right Track
Sunday, September 21st, 2008Jhoana Cooper asked: Once you find out that your identity has been stolen and you have made all of the necessary phone calls to the bank and credit card companies, you then want to begin getting everything back on the right track, and build up your credit all over again. Many people turn to credit [...]
Learn the Truth About Identity Theft and How it May Affect you
Saturday, September 20th, 2008Rick Churchill asked: Identity theft has become a worldwide crisis, particularly in the United States. The Federal Trade Commission states that the crime of identity theft is rapidly growing and will affect thousands of people throughout the world and because the rate of conviction and prosecution of identify theft criminals is so small, this crime [...]
Identity Theft and Computer Crimeware: Bots
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Randy Vezina asked: The term “bot” is for robot. Not the kind of robot you have seen in movies and television shows (does anyone remember ‘Lost In Space’?) or the one at the car assembly plant. Bots are now one of the most complex types of crimeware on the Internet and therefore a significant tool for identity [...]
Bots and Cybercrime and Identity Theft
Sunday, September 7th, 2008Randy Vezina asked: No one person can say for sure how large a role bots play in cybercrime today. Cybercrime will, at some point, make use of a botnet to do everything from spamming to hosting fraudulent Web sites. Internet security software giant Symantec has protected people from bots for a lot of years and has tracked [...]
Lifelock - How Lifelock Compares To Other Services
Friday, September 5th, 2008Matt Collins asked: With identity theft becoming more and more a growing threat for Americans on a daily basis, the identity theft protection business, which was virtually nonexistent 10 years ago, has become a booming industry today. One of the newest companies to enter the arena is a company called LifeLock. The company claims to [...]
Pickpockets Earn Good Money Selling Your Identity to an Identity Thief
Thursday, September 4th, 2008Randy Vezina asked: Pickpockets earn good money selling your identity to an identity thief. There is no firearm or other weapon involved, so even if they do get caught, the jail time is minimal. Forget about getting your Social Security card, credit cards and identity back, they sell it. Your identity is worth a fair [...]